Affordability isn't the issue. My income puts me in the top 1% and our 4,000 square foot house on 5 acres in an expensive subdivision is paid for. I can afford a lot of nice things but too many years of being dirt poor in my younger years also taught me the value of thrift. I've never been one to jump on the latest new thing like a fish going for a flashy lure. My full custom, Krieger barreled 6.5-06AI ran over $2000 total and while I could have purchased a Ruger .338WM for much less, I had one custom built to suit my wants and needs using Ruger parts. I have two gun safes, one large Browning and one smaller Stack-On and need another. We generally pay cash for our new vehicles (we buy nice ones and drive them forever) so a $2500 MSRP for a 6.5 RPM rifle isn't an issue. The issue is the value isn't there for my purposes. If you think otherwise you don't "get" squat.
If sub five pound rifles are the only market for the 6.5 RPM, the market is very small indeed, and recoil will likely suck.
If the larger case of the 6.5 RPM requires 10% more powder to achieve the same velocities as my 6.5-06AI, as is likely, calculations show recoil will be around 31-32 ft-lbs for 127-130g bullets in a 5 pound rifle and higher yet for the 140g bullets. Thank you, but no thanks. By contrast, my 6.5-06AI loads in a standard weight rifle (8.3 pounds with scope) would be under 18 ft-lbs. In my fluted heavy barrel 6.5-06AI with laminate stock, they are even less.
The fact is that, in standard weight rifles, the 6.5RPM has no significant advantage (if any) over other currently available SAAMI cartridges, including the 8.5-284, 6.5-06 A-Square, 6.5 PRC and .264WM. And if velocity is your thing, it can't match the 26 Nosler or Weatherby 6.5-300.
If you think the 6.5 RPM is wonderful, go for it. I'll pass.
