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The 6.5x45mm Heavy in military guise. I'm fairly convinced that any next-generation cartridge should and will be steel-cased. The 6x45mm SAW of the late '70s was steel-cased, and the US military is currently doing work with steel-cased cartridges.

I based the look of this cartridge off the 6x45mm SAW, to make it stand out from my renders of lacquered steel Russian cartridges. The 6x45 SAW had a more brownish look, while the Russian method produces more green cartridges. Also, the Russians use sealant, while the 6x45 SAW did not, to my knowledge, instead using the normal American crimp method.

The 6.5x45mm Heavy can be seen as a bigger, spiritual successor to the 6x45mm SAW, because it follows the same formula of big, thin, high sectional density bullets fired at that sweet spot of 2300-2500fps where you get maximum penetration of hard targets without too much fragmentation.

Description
The 6.5x45mm Heavy in military guise. I'm fairly convinced that any next-generation cartridge should and will be steel-cased. The 6x45mm SAW of the late '70s was steel-cased, and the US military is currently doing work with steel-cased cartridges.

I based the look of this cartridge off the 6x45mm SAW, to make it stand out from my renders of lacquered steel Russian cartridges. The 6x45 SAW had a more brownish look, while the Russian method produces more green cartridges. Also, the Russians use sealant, while the 6x45 SAW did not, to my knowledge, instead using the normal American crimp method.

The 6.5x45mm Heavy can be seen as a bigger, spiritual successor to the 6x45mm SAW, because it follows the same formula of big, thin, high sectional density bullets fired at that sweet spot of 2300-2500fps where you get maximum penetration of hard targets without too much fragmentation.