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6.5mm Craze? 264WM vs 6.5 SAUM vs 6.5 PRC?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ronald W Schaefer" data-source="post: 2766342" data-attributes="member: 109378"><p>I have several 6.5 rifles, but my favorite is the 6.5 PRC. I bought one kind of on a whim since I already have a few .264s, it was just a gorgeous rifle so...I bought it...as one does<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />. This off the shelf rifle is a Browning X-Bolt White Gold Medallion in Blond Maple and octagonal stainless barrel. I mounted a Leo VH6HD 3-18X50 on it and bought six different brands of factory ammo to do some pre-load work up testing...because I was lazy and wanted to pare down bullet selection. I zeroed the rifle in 4 shots at 100 yds and then shot a five-shot group using the Hornady Precision ammo with 143 gr ELD-X bullet. That first group with factory ammo, off the shelf rifle and brand-new barrel was a .7-inch group. I went out that afternoon to help with deer culling on my son's big ranch and just for grins I took that rifle. One of the buck's ID'd for cull harvest stepped out, 120 yds--about a five-year old 8 pt with a wide rack but short, skinny tines showed up. I put the crosshairs on and the tenth round out of that rifle sent that guy down like struck with Thor's hammer. I swear that guy was stone dead on the ground before the noise of the shot dissipated. So, all this factory ammo advertises ~2950 with a 140+- gr bullet of ~.625 G1 BC and the "Choice Custom" Ammo out of Montana advertised 3003 with the 156 gr Berger bullet--we'll see. I still need to do a proper barrel break-in and test all that various factory ammo across the chrony and 10 different bullets I've gathered up with a couple of good slow to medium-slow powders. With a 1/7 twist I figure I have a lot of options. So, what I like about the 6.5 PCR is high velocity with heavy for caliber bullets, low muzzle blast, low recoil, short action cartridge in a lightweight rifle. Also, it performs well in a shorter barrel due to powder burn characteristics of the powder it likes in a squatty, fat cartridge. So... I'm a fan.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ronald W Schaefer, post: 2766342, member: 109378"] I have several 6.5 rifles, but my favorite is the 6.5 PRC. I bought one kind of on a whim since I already have a few .264s, it was just a gorgeous rifle so...I bought it...as one does:-). This off the shelf rifle is a Browning X-Bolt White Gold Medallion in Blond Maple and octagonal stainless barrel. I mounted a Leo VH6HD 3-18X50 on it and bought six different brands of factory ammo to do some pre-load work up testing...because I was lazy and wanted to pare down bullet selection. I zeroed the rifle in 4 shots at 100 yds and then shot a five-shot group using the Hornady Precision ammo with 143 gr ELD-X bullet. That first group with factory ammo, off the shelf rifle and brand-new barrel was a .7-inch group. I went out that afternoon to help with deer culling on my son's big ranch and just for grins I took that rifle. One of the buck's ID'd for cull harvest stepped out, 120 yds--about a five-year old 8 pt with a wide rack but short, skinny tines showed up. I put the crosshairs on and the tenth round out of that rifle sent that guy down like struck with Thor's hammer. I swear that guy was stone dead on the ground before the noise of the shot dissipated. So, all this factory ammo advertises ~2950 with a 140+- gr bullet of ~.625 G1 BC and the "Choice Custom" Ammo out of Montana advertised 3003 with the 156 gr Berger bullet--we'll see. I still need to do a proper barrel break-in and test all that various factory ammo across the chrony and 10 different bullets I've gathered up with a couple of good slow to medium-slow powders. With a 1/7 twist I figure I have a lot of options. So, what I like about the 6.5 PCR is high velocity with heavy for caliber bullets, low muzzle blast, low recoil, short action cartridge in a lightweight rifle. Also, it performs well in a shorter barrel due to powder burn characteristics of the powder it likes in a squatty, fat cartridge. So... I'm a fan. [/QUOTE]
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