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6.5 SAUM, 6.5 Creedmoor, 7mm-08
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<blockquote data-quote="57K" data-source="post: 1354407" data-attributes="member: 75296"><p>With Hornady behind the 6.5 PRC, I get your point. However, the 6.5 CM is firmly established and served very well with rifles and ammo along with fairly light recoil as far as the average shooter.</p><p></p><p>From what I see, and has been pointed out here is that we now have 3 - 6.5mms that essentially do the same thing while only one is a standardized cartridge that never got off the ground with the 6.5 Rem Mag. I suppose we'll be able to call the 6.5 PRC "standardized" soon enough with factory ammo from Hornady. But still, the major riflemakers will have to get on board as well, and it does have the advantage of the 6.5 CM in being able to seat bullets longer in a short action.</p><p></p><p>That's my point about a possible 7mm PRC. It could do what the .284 Win couldn't with its length restrictions. I don't believe a 7mm CM would match 7mm-08 ballistics as close as the 6.5 CM matches the .260 Rem. And standard pressure .280 Rem @ 50,000 CUP or 60,000 PSI doesn't improve over the 7mm-08 and requires a standard action. One of the most popular AIs is the .280 Rem AI. Seems to me like a 7mm PRC could do for the 7mm what the CM (Hornady) did for 6.5mm.</p><p></p><p>I have liked the 7mm-08 since Rem first offered it in factory rifles and ammo. It does everything it was advertise to do in a pretty easy to shoot platform. As far as factory rifles it is typically among the most accurate calibers you can buy. The 7mm-08 Rem AI doesn't seem to improve it in the way that .260 AI improves the .260 Rem, and since a 7mm PRC would not technically be a magnum like the 7mm SAUM or WSM, and with lower recoil with the ability to load "down" to the 7mm-08 level, I can see a lot of potential for such a cartridge.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="57K, post: 1354407, member: 75296"] With Hornady behind the 6.5 PRC, I get your point. However, the 6.5 CM is firmly established and served very well with rifles and ammo along with fairly light recoil as far as the average shooter. From what I see, and has been pointed out here is that we now have 3 - 6.5mms that essentially do the same thing while only one is a standardized cartridge that never got off the ground with the 6.5 Rem Mag. I suppose we'll be able to call the 6.5 PRC "standardized" soon enough with factory ammo from Hornady. But still, the major riflemakers will have to get on board as well, and it does have the advantage of the 6.5 CM in being able to seat bullets longer in a short action. That's my point about a possible 7mm PRC. It could do what the .284 Win couldn't with its length restrictions. I don't believe a 7mm CM would match 7mm-08 ballistics as close as the 6.5 CM matches the .260 Rem. And standard pressure .280 Rem @ 50,000 CUP or 60,000 PSI doesn't improve over the 7mm-08 and requires a standard action. One of the most popular AIs is the .280 Rem AI. Seems to me like a 7mm PRC could do for the 7mm what the CM (Hornady) did for 6.5mm. I have liked the 7mm-08 since Rem first offered it in factory rifles and ammo. It does everything it was advertise to do in a pretty easy to shoot platform. As far as factory rifles it is typically among the most accurate calibers you can buy. The 7mm-08 Rem AI doesn't seem to improve it in the way that .260 AI improves the .260 Rem, and since a 7mm PRC would not technically be a magnum like the 7mm SAUM or WSM, and with lower recoil with the ability to load "down" to the 7mm-08 level, I can see a lot of potential for such a cartridge. [/QUOTE]
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