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6.5mm Craze? 264WM vs 6.5 SAUM vs 6.5 PRC?
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<blockquote data-quote="D$tring" data-source="post: 2465309" data-attributes="member: 114263"><p>I own/have owned and or loaded for 6.5 CM, 6.5PRC, and 6.5x284. They all are easiest load to find, but in different ways. </p><p></p><p>I will say that the PRC is the tightest ES/SD of all of them and the most accurate at any distance in any temp; with h1000 and 156 Berger. The x284 LOVED the 140 Berger AND 143 eld. Equal accuracy but 140 significantly faster. The need-more shot everything I tried decent enough to find a good node. but 123-143 seem to be the sweet spot. In that weight range, every bullet had really broad nodes, I mean 2-3x the size of the PRC and x284 nodes. But widest es/sd spread. </p><p></p><p>I guess to answer your question, it depends on definition of easy. Broad nodes & widest selection of bullets =CM; multiple very accurate loads=x284; best load with heaviest bullet for ELR and best consistency when pulling the trigger=PRC. I would pick PRC if forced to pick one because they have all had tightest es/sd—that's easiest to me, because that spread is more important than speed almost to the point of me getting neurotic about it. Any thing that gets to single digits the fastest is a winner (caveat: it also had the smallest nodes=coincidence? <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤷🏻♂️" title="Man shrugging: light skin tone :man_shrugging_tone1:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937-1f3fb-2642.png" data-shortname=":man_shrugging_tone1:" />)</p><p></p><p>All my own anecdotal experience with smaller sample sizes of about 10 rifles across those 3 calibers. Take it for what it's worth. Hope that helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="D$tring, post: 2465309, member: 114263"] I own/have owned and or loaded for 6.5 CM, 6.5PRC, and 6.5x284. They all are easiest load to find, but in different ways. I will say that the PRC is the tightest ES/SD of all of them and the most accurate at any distance in any temp; with h1000 and 156 Berger. The x284 LOVED the 140 Berger AND 143 eld. Equal accuracy but 140 significantly faster. The need-more shot everything I tried decent enough to find a good node. but 123-143 seem to be the sweet spot. In that weight range, every bullet had really broad nodes, I mean 2-3x the size of the PRC and x284 nodes. But widest es/sd spread. I guess to answer your question, it depends on definition of easy. Broad nodes & widest selection of bullets =CM; multiple very accurate loads=x284; best load with heaviest bullet for ELR and best consistency when pulling the trigger=PRC. I would pick PRC if forced to pick one because they have all had tightest es/sd—that’s easiest to me, because that spread is more important than speed almost to the point of me getting neurotic about it. Any thing that gets to single digits the fastest is a winner (caveat: it also had the smallest nodes=coincidence? 🤷🏻♂️) All my own anecdotal experience with smaller sample sizes of about 10 rifles across those 3 calibers. Take it for what it’s worth. Hope that helps. [/QUOTE]
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