LAPUA TRX .264 6.5MM 120GR

[viking78]

How many of you have tested this new Lapua hunting bullet?

Introducing the TRX TrueRange Expanding Hunting product family

Lapua TRX® hunting bullets and ammunition are crafted for hunters who demand the highest standards in ballistics and terminal performance.

www.lapua.com

I have done now 2 shootign trip with the TRX and i must say that is it awesome.
Yesterday i did accuracy test and water jug & plywood test, and the results were like they promise at Lapua pages.
99% of the bullet was still left, after gone thry nearly a 1" plywood and 5 water jugs.
866 m/s speed, same as 2840 fps.
I did the test with Strasser RS 700 6.5CM.
Vihtavuori Triple-5 powder.
42gr and 44gr.
COL 2,8" and 2,85".
I did shoot 6 x 5 shot´s and no pause on each set, so the last 5 shot´t group was so, that first round was about 1" off the group that
the last 4 rounds made, 0.18".
So this is legit, if you are interested it, go and get some.

Gavin from UR made a cool video of this also few days ago.

 

[diggler1833]

Gavin shilled again and shot gel at knife-throwing distance (again). It is getting to the point where there are more Youtube comments about why he isn't shooting gel at actual hunting distances in his bullet reviews than anything else. It will eventually come back to bite him as more people recognize that all of his "INSANE" videos are just paid advertisements.

That isn't to take away from Lapua though. Hasn't the Naturalis been out since 2002 (according to Lapua)? This just looks like a tipped version with bands for the copper to flow... pretty heavily influenced by the Barnes TTSX.

Never killed anything with the Lapua stuff, but I'm sure it works. I've probably killed ~150 hogs and ~30 coyotes with 3-4 versions of the Barnes TTSX... It is a phenomenal bullet. Lapua might have tighter tolerances though. I welcome more options, so good on them for the update.

I don't really get much of an opinion on a hunting bullet until I've killed at least a dozen animals with it. The 'small sample size' works here too. I've had bullets start off great the first 3-5 animals, and then get multiple poor performers in a row.