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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1714574" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>What I see most often is, the wrong cartridge for a specific bullet weight. All cartridges are designed around A range of bullet weights. many want to go with the heaviest bullet weight in that diameter. We all know the advantages of the heavy bullets but often the wrong cartridge is chosen for that weight of bullet and it will not reach the potential of that bullet due to case capacity.</p><p></p><p>If I want a 190 grain bullet in 284 dia. I am not going to chose a 7/08 even though it is one of my favorite cartridges. I will chose a cartridge with more case capacity instead of over pressuring the smaller cartridge trying to get something that it is not capable of.</p><p></p><p>If you need to seat the bullet long or load over pressure loads to try and get the most velocity you can, Wouldn't it be easier to just go with a bigger cartridge and get the velocity where you want and hold the pressures at or below SAMMI pressures ? It is also easier on your equipment and components.</p><p></p><p>Every cartridge has an optimum bullet weight that will have the best trajectory, and energy at distance for that cartridge. Bigger heavier bullets will stabilize better at some point but at what cost. The 6.5 PRC looks like a good cartridge if loaded correctly. if not, it will just become another also ran. Many times manufactures will put the wrong twist rate for the heavy bullets because they want them to do well in the mid range of bullets because of total performance. even if you have the fast twist for the heavies, the loss in performance will offset the gain in bullet BCs if a small case capacity cartridge is chosen.</p><p></p><p>Chose the bullet you want, and then chose the cartridge that will do what you want without any issues and you will be happier in the long run. </p><p></p><p>Just my opinion based on many years of experience</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1714574, member: 2736"] What I see most often is, the wrong cartridge for a specific bullet weight. All cartridges are designed around A range of bullet weights. many want to go with the heaviest bullet weight in that diameter. We all know the advantages of the heavy bullets but often the wrong cartridge is chosen for that weight of bullet and it will not reach the potential of that bullet due to case capacity. If I want a 190 grain bullet in 284 dia. I am not going to chose a 7/08 even though it is one of my favorite cartridges. I will chose a cartridge with more case capacity instead of over pressuring the smaller cartridge trying to get something that it is not capable of. If you need to seat the bullet long or load over pressure loads to try and get the most velocity you can, Wouldn't it be easier to just go with a bigger cartridge and get the velocity where you want and hold the pressures at or below SAMMI pressures ? It is also easier on your equipment and components. Every cartridge has an optimum bullet weight that will have the best trajectory, and energy at distance for that cartridge. Bigger heavier bullets will stabilize better at some point but at what cost. The 6.5 PRC looks like a good cartridge if loaded correctly. if not, it will just become another also ran. Many times manufactures will put the wrong twist rate for the heavy bullets because they want them to do well in the mid range of bullets because of total performance. even if you have the fast twist for the heavies, the loss in performance will offset the gain in bullet BCs if a small case capacity cartridge is chosen. Chose the bullet you want, and then chose the cartridge that will do what you want without any issues and you will be happier in the long run. Just my opinion based on many years of experience J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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