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<blockquote data-quote="Badgerclaw" data-source="post: 1636883" data-attributes="member: 101780"><p>I dont have ether, but I can tell you a few things about the nosler case, as I've been messing with the 28 nosler for two years and three barrels now. I also know a few people with the 6.5 prc. </p><p></p><p>Like you said, you'll only be shooting 20 rounds a year. I would recommend more to really learn your rifle and verify your drop data at different altitudes, temperatures, ect... but if your only going to shoot twenty, the nosler will last you awhile. Something you could do with the $300 you save, is take the rifle to a gunsmith and have them run a throating reamer and add about .050" freebore. My PTG throater has a 1.5 degree leade angle compared to the SAMMI 3 degree angle on the 26 and 28 nosler reamers. This helped relieve some pressure in my 28 nosler and I was able to get more powder in the case. You will be hard pressed to fill up the case behind a 130-150 gr bullet being pushed through a 6.5mm hole, without adding some freebore. </p><p></p><p>The 26 nosler will still push a 6.5 bullet fast enough to take down an elk, even in a SAMMI spec chamber. However if your only shooting 20 rounds a year, I would recommend not shooting game passed 500. Just my personal opinion. The 26 shoots flat enough that you can go hunt at a different altitude/ temperature, and still hit within a few inches of your tested data at 500 yards. </p><p></p><p>Before the days of heavy high bc bullets, if you talk to the old timers, they used speed to make up for bullet wieght. I believe that is why the 25-06 is so loved. Pushing light bullets at stupid speeds and under 400 yards I believe it will drop just about any animal on the planet. Long story short, that 26 nosler will do an Elk just as well as your 7mm because of its speed (within a certain distance). Use bullets that will still penitrate if you hit the shoulder.</p><p></p><p>My buddy built a 6.5 prc on a remington 700 with a shilen 8 twist blank and was not able to reach advertised velocities, he also had trouble getting it to shoot his hand loads. It shot factory ammo well but he was not able to replicate the factory load. This could be a number of factors including a bad barrel, bad chamber job, damaged crown, ect... but I know he just wasn't immpressed. He had me rechamber the rifle in 6.5-300 WSM and he loves it. It's approching 26 nosler velocities in a short action! It shoots well (same barrel as the prc) and every handload shot under an inch at 100 yrds, he just had to play around to find the 1/2 moa load he settled on.</p><p></p><p>I'm sure there are some stupid accurate, stupid fast 6.5 prc's out there but just keep in mind, it's relitively new and you may not get what your expecting out of it. This is the problem I faced when I jumped on the 28 nosler band waggon. Love the cartridge but it took 3 barrels and a throating reamer to get what I wanted out of it. At least out of the 26 nos and 6.5 prc, the 26 has been around a little longer, and there is a lot of tested data/first hand experience out there to use as a reference. </p><p></p><p>I'd expect the polls favor the 6.5 prc because there are a lot of people on that bandwagon currently, and they might be the same people who got burnt by the 26 nosler, like I did with the 28. They are all great cartridges, they just need time for people to research and develope proper freebore. I saw a post on page 2 talking about the stepped freebore in some weatherbys. Kudos to weatherby for taking the time to optimize the performance of their cartridge by developing a good chamber/ freebore relationship from the factory!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Badgerclaw, post: 1636883, member: 101780"] I dont have ether, but I can tell you a few things about the nosler case, as I've been messing with the 28 nosler for two years and three barrels now. I also know a few people with the 6.5 prc. Like you said, you'll only be shooting 20 rounds a year. I would recommend more to really learn your rifle and verify your drop data at different altitudes, temperatures, ect... but if your only going to shoot twenty, the nosler will last you awhile. Something you could do with the $300 you save, is take the rifle to a gunsmith and have them run a throating reamer and add about .050" freebore. My PTG throater has a 1.5 degree leade angle compared to the SAMMI 3 degree angle on the 26 and 28 nosler reamers. This helped relieve some pressure in my 28 nosler and I was able to get more powder in the case. You will be hard pressed to fill up the case behind a 130-150 gr bullet being pushed through a 6.5mm hole, without adding some freebore. The 26 nosler will still push a 6.5 bullet fast enough to take down an elk, even in a SAMMI spec chamber. However if your only shooting 20 rounds a year, I would recommend not shooting game passed 500. Just my personal opinion. The 26 shoots flat enough that you can go hunt at a different altitude/ temperature, and still hit within a few inches of your tested data at 500 yards. Before the days of heavy high bc bullets, if you talk to the old timers, they used speed to make up for bullet wieght. I believe that is why the 25-06 is so loved. Pushing light bullets at stupid speeds and under 400 yards I believe it will drop just about any animal on the planet. Long story short, that 26 nosler will do an Elk just as well as your 7mm because of its speed (within a certain distance). Use bullets that will still penitrate if you hit the shoulder. My buddy built a 6.5 prc on a remington 700 with a shilen 8 twist blank and was not able to reach advertised velocities, he also had trouble getting it to shoot his hand loads. It shot factory ammo well but he was not able to replicate the factory load. This could be a number of factors including a bad barrel, bad chamber job, damaged crown, ect... but I know he just wasn't immpressed. He had me rechamber the rifle in 6.5-300 WSM and he loves it. It's approching 26 nosler velocities in a short action! It shoots well (same barrel as the prc) and every handload shot under an inch at 100 yrds, he just had to play around to find the 1/2 moa load he settled on. I'm sure there are some stupid accurate, stupid fast 6.5 prc's out there but just keep in mind, it's relitively new and you may not get what your expecting out of it. This is the problem I faced when I jumped on the 28 nosler band waggon. Love the cartridge but it took 3 barrels and a throating reamer to get what I wanted out of it. At least out of the 26 nos and 6.5 prc, the 26 has been around a little longer, and there is a lot of tested data/first hand experience out there to use as a reference. I'd expect the polls favor the 6.5 prc because there are a lot of people on that bandwagon currently, and they might be the same people who got burnt by the 26 nosler, like I did with the 28. They are all great cartridges, they just need time for people to research and develope proper freebore. I saw a post on page 2 talking about the stepped freebore in some weatherbys. Kudos to weatherby for taking the time to optimize the performance of their cartridge by developing a good chamber/ freebore relationship from the factory! [/QUOTE]
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