Tikka 6.5 PRC magazine

[db.cannon]

ordered this for a semi-custom and it's in stock for now. appears it might work? same requirement to get a long action bolt stop though.

Online Store | Hells Canyon Armory

www.hellscanyonarmory.com

 

[ReddingArcher]

Ho did they work out for you?

I never did try it out, like an idiot I sold that Tikka. Now I have to buy another one or rebarrel my 300 to a 6.5 which is the way I'm probably going to go.

 

[wirehead]

Here is my experience.

The hells canyon armory mags are the best. I like it for the WSM and PRC cases better then the factory mag.

The mountain tactial mags dont work with the Long action and wsm prc cases. I couldnt get reliable feeding out of them. I also have not been happy with the fit and finish out of the mountain tactical mags. I got the SA and 223 where they work but they took quite a bit of polishing and smoothing and light modification. This was on the new gen 2. They did return the long action i needed for prc wsm but I had to argue about getting charged a restocking fee which pissed me off as the mags didnt work as they advertised.

The factory 300 win mags wont feed the WSM PRC SAUM cases very well either due to the feed lips vs case diameter. Trying to modify the factory plastic feed lips is painful and if you go to far its trash.

The factory WSM 3 round mags wont feed the PRC due to needing a coal of 2.955 for the PRC.

I could not find any factory mags that were labeled for PRC a couple months ago so I have no idea what the extended mags they are shipping with the PRC look like.

THE SOLUTIONS.

#1 solution is buy a hells canyon armory mag. Good luck on this. They are and have been out of stock for some time.

#2 if you dont have a back spacer on the factory mag you may be able to just get away with swapping the bottom plastic for a 3 round long action mag.

#3 If swapping the bottom plastic by itself wont work I did this for my 300 WSM, 6.5 PRC. buy a tikka 300 wsm mag and a long action 270 mag both 3 rounds. Take the bottom plastic off both. take the 300 wsm mag and cut the plastic spacer at the back out. I used a flush cutter. then put the bottom notches in the feed lips where the plastic spacer was. DO NOT modify the geometry of the existing feed lips just trying to "profile" the square plastic where the spacer was at the back. Then put the 270 follower, spring and bottom onto the 300 wsm body and your done. I uploaded picture of the modified 300 wsm mag with 6.5 PRC rounds in it.

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What was your technique for removing the bottom plastic? Mine would not budge...

 

[Reburn]

What was your technique for removing the bottom plastic? Mine would not budge...

Tikka T3 Magazine modification – The Journal

shootingshed.co.uk

Like in that article. Use a screwdriver. I used a thin flathead.

 

[Unckebob]

I bought a 270 WSM magazine to see what it looked like in real life. Using the ammo on hand, Hornady Outfitter 130g CX and Handloads with 143g Eld-x bullets. Because the CX nearly fit, I decided to look at some published load data what might fit. This is what I found.

Actual Loads vs 270 Mag Length​	Bullet(s)​	COAL​	Source​
-0.1150​	Nosler​	120​	BT & ET​	2.775​	Nosler
-0.1100​	Hornady​	120​	CX​	2.780​	Hornady Handload Data
-0.1100​	Barnes​	120​	TSX​	2.780​	Hodgdon
-0.1000​	Hornady​	129​	InterLock​	2.790​	Hornady Handload Data
-0.0900​	Hornady​	129​	SST​	2.800​	Hornady Handload Data
-0.0900​	Hornady​	129​	InterBond​	2.800​	Hornady Handload Data
-0.0900​	Barnes​	130​	TSX​	2.800​	Barnes
-0.0250​	Barnes​	127​	LRX​	2.865​	Barnes
-0.0150​	Barnes​	120​	TTSX​	2.875​	Hodgdon
-0.0100​	Nosler​	140​	BT​	2.880​	Hodgdon
0.0100​	Hornady​	123​	SST & Eld-x​	2.900​	Hornady Handload Data
0.0100​	Nosler​	129​	ABLR​	2.900​	Hodgdon
0.0100​	Hornady​	130​	Eld-m​	2.900​	Hornady Handload Data
0.0145​	Hornady​	130​	CX​	2.905​	Hornady Outfitter
0.0200​	Hornady​	130​	CX Min​	2.910​	Email from Hornady
0.0200​	Hornady​	143​	Eld-x Min​	2.910​	Email from Hornady
0.0550​	Hornady​	143​	Eld-x​	2.945​	Hodgdon
0.0650​	Nosler​	130​	Accubond​	2.955​	Nosler
0.0650​	Nosler​	140​	All​	2.955​	Nosler
0.0700​	Hornady​	143​	Eld-x​	2.960​	Handloads