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Weatherby's new 6.5 RPM cartridge
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<blockquote data-quote="Weatherby Fan" data-source="post: 1946623" data-attributes="member: 29953"><p>Well I originally ordered a Weatherby Backcountry Ti 6.5 RPM but the over $5000 price tag cured my enthusiasm for that rifle so I passed on it and had one built on a Kimber Montana 84L donor, Gunsmith Gary Flach did his usual treatment to the Montana, </p><p></p><p>Trued and Squared the action, lighten the trigger to 2.5lbs, I had him add a palm swell to the Montana Stock, I went with a 24" #2 contour 1-8 twist Benchmark, I added Talleys and a Zeiss V4 4-16x44 scope and headed to the range with 3 boxes of factory Weatherby ammo as I haven't received my dies as of yet.</p><p></p><p>The accuracy/velocity results were ok for the most part, I did expect a little better accuracy, hopefully I can sort that out with some handloads.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://imgur.com/VD7OnpW" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/VD7OnpW.jpg?1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://imgur.com/DBKU5PO" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/DBKU5PO.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>140gr Interlocks advertised velocity 2975fps- actual 3030/3022 first two shots to zero, cleaned barrel then 3 more shots at 100 3002/2993/2982 producing 1.1" group, sorry no target for this group.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>127gr LRX shot best, advertised velocity 3225fps- actual from a clean barrel 3103/3109/3093 produced a .65" group</p><p><a href="https://imgur.com/dIXxq8e" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/dIXxq8e.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>140gr Accubonds advertised velocity 3075fps- actual from a clean barrel 3041/3013/3014, produced a .95" group</p><p><a href="https://imgur.com/s09AvvI" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/s09AvvI.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Weatherby Fan, post: 1946623, member: 29953"] Well I originally ordered a Weatherby Backcountry Ti 6.5 RPM but the over $5000 price tag cured my enthusiasm for that rifle so I passed on it and had one built on a Kimber Montana 84L donor, Gunsmith Gary Flach did his usual treatment to the Montana, Trued and Squared the action, lighten the trigger to 2.5lbs, I had him add a palm swell to the Montana Stock, I went with a 24" #2 contour 1-8 twist Benchmark, I added Talleys and a Zeiss V4 4-16x44 scope and headed to the range with 3 boxes of factory Weatherby ammo as I haven't received my dies as of yet. The accuracy/velocity results were ok for the most part, I did expect a little better accuracy, hopefully I can sort that out with some handloads. [url=https://imgur.com/VD7OnpW][img]http://i.imgur.com/VD7OnpW.jpg?1[/img][/url] [url=https://imgur.com/DBKU5PO][img]http://i.imgur.com/DBKU5PO.jpg[/img][/url] 140gr Interlocks advertised velocity 2975fps- actual 3030/3022 first two shots to zero, cleaned barrel then 3 more shots at 100 3002/2993/2982 producing 1.1" group, sorry no target for this group. 127gr LRX shot best, advertised velocity 3225fps- actual from a clean barrel 3103/3109/3093 produced a .65" group [url=https://imgur.com/dIXxq8e][img]http://i.imgur.com/dIXxq8e.jpg[/img][/url] 140gr Accubonds advertised velocity 3075fps- actual from a clean barrel 3041/3013/3014, produced a .95" group [url=https://imgur.com/s09AvvI][img]http://i.imgur.com/s09AvvI.jpg[/img][/url] [/QUOTE]
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