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would 160 round nose in new 6.5 Weatherby Mag work for Elk?
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<blockquote data-quote="fta0303" data-source="post: 2650991" data-attributes="member: 43503"><p>I have a new Weatherby 6 Lug Mark V in 6.5 Weatherby RPM. It won't feed the 160 gr Hornady round-nose seated to the cannelure, and won't feed it seated to 3.34 inches COAL. There is a perpendicular ridge on the feed ramp that catches the bullet nose. The same is true for PPU PRVI Partizan 156 gr semi-spitzer.</p><p></p><p>Rifle does feed the Barnes 127 gr LRX at COAL = 3.41 inches, to the cannelure.</p><p></p><p>Rifle will shoot the Hornady bullet single shot, and likely will shoot the PRVI bullet that way as well. Mark a bullet with blue dye and load it in a dummy round, uncrimped, and test in your rifle to know proper seating depth. No info on twist, concede its a key issue. Have a Freedom Arms 454 Casull; a 300 gr lead LBT WFN bullet simply disappears if loaded to 1000 fps, the 1/24 twist won't stabilize it. And I do mean disappears, I don't know where the bullets went. Unnerving.</p><p></p><p>I'm disappointed - a commercial rifle ought ordinarily to feed appropriate commercial bullets. However, I initially commissioned a custom rifle on a Terminus action, and the smith was unable to make it feed these bullets also. I returned the custom rifle due to this issue. The new Weatherby cost about half what the custom rifle did, and will do whatever the custom rifle might have done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fta0303, post: 2650991, member: 43503"] I have a new Weatherby 6 Lug Mark V in 6.5 Weatherby RPM. It won't feed the 160 gr Hornady round-nose seated to the cannelure, and won't feed it seated to 3.34 inches COAL. There is a perpendicular ridge on the feed ramp that catches the bullet nose. The same is true for PPU PRVI Partizan 156 gr semi-spitzer. Rifle does feed the Barnes 127 gr LRX at COAL = 3.41 inches, to the cannelure. Rifle will shoot the Hornady bullet single shot, and likely will shoot the PRVI bullet that way as well. Mark a bullet with blue dye and load it in a dummy round, uncrimped, and test in your rifle to know proper seating depth. No info on twist, concede its a key issue. Have a Freedom Arms 454 Casull; a 300 gr lead LBT WFN bullet simply disappears if loaded to 1000 fps, the 1/24 twist won't stabilize it. And I do mean disappears, I don't know where the bullets went. Unnerving. I'm disappointed - a commercial rifle ought ordinarily to feed appropriate commercial bullets. However, I initially commissioned a custom rifle on a Terminus action, and the smith was unable to make it feed these bullets also. I returned the custom rifle due to this issue. The new Weatherby cost about half what the custom rifle did, and will do whatever the custom rifle might have done. [/QUOTE]
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