Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles What does Wby. 6.5 RPM offer me other than Lock in contract ammo/ $65 box.

Sounds to me like the subject title pretty well answers the question, at least for my needs and those in my hunting group.

The 6.5 PRM won't do anything I can't do with a 6.5-06AI, .264 WM or 6.5 PRC at the same pressures and the last thing I want is a rifle chambered for single-source, $65/box ammo or brass that costs $2 each.

The older I get the more I appreciate my 7mm RM. Weatherby clams 3075fps with a 140g bullet in the 6.5RPM qith a 24" barrel but I routinely run 140's over 3200fps in my 24" 7mm. Lately I've been testing the new Federal 155g Terminal Ascent (B..C. .586) at 3085fps. Wouldn't be much of a trick to build a custom 7mm RM and get the weight down, providing better long range performance than the 6.5RPM and saving a boatload of money for rifle and ammo both

YMMV.

Looked at some base numbers..

Weatherby. Com says 127 lrx (BC. 468) 3225mv
2250/1427 @500yd.

.270win Vortex ammo 129 lrx (BC. 463) 3140mv
2133/1352 @500yd.

Wby promo talks about RPM offering 1500 ft-lb
@500yd., (140AB 3075mv)

Wby offers Ultralight in .270win but no 6.5 RPM
Backcountry offered in 6.5 RPM but no. 270win.

RPM is a cool bit of exotica, but how many would
still settle for .270win which nips at its heels.

Daughter #1 shoots a .270, pushing a 150g ABLR to 2910fps. At our hunting altitudes (7000 ft and up) it retains 1500fpe past 700 yards and just shy of 1500fpe at 500 yards at 100ft altitude.

Should I buy her a 6.5PRM instead? Or maybe just drop her Rem M700 into a lightweight synthetic stock and save enough to pay for 2-3 years of my hunting expenses?

Tough decision. Like trying to decide between dinner out with the wife or a root canal without Novocaine.;

...................LOL...........Good analogy.........Boat loads of cartridge selections, whether they overlap in capabilities or not, make the shooting world go around and around. Always makes for some good conversation and debate.

Hey Coyote..........Tell your daughter #1 to stay away from reading gun mags. Otherwise, she may come to you and say. "Hey dad." "What do ya think of the new 27 Nosler?"...........I haven't run the ballistic #s, but she would get much closer to or maybe even equal a ton of FPE at 700 yards given 7,000 ft of altitude.....lol

I bought my Barnes 129lrx ammo for $27 a box. What’s the rpm cost?

More competition
.280 Ackley145 lrx (BC.486) 3050mv
2141/1476 @500 yd.

What does it do that a 6.5-06 , 6.5 PRC or 6,5-284 cannot do?

What do those do that the 6.5 RPM cannot do?

The RPM was designed to fit in the lightweight 6-lug action, the PRC is a short mag, so what does the PRC do that the SAUM cannot do?

I like the RPM case design the most out of all the others, necked down to .257 it'll be a badazz little round!

.............................A 6 lug Mk5 Weatherby rifle.

You can't rebarrel a Kimber 84L,Forbes, Colt light rifle or similar small action for a 6.5-06?

Be nice if Hornady or someone would load for the 6.5/06. I think part of the appeal of the rpm is availability of factory ammo (even at the higher prices).

Happened to have a chat with Cody up at Weatherby the other day. He told me that Weatherby does have plans to make the RPM available to other distributors.

Proprietary chambering, 6 LUG, titanium,
sub 5 lb for 500yd shots...

thats a rather niche market they aiming at. (grin.)

don't get me wrong - Wby making a 6 lug
and offering such in non Wby chamberings
was a good move.
I always wanted a short action 6 lug.
Had two orig. Varmintmasters, but the
action was too short for 7mm/08 etc.
.250 Sav at reg. oal, a no-go also... Too bad.

One of the reasons I got rid of my 240 accumark was no availability of factors ammo at any of the gun stores I frequent. The second reason is it was too close to a 25-06. I could have sent it to weatherby and had it rebarreled to 6.5 rpm but then I would run into the same problem as my 240.

BTW it is built on the 6 lug long action.

I had my eye on a 6 lug . 240 but never went there.
The DLX 9 lug. 240wm ~ 26" weighed more than
a thumping .340 and was not what I wanted
to carry around,.. ie) .240 6 lug is a hand in
a glove combination.. 👍

I didnt know Wby will rebarrel their rifles at
owners request... are their prices 'reasonable'.?

Dayum Oldelkhunter..ever heard of the internet?

What part of " availability of factors ammo at any of the gun stores I frequent" did you not understand? I had to buy all my Weatherby ammo on that there internet.