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my wifes 7rsaum is an 18.5" and slinging the 140 absolute hammers at 3130fps!! you'll love that shorty !! specially quiet
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Litehiker
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HUH? the 6.5 CM " ... waste a ton of meat." ? Nope.Make it easy 6.5 PRC. Should do what you want. Just don't go over board and get the 6.5 creedmore that may be to much for deer at 1k and waste a ton of meat.
Elk Hunter 338
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Its the best elk rifle this side of the Mississippi don't ya KnowYeah, I'm not sure how the Creedmoor entered this conversation.
Litehiker
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My solution for avoiding the headaches of a custom rifle. This is my Browning 6.5 PRC X-Bolt Pro with bronze Cerakoted stainless barrel and action, Cerakoted carbon fiber stock, factory lapped barrel, very good trigger, bolt loc W/ unlock button to remove cartridge WHIILE on safe. Browning calls it a "semi-custom rifle" B/C of all the extras like the fluting, stainless steel, Cerakoting, barrel lapping, etc.
SCOPE-> Bushnell Elite LRTS 4.5 - 28 x 44 scope in Cerakoted Talley rings.
The knife is a Norwegian HELLE GT W/ laminated blade.
SCOPE-> Bushnell Elite LRTS 4.5 - 28 x 44 scope in Cerakoted Talley rings.
The knife is a Norwegian HELLE GT W/ laminated blade.
Yeah, I'm not sure how the Creedmoor entered this conversation.
You got to 6 pages of posts without it, I think that's a record.
Elk Hunter 338
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I was shocked it made it a page without it being praisedYou got to 6 pages of posts without it, I think thats a record.
Nice looking rifle....but, is it a long action or short? Can you run the longer Berger bullets through the magazine or do you have to run them one at a time?
Litehiker
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Unfortunately it is a short action, the exact same length as a 6.5 CM action and the factory Hornady 6.5 PRC ammo BARELY clears the magazine. That is the only I don't like about it. I've Dremeled a bit out of the inside front of the mags but still not enough to clear the heavy BERGER hybrids.
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seems all headaches alleviated by going away from a properly made and designed custom rifle!!! GOT IT
cjl2010
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Dremel, so basically a gunsmith??seems all headaches alleviated by going away from a properly made and designed custom rifle!!! GOT IT
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Tidus56
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So when I slap a prefit barrel on an action and bed the recoil that must make me master class 2 gunsmith…nice! Adding that sucker to my resume!!
Litehiker
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Never intended to reload for my 6.5 PRC. Factory ammo is just fine, tank youse veddy nice.
I do enough reloading in 6.5 CM for my competition RPR and 9 mm PCC.
So yep, I DID avoid the work of making a custom rifle.
My ideal custom rifle would be a JP MR19 barreled action in a good carbon fiber stock. I'd use Marine Tex for bedding.
I do enough reloading in 6.5 CM for my competition RPR and 9 mm PCC.
So yep, I DID avoid the work of making a custom rifle.
My ideal custom rifle would be a JP MR19 barreled action in a good carbon fiber stock. I'd use Marine Tex for bedding.
That's awesome!! I was planning on shooting the 124 or 131 hammer hunter (haven't tried the absolutes yet) and was hoping to get 3050 out of those you're giving me good hope I'll achieve those velocities
