6.5 x 47 Lapua ???? new at SHOT show

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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - 6.5 x 47 Lapua ???? new at SHOT show

Posted: 2/9/2006 9:23:21 PM EDT

Anyone else see this from the SHOT show pics ??

Wonder how this will compare to a .260 REM(6.5-08) or the 6.5 Grendel

Posted: 2/10/2006 4:48:53 PM EDT

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...or the 6.5 Grendel

One and the same.

Posted: 2/11/2006 2:32:21 AM EDT

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...or the 6.5 Grendel

One and the same.

Completely wrong. Basically the 6.5x47 is based on the .308 brass, while the Grendel is based on the 7.62x39 brass.

Posted: 2/11/2006 5:12:16 AM EDT

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...or the 6.5 Grendel

One and the same.

Completely wrong. Basically the 6.5x47 is based on the .308 brass, while the Grendel is based on the 7.62x39 brass.

More velocity?

Posted: 2/11/2006 5:56:27 AM EDT

[#4]

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...or the 6.5 Grendel

One and the same.

Completely wrong. Basically the 6.5x47 is based on the .308 brass, while the Grendel is based on the 7.62x39 brass.

More velocity?

More energy (higher velocity/heavier bulletweights)

Posted: 2/11/2006 7:35:41 AM EDT

[#5]

isnt the .260 a .308 necked down to 6.5?
is the lapua round going to have stronger brass for higher pressure?

Posted: 2/11/2006 6:04:12 PM EDT

[#6]

What's the OAL on the 6.5 Grendal? Got to be close to 47mm. OAL on .308 is 51mm and the Grendals relation to the 7.62x39 is fairly distant. Up until the releases at SHOT, 6.5Grendal ammo was only made by Lapua, so I don't see why Lapua would come out with a new round so similar to the one they just created.

Posted: 2/11/2006 8:17:16 PM EDT

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What's the OAL on the 6.5 Grendal? Got to be close to 47mm.

Try 39mm

Posted: 2/12/2006 6:43:04 AM EDT

[#8]

When will the madness end???

Posted: 2/12/2006 7:31:05 AM EDT

[#9]

6.5 Grendel:

Case length is 39mm. Case head diameter is .445". Case capacity is 35.0 grains of water and about 32.5 grains powder. The cartridge was developed to maximize performance in the AR15 platform. In that role, magazine-length loads are limited to 2.255" OAL. However, in single-round loading or in a bolt-action rifle, OAL can be extended with bullets up to 130 grains as far as 2.420".

Posted: 2/12/2006 6:20:01 PM EDT

[#10]

Anyone got a link to more info?

wganz
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Posted: 2/12/2006 7:21:50 PM EDT

[#11]

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What's the OAL on the 6.5 Grendal? Got to be close to 47mm. OAL on .308 is 51mm and the Grendals relation to the 7.62x39 is fairly distant. Up until the releases at SHOT, 6.5Grendal ammo was only made by Lapua, so I don't see why Lapua would come out with a new round so similar to the one they just created.

You are confusing length of the case with overall length.

6.5x47 Lapua is between the Grendel and .260 Rem in case length, it looks to be a shortened .260/.308 case. My SWAG is it's for loading very long bullets to the same OAL as the 260/308.

Posted: 2/14/2006 5:56:30 PM EDT

[#12]

so what's the point then, I could just go with a custom .260Rem built on a .308 AR
variant, why the new Lapua cartridge ??

I really wish Winchester would standardize the .264/6.5 WSM !!

Posted: 2/14/2006 7:24:52 PM EDT

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so what's the point then

The point I think would be to load very long bullets to the same OAL as 308.

Posted: 2/14/2006 9:32:41 PM EDT

[#14]

ahhh.....

any idea what the OAL of a 6.5-284 is ??

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