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What if the 6.5 PRC had preceded the 6.5 Creedmoor?
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<blockquote data-quote="Litehiker" data-source="post: 1902215" data-attributes="member: 54178"><p>Several contributors here have mentioned the big difference between the 6.5 CM and 6.5 PRC and that's the point I made in my 1st post. For deer at less than 400 yards the 6.5 CM is good. Beyond that, not so much.</p><p></p><p>I've owned a .300 Win mag Browning A-Bolt and felt it was "too much gun" for most of my Nevada hunting so I sold it after getting a 6.5 CM Ruger American Predator then a 6.5 CM Browning X-Bolt Pro.</p><p></p><p>Then realizing the 6.5 was great for ringing steel at 600 yards but not good for ethically taking mule deer at that range I sold both and got the X-Bolt Pro in<strong> 6.5 PRC. </strong>Now I have an all-around western rifle for anything but grizzly. And a few custom and semi-custom rifle makers have agreed on that point as well.</p><p></p><p>So yes, there are other good cartridges out there that are very similar to the 6.5 PRC such as the nearly identical 6.5/284 but few were as purposely designed as the 6.5 PRC to handle longer, heavier bullets. Others in this energy range have shorter necks that mean seating long bullets back into the case and likely creating powder compression.</p><p></p><p>Eric B.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Litehiker, post: 1902215, member: 54178"] Several contributors here have mentioned the big difference between the 6.5 CM and 6.5 PRC and that's the point I made in my 1st post. For deer at less than 400 yards the 6.5 CM is good. Beyond that, not so much. I've owned a .300 Win mag Browning A-Bolt and felt it was "too much gun" for most of my Nevada hunting so I sold it after getting a 6.5 CM Ruger American Predator then a 6.5 CM Browning X-Bolt Pro. Then realizing the 6.5 was great for ringing steel at 600 yards but not good for ethically taking mule deer at that range I sold both and got the X-Bolt Pro in[B] 6.5 PRC. [/B]Now I have an all-around western rifle for anything but grizzly. And a few custom and semi-custom rifle makers have agreed on that point as well. So yes, there are other good cartridges out there that are very similar to the 6.5 PRC such as the nearly identical 6.5/284 but few were as purposely designed as the 6.5 PRC to handle longer, heavier bullets. Others in this energy range have shorter necks that mean seating long bullets back into the case and likely creating powder compression. Eric B. [/QUOTE]
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