Thread: New cartridge from weatherby: 6.5 RPM

https://www.longrangehunting.com/thr...tridge.225060/

Weatherby is going to release a new cartridge in September: the 6.5 rpm . It seems a kind of 6.5-284 with a longer body.

The rifle Weatherby is releasing to go with it sounds bloody nice.

Have they released an actual case drawing for it yet ?

Who gives a fuck.

Itll be heavy, unbalanced, inaccurate and have a shit bolt.

Originally Posted by Tribrit

Who gives a fuck.

Itll be heavy, unbalanced, inaccurate and have a shit bolt.

Obviously never used a MkV. Ugly stocks but light and accurate and function very well

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Obviously never used a MkV. Ugly stocks but light and accurate and function very well

Weatherbys and Rugers send chills up my spine.
Have owned both (not a mark 5).. they were just awful.

Originally Posted by Tribrit

Weatherbys and Rugers send chills up my spine.
Have owned both (not a mark 5).. they were just awful.

I've got a Wby vanguard 2, it's not the lightest rifle in the world but it shoots well.

Originally Posted by Joe_90

I've got a Wby vanguard 2, it's not the lightest rifle in the world but it shoots well.

To be fair, you own a howa

I hear you on the Rugers.

Back in the day I had probably 4 - M77 actioned Rugers that all required gunsmithing to fix issues right out of the box. Oval chambers ( fired bullets couldn't be pushed back into chamber without rotating them them get to fit (x2) re-crowns (x2). Never was 100% confident with ruger bolt-actions.
Now the two Ruger No1's I owned I rue the day I sold them.
One of the M77's had the tighest barrel to action fit the gunsmith had encountered so much so he wanted me there to witness them taking it off perchance it broke and I thought it was their heavy-handiness.

It turned out the threads were so loose in fact that the locktite or whatever they used to "glue" it together was really all that was holding the barrel in aligement / mis-alignment.

Never had any of those issues with my 15+ Remingtons in various models. All they nneded was glass-bedding.

Originally Posted by Tribrit

Who gives a fuck.

Itll be heavy, unbalanced, inaccurate and have a shit bolt.

https://weatherby.com/store/markv-backcountry-ti/

Originally Posted by Tahr

https://weatherby.com/store/markv-backcountry-ti/

I hate to say it but for a factory rifle it looks good !
Will it put any more game in the freezer ...... nah.

Titanium mark V 6 lugs action, so the smaller diameter Action.
Lightweight barrel.
So heavy and unbalanced certainly not.
What would be great is if they could change the design of their stock to something more kimberish .
They dared changing their cartridge shoulder for that one, so why not their stock shape.
It will probably be pricey.

Weatherby’s dead isn’t he?

Wait for it.....

@Friwi, I suspect that cartridge will be renamed shortly.

The correct name is 6.5 UTB (Ultimate Throat Burner)

Originally Posted by ebf

@Friwi, I suspect that cartridge will be renamed shortly.

The correct name is 6.5 UTB (Ultimate Throat Burner)

I wonder if each new rifle comes with a second barrel ?

I'd be inclined to flag away reloading and buy 800 rounds of factory ammo with it and plan that will be it's lifetime. It looks specialised as an excellent long range hunting rifle and that could be enough rounds. The conventional sloped shoulder with 0.400" headspace datum would make consistent reloading simpler than the Weatherby double radius and the promo video does show several reloading clips, but in the end this may not be its forte unless factory replacement barrels are easily available.