7mm-6.5 PRCW

pete dobinson said:
Thats pretty good, my rifle is the micro series, so only 3 in the mag box. It might cut my capacity down to 2. I'll look into it a little more. I been using sierra game king 140 and 150 gr bullets lately, they have the right shape for the short mag box being a little shorter in length. The 150's shoot very well in my rifle. Thanks for the response, cheers Pete.
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It seems to work, and was my only option to shoot the bullets I wanted.

COL on my Winchester/Nosler Combined Technology XP3 160 grain 7mm bullets were 2.870". ( bullets pulled from factory 7 WSM ammo)
COL on my Hornady ELD-X 162 grain bullets are 2.90".
COL on my Nosler 140 grain Accubond are 2.850".

Factory Winchester 150 grain PSP are 2.80", obviously you already know that.

Oddly enough, at 100 yards, all three of my above handloads shoot close to the same point of impact. Shot separately the loads will group under 1/2" if I do my part. Shot together at the same bullseye, they will group within an inch of each other.
 
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Weatherby Fan said:
Your welcome.

Your not wrong on any of your points, yes the 7mm PRC will outperform the 7-6.5, I was a total 280AI lover which in my mind is about as perfect a cartridge for hunting made,
Funny thing I was just going to build a 284 win hunting rig when the 7-6.5 PRCW showed up and has started to dominate the F-Class world, holds a couple more grains of powder but better brass life as the primer pocket has more brass surrounding it, hardly worth noting for a hunting rifle of course.

I was wanting to build an F-class rifle chambered in the 7-6.5 PRCW but had to wait several months for parts so I thought I’ll build a hunting rifle and get a feel for the cartridge, it’s basically throated for a 180gr Berger, I chose the no turn neck reamer as I don’t turn necks on my brass.
So far it’s been nothing short of awesome, very accurate, extremely consistent using necked up 6.5 PRC Lapua brass, low recoil…. Much less than the 7mm PRC, I prefer not to use a brake on my hunting rifles.

So in the end I can use use one cartridge for my hunting rifle and my target rifles……makes perfect sense to me.
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Where did u get your reamer? I'm wanting to build one for hunting. I have a tikka t3 7mm Rem Mag as a donor. Love the rifle but not enough room in the magazine to seat long heavy bullets. Not sure if the barrel could be reamed to the PRCW but wouldn't mind putting on a new shorter barrel with with no brake anyway. (Loud for hunting) I Had a gunsmith lined up who had a reamer but he moved from vernon to Saskatchewan so know looking for a reamer and a gun smith. Any info would be appreciated!
 
scottsleds said:
Where did u get your reamer? I'm wanting to build one for hunting. I have a tikka t3 7mm Rem Mag as a donor. Love the rifle but not enough room in the magazine to seat long heavy bullets. Not sure if the barrel could be reamed to the PRCW but wouldn't mind putting on a new shorter barrel with with no brake anyway. (Loud for hunting) I Had a gunsmith lined up who had a reamer but he moved from vernon to Saskatchewan so know looking for a reamer and a gun smith. Any info would be appreciated!
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I bought the reamer through Bighorn Sales in Houston, BC, Gary may have a reamer in stock.

It’s a Manson Reamer (no turn neck version)
I see they have lots in stock
 
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