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Unless you are shooting a PRC at match... This is my opinion, (please take this with a grain of salt). A good friend of mine bought a 300 PRC about a year ago and brought it to me to mount a scope. I put a VX3 on it for him. The rifle was a Bergara, nice, very nice, some kind of bench model that weighed over 12 lbs naked. Anyway he took the rifle to the range to set in the scope, it shot very accurately but after 12 rounds the bolt started to stick closed and has a hard lock-up. He brought it back to me, he thought it might be the ammo. I looked at the gun and without a cartridge in it it was hard to work the action, I was kind of stumped for a while. I called a friend that shot the PRCs and he told me to clean it, especially the bolt journals and rails and around the cone. We did and it worked great again. I couldn't see much fowling or dust but that was what it was, my friend sold it and bought a 300 Weatherby last year to elk hunt with, shot a good cow at 450 and couldn't have been happier. In my opinion the PRC is a range gun and I from what I know and from what other shooters have told me I don't think I want it for a hunter. Tolerances too tight for the brush and dust. Not knocking the PRC but use it for what it was designed for and it will be great. Seems like all of these gun and ammo manufacturers are trying to start different fads to sell new calibers when most of the older stuff does exceedingly well.
whatever 7 you use, give some hammer bullets a try. I use a 143 gr hammer hunter in my 28 nosler at 3560, and it shoot. .3 or so moa. phenomenal performance on game. have taken game to 1043 yds. working up loads for my other 7mms . Berger 168 work well and Berger 195 gr.
With this new information I didn't know before, I guess that tips the scales quite a bit. Thanks for the update.
I love Hammers! I shoot 145 HHT's in my SAUM, 95 HHT's in my 257 and 132 HH in my 7-08.
I am aware of the tolerances. I also see this to be a benefit for accuracy and consistency. A fast twist 7 rem mag could be in my future, but I like the idea of using less powder, even if it is just a few grains. This rabbit hole can go as deep as I want it to.
One of the few times I listened to my inner logic was when I didn't buy a 257 wby. At that time I had a 270 wby, 25/06, 30/06 ,6.5 creed & two 264 wins. So I left it for some other poor soul to snatch up. That being said I'd still like to have one.
I did the same thing in 2003 at Scheel's, except it was a SAKO M995 TRG-1 in .300 WM. Like you, I left it for some poor soul to snatch up. Two and a half weeks later, it was still available, and this poor soul snatched it.
I still have the rifle today, along with 2 other .300 WMs.
