Built a 6.5 PRC for deer

[Lab rat]

So finally got my gun back from the gun smith and I'm super happy with it it's built on a Tikka lite action with a Lilja 26" barrel action has been trued I started doing some reloading for it and here I am so far shooting 140 accubonds with RL 26 powder

 

[Varmint Hunter]

Day in & day out, it's hard to beat a plain Jane Accubond for accuracy and terminal performance in a single bullet. I've shot loads of them over the years and was never disappointed.

Good luck with your new rig.

 

[john k]

Your fortunate to be able to have enough 140 AB's to develop a load. I use the 140 AB's in my 7mm-08 for whitetails in the SE USA. Very accurate and effective. I'm hoarding a few hundred 140's and a few hundred 160's for my 280AI. What stock on your build?

 

[Lab rat]

Your fortunate to be able to have enough 140 AB's to develop a load. I use the 140 AB's in my 7mm-08 for whitetails in the SE USA. Very accurate and effective. I'm hoarding a few hundred 140's and a few hundred 160's for my 280AI. What stock on your build?

I picked it up from stockys I forget the name

 

[Mike Matteson]

I use 165 Accubonds in my 308NM, and 200 Accubonds in my 338WM. My rifles like them, and they are of days gone by with slower twists rates. I am have and going to increase the twist rate in new rifle builds. Loved the 120gr Soft points SPBT Nosler in my 25/06 and all out of them. I use only for hunting.

 

[dogbuster0006]

Slick looking rig, I'm running 143eldx out of my prc and have been tickled with the results so far. No Long shots to report yet but they held together for a pass through left a blood trail Ray Charles could follow.
You'll love the accubonds they behave very similar to hornady sst which have been dynamite for me. Good luck and keep us posted

 

[gdc23]

nice looking rifle !!

 

[vancewalker007]

So finally got my gun back from the gun smith and I'm super happy with it it's built on a Tikka lite action with a Lilja 26" barrel action has been trued I started doing some reloading for it and here I am so far shooting 140 accubonds with RL 26 powder

I think you're gonna find you have a real accurate setup there.

I have had my 6.5 PRC for a little over 4 years and its performance has been stellar. Back in 2019 when the 156 EOL Berger came out I settled on it as my primary bullet. I had tried most of the other long range bullets at that point, Berger 140 EH, 143 ELDX, 147 ELDM, 142 ABLR, and the 127 LRX. I was able to find very good accuracy with all of them fairly quickly with H1000, IMR7977, and IMR8133. At the time there was very little RL26 available so I never got a chance to try it then the shortage hit. I tried N568 but its not close in speed to H1000. I'd like to try N565, I think it will match H1000 in speed. I've used it on big stuff ie. Blue Wildebeest and Sable down to Coues deer and Springbok. All pretty much 1 shot kills except where I glitched and needed a second shot.

 

[JC8690]

Nice build!

I just finished a similar tikka build in 280AI and absolutely love it.

 

[North Idaho Hunter]

Very nice rifle!