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Son wants a long range high speed rig Which cartridge?
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<blockquote data-quote="Coyote_Hunter" data-source="post: 1707271" data-attributes="member: 110773"><p>6.5PRC will do the job. That's the way I'm going with a 7mm RM Savage 111. </p><p></p><p>With a 130g Swift Scirocco II @ 3000fps (less than max), recoil is under 17 ft-lbs, effective range is over 600 yards (2263fps, 1478fpe retained @ 7000 feet altitude). </p><p></p><p>A .270 Win with a 150g Long Range AccuBond at 2912fps is what Daughter #1 will be shooting this year for elk. Very similar to the 6.5PRC @ 600 with under 18 ft-lbs recoil, 2211fps, 1628fpe.</p><p></p><p>Drop and drift with both are comparable - -47.2" and 15.6" for the PR and -53.3" and 16.2" for the .270.</p><p></p><p>By contrast, a 26 Nosler or 6.5-300 Bee will run about 3300fps with 22 ft-lbs recoil and use a lot more powder. Flatter shooting, yes, and call it 2460fps and 1730fpe. But drift is only about 1" less at 600 yards, if that, and ammo and brass will be more expensive than the .270 Win or 6.5 PRC.</p><p></p><p>Although we chose a .270 and a 150g LRAB @ 2912fps for Daughter #1, I anticipate my Savage build will be a 6.5PRC after evaluating a ton of options. The 26 Nosler was rejected for the reasons listed above. The .300 PRC was interesting but too long for my Savage 111 magazine. In the end it came down to the 6.5PRC provides the range I need with the retained energy I was looking for at 600 yards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coyote_Hunter, post: 1707271, member: 110773"] 6.5PRC will do the job. That's the way I'm going with a 7mm RM Savage 111. With a 130g Swift Scirocco II @ 3000fps (less than max), recoil is under 17 ft-lbs, effective range is over 600 yards (2263fps, 1478fpe retained @ 7000 feet altitude). A .270 Win with a 150g Long Range AccuBond at 2912fps is what Daughter #1 will be shooting this year for elk. Very similar to the 6.5PRC @ 600 with under 18 ft-lbs recoil, 2211fps, 1628fpe. Drop and drift with both are comparable - -47.2" and 15.6" for the PR and -53.3" and 16.2" for the .270. By contrast, a 26 Nosler or 6.5-300 Bee will run about 3300fps with 22 ft-lbs recoil and use a lot more powder. Flatter shooting, yes, and call it 2460fps and 1730fpe. But drift is only about 1" less at 600 yards, if that, and ammo and brass will be more expensive than the .270 Win or 6.5 PRC. Although we chose a .270 and a 150g LRAB @ 2912fps for Daughter #1, I anticipate my Savage build will be a 6.5PRC after evaluating a ton of options. The 26 Nosler was rejected for the reasons listed above. The .300 PRC was interesting but too long for my Savage 111 magazine. In the end it came down to the 6.5PRC provides the range I need with the retained energy I was looking for at 600 yards. [/QUOTE]
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