Mead Ammunition's 140-grain 6.5mm HPBT is a well-regarded bullet in its own right, and this listing is the first material off a production run — priced accordingly rather than held back for a batch that looks identical anyway. "Warm-up" bullets carry slightly wider tolerances than the settled mid-run product, but nothing here rises to the level of a reject or a factory second. It's the same hollow point boat tail match construction built for long-range accuracy work as the rest of Mead's line, just priced to reflect where in the run it came from. A straightforward way to load and shoot more for less without giving up a name you already trust.

A random sample of 20 bullets from this lot measured an average overall length of 1.40" and an average weight of 139.8 grains — within a tenth of a grain of the nominal 140-grain spec. Weights ranged from 139.6 to 140.0 grains, a spread of just 0.4 grain across the sample, well within what most precision reloaders would call bullet-to-bullet consistency.

• Caliber: 6.5mm (.264" diameter)
• Bullet Weight: 140 grains (nominal)
• Type: Hollow Point Boat Tail (HPBT)
• Grade: Warm-up (early production run)
• Count: 250
• Application: Long-range target / competition