What makes the 6.5 PRC special?

[Okie264WM]

I had one to be built at Alamo rifles--they had so much trouble with the specs of the reamer I lost interest--after of 8 months of delays.. It is right at the limits of a short action--so bullet seating depth will always be a limiting factor--or put it in a long action--and then you might as well have something else like a 6.5-06, 280 ackley ect...I love my creedmoor--I've owened 2 6.5-284s,and I feel it is every bit as good as a 6.5 PRC with better brass options--but really needs a long action--and the PRC could benefit from that too.

If you are concerned about a SA not being long enough, you should check into having one built in a medium action to give you a little more room if you want to seat bullets out farther. Several action makers offer a medium length action, Stiller being the one I am using. My understanding is that the factory ammo will work in a SA though.

 

[Litehiker]

cb4128,
"The 6.5 Creed is virtually identical to the 260 remington..."

NOPE! The 6.5 CM neck & case design will accommodate longer bullets than the 260 Rem. and THAT is why it is so popular with competition shooters.

But to answer the OP's question about the 6.5 PRC - I think Hornady's "market penetration" is so big (Ooooo!, that almost sounds erotic ;o) that it will give 6.5 PRC owners a lot of ammo availability, compared to the nearly identical 6.5/284 Norma.

Eric B.

 

[Doug Herold]

If you're going to hand load, I'd consider the 6.5 GAP 4S (SAUM).
With the current generation of Hornady Brass its been fine.
We run RL26 and the JLK135's.
3200ish.
But you could run up to the 150SMK's with H1000, or RL26 or Retumbo.
FWIW.

Diwheel, where can you still find head stamped Hornady 6.5Gap4s brass? GaPrecision doesn't sell it.

 

[FIGJAM]

I just listened to a podcast, I think it was on gunwerks website, that addressed this very issue. Essentially, because there are some variations in the 6.5x284, there are legal and liability issues creating factory ammo. The 6.5 prc is 6.5x284 performance in a commercially available ammo - at least according to this:

https://www.gunwerks.com/blogs/podcast/is-the-new-6-5-prc-here-to-stay

 

[Edd]

cb4128,
"The 6.5 Creed is virtually identical to the 260 remington..."

NOPE! The 6.5 CM neck & case design will accommodate longer bullets than the 260 Rem. and THAT is why it is so popular with competition shooters.

What bullet are you, or competition shooters, using in a 6.5 CM that a 260 Remington will not accommodate?

 

[lancetkenyon]

I agree. I am a brass snob when I need to be and shoot Lapua brass at times. But very few people who aren't trying to win trophy's it wont matter. My profile picture to the left is crappy Hornady brass not weight sorted out of a crappy old sporterized Mauser in 6.5x55 with 155 Lapua megas with a crappy old leupy 2.5x8 at 400 yards which is the farthest I will shoot that rifle. Just simply weight sorting a hundred rounds and shooting for hunting it will all be good and taste great.

Your profile picture to the left is a badass boat....

 

[lancetkenyon]

cb4128,
"The 6.5 Creed is virtually identical to the 260 remington..."

NOPE! The 6.5 CM neck & case design will accommodate longer bullets than the 260 Rem. and THAT is why it is so popular with competition shooters.

Eric B.

Huh?
I used to shoot 140 HVLD, 140 Hybrids, and 142 SMK in my .260 Rem. Loaded 147 ELD-M & 150 SMKs for a buddy in his .260 Rem.

 

[Deleted member 48126]

The Creedmoor has the same brand of brass and it's the best thing ever invented according to the internet...so why does all other Hornady brass suck? Sure, it's not Lapua but it's also half the price.

Because creedmoor thats why!!

 

[hunter67wa]

Lol thanx.

 

[MudRunner2005]

Gentlemen, just throwing this out for discussion. Therefore, what does this cartridge offer versus the 260, the 6.5 Creedmore, the 6.5x55 and so n and etc.
This not to inspire agitation, merely discussion as have been hunting with my 260AI for some time and am interested in all .264 offerings.
Thanks for the input. MTG

It doesn't offer anything... That's why I get so agitated when something new comes out, sheeple think it's the best thing since sliced bread.

It's best feature is crappy brass .

Well, there's certainly that. Hornady made good match-quality brass 10+ years ago... Not sure what the hell has happened since then. These days I only use Hornady for stuff I consider "consumable" like revolver brass and AR brass. Mainly because it's cheap, and if they get lost or damaged and I need to buy more, it won't cost me $1.00 each to buy a new box.

 

[Deleted member 103481]

It doesn't offer anything... That's why I get so agitated when something new comes out, sheeple think it's the best thing since sliced bread.

Thats simply false, and once again your hatred for anything that is popular with stupid/annoying people causes you to take it out on the cartridge.

 

[Tidus56]

Well, there's certainly that. Hornady made good match-quality brass 10+ years ago... Not sure what the hell has happened since then. These days I only use Hornady for stuff I consider "consumable" like revolver brass and AR brass. Mainly because it's cheap, and if they get lost or damaged and I need to buy more, it won't cost me $1.00 each to buy a new box.[/QUOTE]
I use Hornady brass in my Creedmoor and its done fine. I use it mostly because it has better case capacity than the Lapua brass. I also use it in 4 or 5 other cartridges but similar to you I think of it as very expendable. I only got 3 firings out of a 300 RUM not so hot. Kind of how I looked at Remington or Winchester brass. So it works but I wont lose sleep over it. If I lose one of my 6.5-284 Lapua brass pieces thats a sad day.
The biggest thing I will continue to say about the 6.5 Creedmoor is it brought alot of new shooters to PRS matches and LRS. I am happy when anyone starts shooting, we need more shooters to help protect 2A rights. So I dont care if a new cartridge is an exact duplicate of another ballastically if it draws new shooters or causes people to spend money on guns its a plus. Anything that moves away from the antigun agenda gets two thumbs up.

 

[rafterfp]

It's special because it drives the
" bubbas " nutz ! Other than that it's just a cartridge that allows you to propell a projectile in a chosen trajectory with certain exterior ballistics. And the advantage of all of this " evil " marketing hype will be more rifle sales and a wealth of quality factory ammo, and maybe some day a socom Mil spec contract.
Haters gonna hate! *** is so bad about new cartridges to these flat
earthers is beyond me.

 

[MudRunner2005]

Thats simply false, and once again your hatred for anything that is popular with stupid/annoying people causes you to take it out on the cartridge.

Just take a step back and look at things from a bigger picture than just of popularity. Look honestly and tell me what it offers that nothing else on the market offers... And don't say cheap match-grade ammo. Because it's not THAT expensive to get into handloading for ONE cartridge to produce very high-quality ammo. It would actually be cheaper to handload for 1 cartridge than it would be to buy enough factory ammo to last the life of that barrel. And if you already handload, then a $50 set of dies and $10 shell holder is certainly cheaper than the barrel break-in cost in factory ammo...