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Has the 6.5prc peaked in interested?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hespco" data-source="post: 1715431" data-attributes="member: 109476"><p>What is in a name? Does a tricky name enhance performance? No, but it does entice some to buy. The folks on Madison Ave get big bucks to come up with names that help sell. Look at how many vehicles have an "X" in their designation. The 6.5 CM has slightly less performance than the 260 Rem but a tricky name many like to quote. " Look at my Creed", or " My PRC ". Yet they perform the same or less than cartridges they have been around for years or decades. The PRC falls into this category. Hornady is doing the American thing by trying to make a buck. Can"t fault that. I love the 6,5 regardless of the case behind it. With the right bullet they have proven they can take the largest critter on the planet. Look at " Walter Dalrymple Maitland 'AKA Karamojo Bell. A hundred & twenty years ago in Africa he took elephants with the diminutive 6.5x54MS. Driving a 160 FMJ bullet just barely 2300fps. He also took took over 400 head of "EVERY" size African plains game , averaging 1 1/2 shots per animal. Documented. That means many were taken with one shot. Nothing tricky about the name of the 6.5x54 MS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hespco, post: 1715431, member: 109476"] What is in a name? Does a tricky name enhance performance? No, but it does entice some to buy. The folks on Madison Ave get big bucks to come up with names that help sell. Look at how many vehicles have an "X" in their designation. The 6.5 CM has slightly less performance than the 260 Rem but a tricky name many like to quote. " Look at my Creed", or " My PRC ". Yet they perform the same or less than cartridges they have been around for years or decades. The PRC falls into this category. Hornady is doing the American thing by trying to make a buck. Can"t fault that. I love the 6,5 regardless of the case behind it. With the right bullet they have proven they can take the largest critter on the planet. Look at " Walter Dalrymple Maitland 'AKA Karamojo Bell. A hundred & twenty years ago in Africa he took elephants with the diminutive 6.5x54MS. Driving a 160 FMJ bullet just barely 2300fps. He also took took over 400 head of "EVERY" size African plains game , averaging 1 1/2 shots per animal. Documented. That means many were taken with one shot. Nothing tricky about the name of the 6.5x54 MS. [/QUOTE]
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