Originally Posted by ellenbr
the Germans press into service a much lighter bullet & hence the R305 and faster powders. Plus the German versions of the Alpine 6,5X70R seem to have a smaller diameter bullet.

The classic bullet weights for old factory cartridges (all leaded of course) were 6,2 g, 7,7 g, and 8,6 g.
The new leadfree (or nearly leadfree) bullets of course are lighter.

See also here: https://forum.wildundhund.de/threads/v0-der-6-5x70r.50238/

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