6.5 Weatherby RPM 127 Grain Barnes LRX (Lead Free)~100% Hand-loaded!!

6.5 Weatherby RPM 127 grain Barnes LRX (Lead Free)- The 6.5 WBY RPM is based on a lengthened version of the existing 284 Winchester. This cartridge has a rebated rim, making it compatible with standard 30-06 bolt faces and reloading equipment. However, the large body diameter, low body taper, and 35-degree shoulder mean that case capacity is greatly increased, leading to higher velocities. In addition, bullet innovation in the 6.5mm category is highly efficient with less drop and wind deflection than many heavier calibers. All these details culminate into a cartridge that delivers 1,500-foot pounds of energy at 500 yards capable of ethically taking big game animals across the globe.

Joseph von Benedikt of Shooting Times, writes: The all-new 6.5 Weatherby Rebated Precision Magnum (WBY RPM) cartridge is a vast departure from classic Weatherby design. The 6.5 WBY RPM has no belt, no double-radius shoulder, and no freebore. It’s still a hotrod, but that’s about all it has in common with its traditional belted-magnum, Venturi-shouldered, generously freebored ancestors.

The cartridge has a steep, 35.25-degree shoulder, nearly parallel sides, and a rebated rim. For those of you familiar with the 6.5-284 Norma, imagine a stretched-out version that makes the most of a long rifle action, provides magnum 6.5mm ballistics, and is compatible with a standard 0.473-inch-diameter (.30-06 size) boltface.

So, what inspired this dramatic departure from traditional Weatherby engineering? The 6.5 WBY RPM cartridge was designed for a new, sub-five-pound mountain rifle built on a titanium version of the company’s slender six-lug Mark V action. Titanium is another first for Weatherby. There are only a couple of centerfire rifle actions in existence that are this slender, and before the 6.5 WBY RPM, no magnum cartridge fit and functioned in any of them because the boltfaces of petite actions are not big enough in diameter to handle traditional magnum cartridge case heads. Thus, the rebated rim of the 6.5 WBY RPM.

Choice Ammunition, and our 100% Hand-Loading techniques- produce a round of ammunition for the .280 Ackley Improved that is demanded in big game hunting. Accuracy, consistency and dependability are crucial at that final moments of your hunt. Choice Ammunition takes this responsibility seriously by meticulously weighing each powder charge with our proprietary formulas and temperature insensitive powders, seating the bullet at the exact length for optimal performance and test firing each and every lot of ammunition at an average of 500% over industry average. We have no high speed production machines- only passionate and dedicated load technicians pulling each and every handle, producing one round of ammunition at a time. 

The Bullet- 

The Long-Range X Bullet (LRX) line is designed after the best-selling Tipped Triple-Shock X Bullet, the LRX bullet design increases Ballistic Coefficient values by increasing ogive and boat tail lengths to improve the bullets’ long-range ballistic performance. For the hunter who is confident in long-range hunting, the LRX will fill the niche of this new hunting craze. LRX bullets will continue to be manufactured with the proven 100-percent copper, lead-free bodies. The bullet’s polymer tip initiates expansion, causing the nose cavity to open instantly on contact doubling the bullet’s original diameter while creating four cutting petals that wreak extensive internal damage. Exceptional performance means clean, quick kill.

• Velocity 3.181 fps
• 100% Hand-Loaded
• G-1 BC 0.468

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