6.5 PRC

[ofl0926]

I just got in a "fight" with my wife, she insisted I buy a bigger safe than I was looking at. So I wouldnt complain in a couple years it was too small... she won, I have a 72x48 shipping soon.

On the 6.5 prc, I have one on order that should be here March 8th... a week after my new safe.

hahahahaha.
my pops preached to me the same thing about the gun safe.
my rifle wont be hear till June

 

[elkguide]

I just got in a "fight" with my wife, she insisted I buy a bigger safe than I was looking at. So I wouldnt complain in a couple years it was too small... she won, I have a 72x48 shipping soon.

On the 6.5 prc, I have one on order that should be here March 8th... a week after my new safe.

Man. That must have been a tough fight to lose!!!!!

 

[carter33]

What barrel length is everyone running on the 6.5 PRC? I think it will be my next build even though I am likely a year out from doing so. The idea I’m tossing around is an 18 or 20 inch barrel paired with a thunder beast ultra 5. Any negatives other than a slight velocity loss? Would I need to be concerned with using slower burning powders like h1000 and not having it all burn?

 

[sheepaholic]

This is factory 143 eldx ammo durimg barrel break in out if my Ridgeline shots 7,8&9 at 100yards. I didnt chrono it this trip i will next time out.

 

[wildcat33]

If Lapua starts making cases for it, it's probably gonna make it. Too bad it doesn't fit well in a short action.

Im with you on this. The action length is a bit of a conundrum. Just doesnt make sense to me to run it in SA, can of course run LA, but then that opens up a whole nuther thing. Which leaves mid-length. And that leaves me asking, what does it compete with in the mid-length action class? So my heads just goes around in circles...

That said, thinking of a build with an XM length lone peak razor ti, the new manners UC stock, and bart 2b gives me a chub.

 

[Ryan Avery]

I think she will make it. It’s the only Sammi spec round in that velocity node. The action deal is very screwy but custom rifles sales are at an all-time high.

I am building a short barrel 6.5 PRC using the defiance XM ultralight action.




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[Ryan Avery]

Yup 24" 6.5 CM velcoity in a 18-20" package is appealing certainly.

What does a 6.5 CM shoot a 147 ELDM at?

 

[FURMAN]

2875 fps out of the 24" 6.5 CM

Damn! I would hang on to that one. I was hard on brass at 2820 with RL26 and the 147ELD in a 24.3"

 

[FURMAN]

Well its the same in another 24", and 2830 fps in a couple 22" ones. On my 5th firing of lapua brass and still going strong.

I assume you are using rl26? I never made it that far with my Lapua testing.

 

[FURMAN]

I did pick up more velocity with the exact same load from virgin to once fired in lapua brass which was interesting. And yes it was RL-26.

I typically see that with large magnums. It seems as if some of the energy is absorbed in expanding the brass. If I happen to find a load the rifle likes with new brass I just back the charge off with fired brass to reach the velocity of the new brass. With a forgiving cartridge such as the Creedmoor you may not even need to change the load.

 

[N2TRKYS]

So mid 2800s is the expected velocities of a 20” barrel 6.5 prc with 140 grainers?

 

[Kotaman]

My 6.5 PRC shoots the 143 factory ELDX 2860 FPS with a 20” barrel.

 

[N2TRKYS]

My 6.5 PRC shoots the 143 factory ELDX 2860 FPS with a 20” barrel.

Are you gonna reload for it? I’d be interested in hearing how much faster that you can get it.
Thanks

 

[Kotaman]

Are you gonna reload for it? I’d be interested in hearing how much faster that you can get it.
Thanks

The factory Hornady’s shoot so well, I doubt I’ll mess with it.

 

[N2TRKYS]

The factory Hornady’s shoot so well, I doubt I’ll mess with it.

At least it's accurate. I wouldn't fool with it either.

 

[Kotaman]

Yeah, as a dedicated sheep rifle, I’m not gonna quibble over a couple hundred feet per second to risk a change in accuracy. It is dialed in to 800 yards and I’m not willing to start over just to see how fast it will go.

 

[mt100gr.]

My 6.5 PRC shoots the 143 factory ELDX 2860 FPS with a 20” barrel.

What are the specs on your rifle? I perk up when I read "dedicated sheep rifle"?

 

[Kotaman]

What are the specs on your rifle? I perk up when I read "dedicated sheep rifle"?

Gunwerks Clymr-Ti Action -w/20” Proof Barrel

 

[Kotaman]

I have a “twin” to the 6.5 PRC in 7 LRM. Shoots Hornady 180 grain ELDM’s at 2875 with 20” tube.

 

[N2TRKYS]

Yeah, as a dedicated sheep rifle, I’m not gonna quibble over a couple hundred feet per second to risk a change in accuracy. It is dialed in to 800 yards and I’m not willing to start over just to see how fast it will go.

I'd love to go on a sheep hunt, much less go enough to have a dedicated rifle for it.
Congrats!