The latest greatest Federal Cartridge

[Sockeye66]

This cartridges niche is for similar velocities to comparative cartridges like the 7PRC with a shorter barrel. The Backfire video shows high 2800's with a 170gr bullet in a 16" barrel with a standard bolt face cartridge, that alone is pretty impressive considering the case capacity and powder charge. For a non-reloader who combo hunts deer/elk and wants a short barreled suppressed rifle, it looks pretty good. Time will tell, we'll all be genius's a year from now.

 

[liber]

This cartridges niche is for similar velocities to comparative cartridges like the 7PRC with a shorter barrel. The Backfire video shows high 2800's with a 170gr bullet in a 16" barrel with a standard bolt face cartridge, that alone is pretty impressive considering the case capacity and powder charge. For a non-reloader who combo hunts deer/elk and wants a short barreled suppressed rifle, it looks pretty good. Time will tell, we'll all be genius's a year from now.

So, we compare against a cartridge that had problems from the get-go, AND was one of the most recent PRC cartridges that everyone has been waiting for. Compare the velocities of the short action cartridges...7SAUM, 300 WSM, 6.5 PRC, 6.5 WRPM, et al...at the end of the day the PRC line seems to beat it out. For a long action you have 7PRC and 300PRC today. The marketing is basically gaslighting it to be 200 fps faster than 7PRC, but that is not handloads, that's the ammo available today, as I understand it.

But the real proof is in available ammo. If the 7mm Backcountry is intending to be the king, let's see who loads for it. In that regard, PRC has the Hornady push, which has proven a *slight* advantage over Federal. If they can show the ballistics and the market growing like PRC, they could have a winner...but that verdict is still out...

EDIT: Does anyone actually have 80,000 psi loads that have been verified safe? I'm talking about 277 Furry also, does any manufacturer have verified 80,000 psi loads?

 

[Frank in the Laurels]

..if it's legit that amazing ballistics to say the least from a 20 inch....guess 80'000 psi does produce something..lol