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What do you think of the 6.5 WBY RPM ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Greyfox" data-source="post: 1736187" data-attributes="member: 10291"><p>I'm not so sure we needed another 6.5 cartridge.....</p><p>Having been an avid 6.5 affectionato for many years Ive been quite interested in the recent introduction of the Weatherby RPM, and well worth thinking about given its interesting positioning by Weatherby in the now flooded field of 6.5 cartridges. At first reaction, much like other recent higher capacity offerings, I tend to fall in the camp that the high capacity cases lend inefficiency and diminishing returns, at least for medium game hunting to 1000, or perhaps even 1200 yard range, now feasible using the "sweet spot" capacity of the 6.5x284/6.5PRC cartridges with the newer heavy/highBC bullets and performance propellants. I spent my pre-6.5 years shooting the 270W and 270WSM, while they got the job done in the mid-range, with the lack of projectile selection(which persists to this day), I do agree the .270's have taken a back seat to the 6.5's. If It were desired, as Rfurman24 suggests, I would personally move upwards in caliber to the 280AI or 7mmMag.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greyfox, post: 1736187, member: 10291"] I’m not so sure we needed another 6.5 cartridge..... Having been an avid 6.5 affectionato for many years Ive been quite interested in the recent introduction of the Weatherby RPM, and well worth thinking about given its interesting positioning by Weatherby in the now flooded field of 6.5 cartridges. At first reaction, much like other recent higher capacity offerings, I tend to fall in the camp that the high capacity cases lend inefficiency and diminishing returns, at least for medium game hunting to 1000, or perhaps even 1200 yard range, now feasible using the “sweet spot” capacity of the 6.5x284/6.5PRC cartridges with the newer heavy/highBC bullets and performance propellants. I spent my pre-6.5 years shooting the 270W and 270WSM, while they got the job done in the mid-range, with the lack of projectile selection(which persists to this day), I do agree the .270’s have taken a back seat to the 6.5’s. If It were desired, as Rfurman24 suggests, I would personally move upwards in caliber to the 280AI or 7mmMag. [/QUOTE]
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