6.5PRC, 6.8 Western, 7SAUM

[kgarrett]

I want to do a 6.5PRC just trying to get the action length correct.

Mostly affects you if you hand load. Make sure your action and magazine will accommodate 2.955 COL. 'Short actions' used to only need to accommodate 2.82 for 308 length cartridges. Hornady broke the short action mold with the 6.5 PRC which is why not every short action is great to build a 6.5 PRC upon. Some factory rounds may not fit in the magazine and feed well. With long bullets like Berger's 156 gr EOL I believe some hand loaders may even be loading longer than this.

I think these two issues are why some are building their customs on 'medium' or long actions. I am not a hand loader or a rifle builder so I might not have this quite right.

 

[Cajun LR Rookie]

Thanks for all the input!

 

[Rick Richard]

I want to do a 6.5PRC just trying to get the action length correct.

Medium.

 

[cajun]

I'm doing a 7 saum on zermatt medium action. I have seen tika magnum actions for sale. That is another option.