Weatherby's new 6.5 RPM cartridge

[Weatherby Fan]

Weatherby will introduce the new 6.5 RPM in early September, designed for their 6 lug Mark V ultra lightweight rifle, No belt and no double radiused shoulder, Weatherby is stepping outside of the box !

Should be a great cartridge.......

 

[CVCOBRA1]

Can't the 264WM do that with the newer slower powders?

 

[Canhunter35]

Very cool thanks for sharing, sounds like it would fit in a vanguard too

 

[Another Casual]

A little confused, looks like a long action cartridge with minor gains over the short action 6.5 PRC. Not to mention switching to a rebated rim for it. Any idea on case capacity?

 

[Dosh]

Outside the box indeed.

 

[Weatherby Fan]

Im sure it will be very similar to a 6.5-280AI or so, it looks like an extended 6.5-284 with the rebated rim.

 

[Weatherby Fan]

Can't the 264WM do that with the newer slower powders?

Yes it sure can

 

[Milepost]

Looks kind of like a 6.5-280 AI or a 6.5 Sherman?

 

[Weatherby Fan]

Looks kind of like a 6.5-280 AI or a 6.5 Sherman?

Yes very much so, looks like a 35 deg shoulder angle

 

[CVCOBRA1]

Twist rate and throat?
They have had a while to work on this.

 

[Ross1147]

Yeah, looks like a 35 deg shoulder and a long action. The rebated rim is what's throwing me off? If it's an extended 6.5x284 I'd expect more velocity? My 6.5-06AI is a good 100 FPS faster then any of those loads...granted that's reloading and those are factory loads.

 

[Canhunter35]

I'm thinking That it would make a nice 7mm cartridge

 

[Nomosendero]

An extended 6.5x284 would have more capacity than a 6.5-06AI of course by design and as Ross said it should be faster which also is out of the box for Weatherby who normally load pretty hot. It could be we are missing a few details, I can handle waiting another month to see. With a '06 case head this would make a Remage possibility if I ever saw one. I could build one of those and have an '06 or 270 barrel in the safe to pass the rifle on to my boys if the factory round doesn't make it as most of their generation don't load their own. I have a Rem 270 that would be great with that long Rem action!
I would say if they get more competitive which they may be able to do since they left Taxifornia and there are good brass sources and ammo not too high they might pull this one off. It will be fun to watch the speculation though until the facts are presented.

 

[jjmp]

Interesting , thks for posting this ! Thumbs up Weatherby!!!