I am curious to know from those who have been captured by the Hornady marketing machine what is the draw to the 300 PRC? Let's keep this civil. Are you attracted to the factory ammo options? The rifles chambered in it? Buy the Hornady hype?
+1 for 1:8 twist factory rifle barrels. Big, heavy bullets seated out far. Affordable factory ammo, if wanted.The thing I like is that factory rifles come in an 8 twist so it's game on to punch it out to a RUM and shoot some heavy Hammers.
I had one built.
I went back and forth between the 300 wm, 300 prc, and 30 nos. I was turned off of the 300 wm after a wm supporter compared the 30 nos and the 300 wm and declared them equals. After debating about it for awhile I was really leaning 30 nos. But I got realistic with myself. What am I gaining with the 30 nos? 50 FPS? Better brass? At the time ADG didn't make 30 nos brass either but there were rumors. But to build it right you need a custom reamer etc. And the final nail was my time is limited. I work 80-100 hours a week most of the time.
I was hoping that the 300 prc factory ammo would shoot as well as the factory creedmoor and 6.5 prc ammo I've seen shoot. As good as Hornady is at marketing I was pretty sure one of the better brass makers would pick it up also. So now I'm down the 50 FPS that the 30 nos produces over the 300 prc. My luck I would get the slowest barrel in history and I would only be able to hit 30-06 speeds haha.
At the end of the day the two main reasons were limited time, and my brother kept telling me how gay the prc was.
I would be just as happy with a 30 nos I'm sure.
Ps. My first kill with the prc.
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I am curious to know from those who have been captured by the Hornady marketing machine what is the draw to the 300 PRC? Let's keep this civil. Are you attracted to the factory ammo options? The rifles chambered in it? Buy the Hornady hype?
Why is it that anyone who likes a Hornady product must have been duped by the Hornady marketing machine or the "marketing hype"? Do they market their products? Yes. Do they lie about what their products can do? No. I've never seen an add or article that claims that the PRC does anything that it can't do. They don't claim that its the fastest or the hardest hitting or anything along those lines. They say what it is, which is a properly designed, long range cartridge. It's not like they're inflating the BC numbers on their bullets, or exaggerating the velocity of their rounds.
I think everyone above here made a pretty good argument why the rounds are so popular, so I won't restate any of those reasons. But can we please stop attributing their success to "Marketing Hype"? Their products have been around long enough that if they weren't working they would not be successful. The fact that they are successful proves that they know what they're doing and that their products work as advertised. At this point you can't attribute their success to "hype".