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6.5 Creedmoor build 2K budget
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<blockquote data-quote="Lefty G-gear" data-source="post: 1569678" data-attributes="member: 26902"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>New Hornady 6.5 PRC Load</strong></span></p><p><a href="https://www.americanhunter.org/articles/2017/12/1/first-look-new-hornady-65-prc-load/" target="_blank">https://www.americanhunter.org/articles/2017/12/1/first-look-new-hornady-65-prc-load/</a></p><p></p><p> Hornady's wildly popular <a href="https://www.americanhunter.org/articles/2017/11/10/behind-the-bullet-65-creedmoor/" target="_blank">6.5mm Creedmoor</a>—introduced a decade ago—is the same bore size (and therefore shoots the same bullets) and also is a crossover for competition and hunting applications. Both are sized to fit short-action bolt rifles, but in addition to being slightly longer, the 6.5 PRC case is significantly fatter than the Creedmoor, to the point where it offers nearly 28 percent more case capacity. With Hornady's 143-gr. ELD-X super-streamlined hunting bullet, that translates a muzzle velocity of 2960 fps vs. the Creedmoor's 2700 fps. Advantage PRC, clearly, but how much difference will it make in real-world shooting?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lefty G-gear, post: 1569678, member: 26902"] [SIZE=6][B]New Hornady 6.5 PRC Load[/B][/SIZE] [URL]https://www.americanhunter.org/articles/2017/12/1/first-look-new-hornady-65-prc-load/[/URL] Hornady’s wildly popular [URL='https://www.americanhunter.org/articles/2017/11/10/behind-the-bullet-65-creedmoor/']6.5mm Creedmoor[/URL]—introduced a decade ago—is the same bore size (and therefore shoots the same bullets) and also is a crossover for competition and hunting applications. Both are sized to fit short-action bolt rifles, but in addition to being slightly longer, the 6.5 PRC case is significantly fatter than the Creedmoor, to the point where it offers nearly 28 percent more case capacity. With Hornady’s 143-gr. ELD-X super-streamlined hunting bullet, that translates a muzzle velocity of 2960 fps vs. the Creedmoor’s 2700 fps. Advantage PRC, clearly, but how much difference will it make in real-world shooting? [/QUOTE]
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