6.5 and 7 PRC, what are your thoughts?
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Hilltop
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The gun continues to really impress. We are still in the break in process so it isn't up to full barrel speed yet. Once that is done and the speeds settle in, I will fine tune our adjustments. That is the reason the below group is below center. We also had a very light left to right wind accounting for the drift right.
400 yards - 1.375" 4 shot group
Colorado Cowboy
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When the short mags came out they were the hot thing for various reasons, not the least was all the hype because they were new and the gun companies spent a lot marketing them.
No reason to think the same thing won't happen a few years down the road. Good reason to reload for sure!
No reason to think the same thing won't happen a few years down the road. Good reason to reload for sure!
Hilltop
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I am saving all brass right now just in case.
I have a buddy that works at Hornady and he said they are loading more 6.5PRC than any other caliber right now. Hard to imagine they go away at some point but it's possible. While the factory 143 ELDX are available, we are going to shoot them. I really doubt we could be shooting any better with reloads and we are buying them under $2 per round. Currently .328 MOA and not even all the way broken in. The plan right now for us is to finish the break in process and then order 2 cases of the same lot number. Then get accurate velocities and send in for our CDS dial. 400 rounds should last my son a while and he will build up quite a bit of brass.
Colorado Cowboy
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You are doing the right thing saving all the brass. Just think about all the new calibers that were introduced as the next greatest and don't exist anymore. I think the bullets might be in that category too. Stock up!
Hilltop
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I guided my buddy on an antelope hunt this past weekend. I also had a doe tag so decided to take the 6.5 PRC along. The buck hunter was also shooting a 6.5 PRC. His buck was right at 500 yards and the results were devastating even though the shot wasn't perfect. He was shooting the 147 ELD-M bullets. I shot my doe at 407 yards. The results were equally as impressive. Complete lung destruction on a perfect hit with a 2" exit hole. The destruction was similar to the damage I am used to seeing from my 30-06 inside of 200 yards. I was shooting the 142 grain ABLR bullets.
So far, I'm very impressed with the terminal performance. Next week my son will be hunting antelope and then elk. He is going to stay with the ABLR bullets for those 2 hunts. Will report back with the results.
On a side note- I wasn't planning to even fill my doe tag because of the winter kill this year. Upon arriving to the area, we saw over 300 antelope in 3 hours of scouting a 5 mile stretch- numbers were fantastic so I decided it wouldn't hurt to shoot a doe.
So far, I'm very impressed with the terminal performance. Next week my son will be hunting antelope and then elk. He is going to stay with the ABLR bullets for those 2 hunts. Will report back with the results.
On a side note- I wasn't planning to even fill my doe tag because of the winter kill this year. Upon arriving to the area, we saw over 300 antelope in 3 hours of scouting a 5 mile stretch- numbers were fantastic so I decided it wouldn't hurt to shoot a doe.
Hilltop
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Another antelope and an elk this week with the 6.5. My son was shooting 142 grain ABLR. They performed extremely well. Elk went 15 yards. The shot was 315 yards. We are sold on this caliber....
