Oh boy, forgive me folks as I have been out of the game a while until recently. The plethora of new cartridges is truly mind boggling. Recently I got started on a re-barrel project and I selected the 280AI. Goal: to get it to shoot with the factory 7mm rem mag numbers. I believe I will be able to. While I was waiting on a barrel I was looking around and reading posts, ya know trying to catch up! During all this I read about the 6.5 creedmore, I thought to myself, thats just a 260AI. So off I went to look into this critter then the 6 creed then the PRC stuff. I really could not figure out what the fuss was all about but after going through the SAMMI drawing and such I realized that these new ones are refined tolerances for chambers and throats. The 7mm mag has been at the top for years but if you follow the twist and sammi for this cartridge and shoot factory loading's it does what it does pretty darn good. But, if you build the gun to tight tolerances adjusted freebore diameters, adjust the magwell screw on a preferred twist barrel then load your ammunition to fit the rifle. The results are absolutely different. This critter becomes a tack driving long distance machine. So to me this PRC/creed phenom is; the factory is attempting to build or should I say design a better cartridge/chamber marriage so that the specs remain tighter so that Tom, dick and Harry can buy a gun and buy ammo and go shoot a 100 miles.....and thats ok! In reality we custom/semi-custom/ reloaders/gunsmith abiet tinkerers have been doing this for years. I suspect that hand loading for this will not increase by the same margins as we have been able to do with past cartridge selections. All in all I'm not offended by these and I'm sure these will fit for folks that don't reload the most. For the rest of us who like to tinker with this stuff and conduct our science experiments the older stuff will keep us occupied. Really, I feel really old these days because I think my 6.5-06 is a peach and I have no intentions to chage to a different 26. Different stokes for different folks. I guess thats what keeps this all fun. No real question here just an observation.
Boy, I thought the 375 and 416 rugers were and great upgrade from the H&H and rigbys, they came along when I needed a 375 so I was impressed and bought a rugerM77. Unfortunatly, it appears the rest of the world is slow to adopt them. I'm guessing the same kind of thing is going on. Craig boddington liked the 375 ruger but already owns 375 H&H's that have worked for years! Why change! I guess thats kind of where us older folk are with these PRC's and creeds. I suppose hornady/Ruger needed to find other uses for those cases. I still like my 375ruger. A little rough on the shoulder but I can suck it up for africa. A place I wish I could afford to go more often, well maybe some day! Happy St Patricks day to all the irish out there! Have a Great Day
Boy, I thought the 375 and 416 rugers were and great upgrade from the H&H and rigbys, they came along when I needed a 375 so I was impressed and bought a rugerM77. Unfortunatly, it appears the rest of the world is slow to adopt them. I'm guessing the same kind of thing is going on. Craig boddington liked the 375 ruger but already owns 375 H&H's that have worked for years! Why change! I guess thats kind of where us older folk are with these PRC's and creeds. I suppose hornady/Ruger needed to find other uses for those cases. I still like my 375ruger. A little rough on the shoulder but I can suck it up for africa. A place I wish I could afford to go more often, well maybe some day! Happy St Patricks day to all the irish out there! Have a Great Day
