6.5mm 140 gr Lapua Naturalis

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02 September 2012, 07:49

GSSP

6.5mm 140 gr Lapua Naturalis

Won a box of these. Any one have any experience with them; paper, animals, etc.?

I have both a 260 Rem and 6.5x47 Lapua.

Alan

03 September 2012, 03:00

Von Gruff

quote:
Originally posted by GSSP:
Won a box of these. Any one have any experience with them; paper, animals, etc.?

I have both a 260 Rem and 6.5x47 Lapua.

Alan

A friend of mine uses them in both his 6.5x284 and a 6x5x55 and says they are the best of the mono's in that the expansion is circumferencial rather that petalised. I have seen some recovered bullets and the resulting mushroomed peel back is impressive.

Von Gruff.

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03 September 2012, 19:31

fgulla

Lapua is a great company, so i dont have any experience with em but i would shoot them in my 6.5X55 with utter confidence....

05 September 2012, 01:48

Ingvar J. Kristjansson

Very impressive hunting bullet