6.5 PRC and 300 PRC, or just the 7 PRC?

coleman1495 said:
Only the OP can answer his question based on his intended use.
He didn’t mention if he reloaded, that certainly changes the options.

I’d imagine the 6.5prc would cover most hunting scenarios. Unfortunately its maxed out with ~150gn bullets. Either way its plenty for medium sized game, probably lacking in lead for very large animals.

The 300prc certainly doesn’t do the same thing as a 6.5prc. The 300 is a boomer of a cartridge built to fire the largest of the 300gn projectiles.

The 7prc looks like its also a boomer. I figured the 7prc would have been a 7mm version of the 6.5 prc but instead Hornady went with a much larger case. It’ll certainly have the capability for long range and any North American game. Question is how long you want to wait for components.
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Who is shooting 300 grain bullets in the 300 PRC? For.hunting most are using 180-200 grain bullets. I have shot moose and large bears, goats and elk with a 6.5 Rem Mag using 140 grain pills and I doubt you could tell the difference from a .30 cal Mag with 180 or 200, and the end result was pretty much the same. If you add a 100 grains to the bullets and 0.07+ to the bore you start seeing a significant difference in effect... which is what I would do in setting up a pair of rifles for hunting. JMO.
 
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hoytcanon said:
Who is shooting 300 grain bullets in the 300 PRC? For.hunting most are using 180-200 grain bullets. I have shot moose and large bears, goats and elk with a 6.5 Rem Mag using 140 grain pills and I doubt you could tell the difference from a .30 cal Mag with 180 or 200, and the end result was pretty much the same. If you add a 100 grains to the bullets and 0.07+ to the bore you start seeing a significant difference in effect... which is what I would do in setting up a pair of rifles for hunting. JMO.
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Sorry I meant to say 230gn projectiles- not aware of any 300gn 30cal!
I agree a heavy 6.5 bullet would be fine for the large majority of hunting. Obviously a 230gn 30calbullet has a much bigger margin of error than a 155gn 6.5 bullet. Its better suited for the biggest of the game, not saying you can’t use a 6.5. Theres obviously a big difference in killing power between a 155gn vs a 230gn.
Not sure who would use a 180-200gn in a 300prc. Its kinda optimized for the heaviest 30cal bullets. Thats why I don’t think the 6.5 PRC and 300prc are the same.
 
coleman1495 said:
Sorry I meant to say 230gn projectiles- not aware of any 300gn 30cal!
I agree a heavy 6.5 bullet would be fine for the large majority of hunting. Obviously a 230gn 30calbullet has a much bigger margin of error than a 155gn 6.5 bullet. Its better suited for the biggest of the game, not saying you can’t use a 6.5. Theres obviously a big difference in killing power between a 155gn vs a 230gn.
Not sure who would use a 180-200gn in a 300prc. Its kinda optimized for the heaviest 30cal bullets. Thats why I don’t think the 6.5 PRC and 300prc are the same.
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Most 300 PRC loads are in the 200 grain range, and I did not say they are the same, I said there is not enough difference to justify (if you need to justify it, which is kind of the OP's question) doing two rifles... might as well pick one or the other, or just do the 7mm.
 
For hunting we already have the available everywhere 7mm magnum, the other non-magnum 7s and odd-ball chamberings, if you need more power you got the 28 Nosler which can handle the same type of long range projectile with a bit more oomph.
This one seems designed to please the target crowd which they can sell the hunting market to the people that just have to have one and follow the hype by the influencers like Backfire on YT etc who make a living "reviewing" things for us.
Hopefully they are looking at the future ie: component availability cause that is certainly hurting other cartridges.
 
fuzzy39 said:
I have a 6.5 PRC in the Savage UL with the proof barrel. It is a wonderful cartridge and that rifle is lights out with it. I run guns from all the manufacturers and the Savage UL holds its own for sure.

The 6.5 PRC recoil is truly mild. Super accurate in my N of 1 study;)

Reloder 26 will get you to 3050fps with 140/142 class bullets in my experience with excellent accuracy. Brass is hard to find but that will get better. Lots of places have Hornady loaded ammo whic is pricy but the brass will get a few loads out of it… and more if you anneal.

You won’t regret a 6.5 PRC!
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How many shots could a guy expect out of a piece of brass for the 6.5 PRC? I know this is an old thread and ammo seems to be a little bit easier to find now but I’d like to get into hand loading soon!
 
I have had two...6.5 PRC's in the past two yrs. Never had any issues at all getting my Lapua brass and my Forrester dies from Peter @ Hirsch Precision. Had them before the rifle..lol cuz I just knew :)

First one is a Tikka heavy barrel / recoil hawg on it. This thing will shoot and group ANY ammo I put thru it so far !! Loves the Hornady Match...ELDX 143-147 gr...Norma Whitetail 140 gr...and for chits and giggles I loaded up some of my 6.5x55 favs..120 gr Nosler B Tips ! Just WOW !
Got my hands on a couple lbs of H-1000 and started my load development. Used Nosler LRAB's in 129....140...some143 ELDX...and 120 Nos BT's. Easily found a great load for all with the preferred node being around the 59.5 to 59.9 grains of powder. Run some stuff a tad over max...NO pressure signs at all !!
Also had the Browning long range max platform. Beautiful gun...groups almost as good as the Tikka...but I found an O/U I just HAD to have so needed to trade some stuff...the newest went..lol

I've only killed paper so far with it...but it was very dead...and no tracking at all !
 
Forgot to mention, I got all my load development done with 30 Hornady brass...all loaded at least 5 times...few more at 6. NO trimming needed in between and only tossed 3 with loose primer pockets. Switched up to my new Lap brass and loaded 30 rds for plinking...used them up and reloaded them again. Waiting for our hunting rifle sight in range trip next month.
 
There is a 30 cal 170 grain requirement for bison hunting in bc. It’s possible that more rules like this will be made up. It seems to exclude that 7mm PRC. All though I’m sure it would do the job great. If I wasn’t worried about rules like that I would go with the lightest recoil of the 3.

But I’m no expert so….
 
redneck09 said:
There is a 30 cal 170 grain requirement for bison hunting in bc. It’s possible that more rules like this will be made up. It seems to exclude that 7mm PRC. All though I’m sure it would do the job great. If I wasn’t worried about rules like that I would go with the lightest recoil of the 3.

But I’m no expert so….
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Well now...that would leave a LOT of capable 7MM calibers out of the runnin.
 
redneck09 said:
There is a 30 cal 170 grain requirement for bison hunting in bc. It’s possible that more rules like this will be made up. It seems to exclude that 7mm PRC. All though I’m sure it would do the job great. If I wasn’t worried about rules like that I would go with the lightest recoil of the 3.

But I’m no expert so….
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175gr that produces 2000 foot pond at 100 yards, no caliber restriction.
 
ReidAnderson said:
How many shots could a guy expect out of a piece of brass for the 6.5 PRC? I know this is an old thread and ammo seems to be a little bit easier to find now but I’d like to get into hand loading soon!
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I had a custom 6.5 PRC made up a few years back. I think I'm on round 3 on some of the brass, but use lapua, and adg. I should be able to get 6-10 rounds or more, but I am loading a bit hotter than most.

Pushing the 156 gr burger tips at about 2920 fps through a 22" barrel.
 
wallz said:
I'm surprised that it has taken soo long to hear about anyone necking up a 6.5 PRC to 7mm bullets. Was watching video yesterday of F-class John working one.
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The 7-6.5 PRCW or 7-6.5 SPRC is an outstanding cartridge, I’ve used it with Lapua 6.5 PRC brass necked up and now ADG head stamped ready to load brass as well.
I have two rifles built on this cartridge 26” barrel on one and a 23” on the other, both performing extremely well.

Curios what the OP went with being this thread is over two years old.
 
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