The Lapua Hunt App has just received an update designed to enhance your hunting experience with smarter tools, clearer insights, and improved teamwork features. Whether you’re tracking game or coordinating with your hunting team, the new version ensures that every moment in the field is guided by reliability and innovation.

New App features

1. Animated location sharing indicator

The updated Lapua Hunt App introduces an animated location sharing indicator that clearly shows when your position is being shared. Users can now easily access detailed information about the available location sharing options: Offline, Anonymous, or Team.

Upon app launch, you’ll be prompted to decide whether to continue sharing your location in the same mode as your previous session.

Activate or adjust your location sharing anytime via Menu → Teams.

2. Teams with a time limit

When creating a new team, the owner can now set a time limit for how long it will remain active. Once the chosen end date and time pass, the team will automatically expire – keeping your team list tidy and your active groups relevant to your current hunts.

3. Easier way to join teams

Team owners can now copy and share the team code directly from the app through text message, email, or any preferred messaging platform. This streamlined process makes joining teams fast and effortless.

4. Angle from compass view to calculator

You can now measure an angle directly in compass view and transfer that value instantly to the calculator.

Release summary

• Animated indicator when location sharing is active
• Teams can now be set with a time limit
• Simplified team joining process
• Angle measurement and transfer from compass to calculator

Update your app today and experience the new tools designed to enhance your hunting experience with smarter tools, clearer insights, and improved teamwork features. Read more about the Lapua Hunt app here!

Lapua’s True-Range Expanding® (TRX) represents latest step forward in lead-free hunting bullets, combining accuracy, consistency, and highest standards in ballistics and terminal performance. Independent testing in Jakt magazine by Jørund Lien compared the TRX in both 6.5 mm and .30 caliber against other lead-free designs, producing results that underscore the precision engineering behind Lapua’s approach.

The 6.5 mm Lapua TRX lead-free hunting bullet: Record-setting accuracy and velocity

The 6.5 mm 9,7 g / 120 Grain TRX demonstrated the best accuracy of all tested lead-free bullets: In the Bergara B14 Nordic Edition, the 6.5 mm TRX achieved 18 mm average group (2×5 shots) using 48 gr of MRP. With 49 gr Vihtavuori N165 powder, the 6.5 mm TRX achieved 21 mm average group with 2×5 shots. In the Blaser R93, the same load produced an even tighter 14 mm average group using 48 gr of MRP. For comparison, the Barnes TTSX 120 gr averaged 25 mm in the Bergara, while the Norma EcoStrike and Sako Blade each grouped at 21 mm in the Blaser.

Muzzle velocities in the Bergara with a 56 cm barrel ranged from 858 m/s (Barnes TTSX) down to 842 m/s (Sako Blade and Sierra Gameking), with the TRX recording 844 m/s. In the Blaser’s 57,7 cm barrel, the TRX delivered 821 m/s with the same 48 gr MRP load.

.30 caliber Lapua TRX: precision and performance in 9,7 g / 150 gr & 10,7 g / 165 gr lead-free hunting bullets

Lapua has also introduced the True-Range Expanding® (TRX) in .30 caliber, offering 9,7 g / 150 gr and 10,7 g / 165 gr lead-free bullets. The 9,7 g / 150 gr design is especially well-suited to .308 Winchester and .30-06 Springfield, combining a favorable ballistic coefficient with reliable accuracy.

The 9,7 g / 150 gr TRX was tested in three different .308 Winchester rifles and two .30-06 rifles, 10,7 g / 165 grs only in .30-06. All loads were developed close to or at maximum charge based on experience with powders for loading homogeneous copper bullets of the same weight. The exception was a new lot of Vihtavuori N150, which gave lower muzzle velocity than N140 in .308 Win.

With 45 grains of Vihtavuori N140, two of the three .308 Win rifles showed the best precision. That all three rifles managed 1 MOA with five shots is proof enough of the 9,7 g / 150 gr TRX’s accuracy.

In .30-06, the 9,7 g / 150 gr TRX produced excellent results: In the Blaser R8, the 150 gr TRX achieved 18 mm average group (2×5 shots) using 61 gr Vihtavuori N560. In the S&L rifle with the 51 gr N550 powder, the .30 caliber 9,7 g / 150 gr TRX achieved 15 mm average group.

The heavier 10,7 g / 165 gr TRX was also tested in .30-06, achieving 19–21 mm averages. While accurate, the 9,7 g / 150 gr version provided higher muzzle velocity.

Lapua TRX: The Next Evolution in lead-free Hunting Ammunition

The new Lapua True-Range Expanding® (TRX) has already shown strong results in terms of both accuracy and expansion. Early testing indicates that TRX meets and matches the standards set by other leading lead-free hunting bullets. It stands as a reliable choice for hunters who demand precision and consistent terminal effect featuring the highest quality components recognized by the world’s best precision shooting enthusiasts, including Lapua cartridge cases and Vihtavuori propellants.

“New solid copper bullet that impresses in the first test!” — Jørund Lien, Jakt

Factory-loaded TRX® Ammunition available this autumn in 6.5 x 55 SE, as well as 6.5 Creedmoor and .308 Winchester. More information on these products coming soon. Other TRX bullet and cartridge offerings announced later this year – stay tuned for more!

The C.I.P. organization, which decides on the safety and standardization of weapons and cartridges, has decided on a requirement for cartridges loaded with solid bullets harder than lead (e.g. solid copper or brass) to carry a warning on the packaging that they should not be used in polygonal rifled barrels.

What is a polygonal barrel?

Polygonal rifled barrels do not have traditional sharp lands and grooves. Instead, the bore cross‑section is shaped like a smooth polygon with rounded corners. The interior looks like a rounded polygon rather than a circle with cut grooves.

Polygonal rifled barrels are allowed a slightly narrower free bore area than normal rifling. This can increase the pressure with solid bullets harder than lead bullets, which is why the warning has been deemed appropriate.

In hunting rifles, this rifling is very rare; it is most often used in serial firearms and self-loading pistols (e.g. Glock). However, this rifling can be encountered in old self-loading H&K hunting rifles.

Lapua is placing a warning icon on Naturalis and TRX cartridge and bullet packagings (see lower right corner of packaging in picture below). No changes have been made or will be made to the bullets or cartridges, it is only a new marking to the box printing.