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300 PRC or 30 Sherman mag
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<blockquote data-quote="codyadams" data-source="post: 2024903" data-attributes="member: 87243"><p>Finding a reamer is easy, if you take 5 minutes, message elkaholic right there and have him send one to your smith, or use one of the many smiths that already have one. Done. </p><p></p><p>The way they are headspaced, you can buy 100 pieces of brass and develope a load with fireforming rounds that will be sub half MOA, run like a standard PRC and use it for hunting if you wish, and if your rifle is built properly, finding a load shouldn't take too many rounds either. Then once your done with those fireforming rounds, just work up to a higher velocity node and your gtg. And one other thing, the 40° shoulder (on any cartridge) is great for reducing the need to trim, and if your a guy like me that hates to trim, that is nice. I only trimmed twice in 11 fireings for my .260 AI. </p><p></p><p>I don't really consider the cost of dies that much more, I usually spend $100-$150 on my dies for any rifle intended for long range, I want quality dies. If my ammo isn't put together well, then my $3000+ rifle really isn't much good. Which brings up the next point, if your spending at least $300 for a prefit barrel and doing your own installation, or much more than that if your building a full rifle, plus shelling out the money for Lapua brass, is another one time $100 or less purchase for dies a deal breaker?</p><p></p><p>These are just my thoughts on it, nothing wrong with going either way. With equal barrel lengths, I think the Sherman is getting 150 fps+ increase over the standard PRC. If you have very limited time, the strait PRC may be acceptable. If you want the most performance, the Sherman is the better option. No loosing option here imo.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="codyadams, post: 2024903, member: 87243"] Finding a reamer is easy, if you take 5 minutes, message elkaholic right there and have him send one to your smith, or use one of the many smiths that already have one. Done. The way they are headspaced, you can buy 100 pieces of brass and develope a load with fireforming rounds that will be sub half MOA, run like a standard PRC and use it for hunting if you wish, and if your rifle is built properly, finding a load shouldn't take too many rounds either. Then once your done with those fireforming rounds, just work up to a higher velocity node and your gtg. And one other thing, the 40° shoulder (on any cartridge) is great for reducing the need to trim, and if your a guy like me that hates to trim, that is nice. I only trimmed twice in 11 fireings for my .260 AI. I don't really consider the cost of dies that much more, I usually spend $100-$150 on my dies for any rifle intended for long range, I want quality dies. If my ammo isn't put together well, then my $3000+ rifle really isn't much good. Which brings up the next point, if your spending at least $300 for a prefit barrel and doing your own installation, or much more than that if your building a full rifle, plus shelling out the money for Lapua brass, is another one time $100 or less purchase for dies a deal breaker? These are just my thoughts on it, nothing wrong with going either way. With equal barrel lengths, I think the Sherman is getting 150 fps+ increase over the standard PRC. If you have very limited time, the strait PRC may be acceptable. If you want the most performance, the Sherman is the better option. No loosing option here imo. [/QUOTE]
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