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6.5 PRC for Extreme Long Range Hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="FURMAN" data-source="post: 1531707" data-attributes="member: 26535"><p>I will add a few things. For ELR? No way. Will it be a great long range medium big game cartridge? Absolutely. As stated before I know it will not matter in the real world but my average H2O capacity for the fired 6.5x284 Lapua cases I have is 66.6 and fired Hornady PRC is 68.3. The funny thing to me when I read these threads about new cartridges is it seems as though we all believe the manufacturers care about what reloaders may do with their cases. They don't think about it for once second. Take the Nosler line for instance. They designed one of the best cases I will probably ever see and neutered it by stuffing the bullets half way in the case and designing it for a 3.4" magazine box. Most of us on this forum know we can just order a reamer throated the way we would like and we are good to go. My point with mentioning this is I feel like the 6.5 PRC will be the best SAAMI 6.5 for years to come. The 26 Nosler is far too overbore for me. The other greats like the 6.5x284, 264 WM, etc are not great in SAAMI form for numerous different reasons. I ordered a 6.5PRC barrel after seeing around 20 different rifles shooting factory ammo way under .5 moa most under .25. I do not yet have the same experience with the prc as I do the 284 but all indications are it is just going to be easier to obtain the same results. I can not speak for the rest of you but I do all this for hunting. I want to be prepared to take long shots if necessary. It takes work. It takes time. It takes money. So far my PRC is staying well under .5 moa at 700(longest I have fired it) with factory ammo and that leaves me more time and money to hunt instead of tinkering with loads. This is the first chambering I have felt good about not reloading for. The way some of you talk we should just stick with our grand dads ol' 30-06. I welcome change. The great thing is we all have the choice. If you don't like it don't buy it. If appeals to you give it a whirl.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FURMAN, post: 1531707, member: 26535"] I will add a few things. For ELR? No way. Will it be a great long range medium big game cartridge? Absolutely. As stated before I know it will not matter in the real world but my average H2O capacity for the fired 6.5x284 Lapua cases I have is 66.6 and fired Hornady PRC is 68.3. The funny thing to me when I read these threads about new cartridges is it seems as though we all believe the manufacturers care about what reloaders may do with their cases. They don't think about it for once second. Take the Nosler line for instance. They designed one of the best cases I will probably ever see and neutered it by stuffing the bullets half way in the case and designing it for a 3.4" magazine box. Most of us on this forum know we can just order a reamer throated the way we would like and we are good to go. My point with mentioning this is I feel like the 6.5 PRC will be the best SAAMI 6.5 for years to come. The 26 Nosler is far too overbore for me. The other greats like the 6.5x284, 264 WM, etc are not great in SAAMI form for numerous different reasons. I ordered a 6.5PRC barrel after seeing around 20 different rifles shooting factory ammo way under .5 moa most under .25. I do not yet have the same experience with the prc as I do the 284 but all indications are it is just going to be easier to obtain the same results. I can not speak for the rest of you but I do all this for hunting. I want to be prepared to take long shots if necessary. It takes work. It takes time. It takes money. So far my PRC is staying well under .5 moa at 700(longest I have fired it) with factory ammo and that leaves me more time and money to hunt instead of tinkering with loads. This is the first chambering I have felt good about not reloading for. The way some of you talk we should just stick with our grand dads ol' 30-06. I welcome change. The great thing is we all have the choice. If you don't like it don't buy it. If appeals to you give it a whirl. [/QUOTE]
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