What makes the 6.5 PRC special?

Show me a 6.5 short action magnum I can buy a box of at a local store.
Edi* how about Cabela's. They are across the entire country and alaska. Guess what's in stock in anchorage, in Missoula, in grand junction.

This site is skewed(understandably) to the mindset of handloading. However, there is an entire world out there that doesn't. Further there are many hunters scared to use a cartridge they can't find it shtf with their luggage.

The idea that it brings nothing to the market is simply false.

It brings convenience, a factory cartridge only equaled by wildcats and buy a cartridge you can't find anywhere (rem mag). It is not special, it does offer something otherwise missing.
 
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jmcmath said:
Show me a 6.5 short action magnum I can buy a box of at a local store.

This site is skewed(understandably) to the mindset of handloading. However, there is an entire world out there that doesn't. Further there are many hunters scared to use a cartridge they can't find it shtf with their luggage.

The idea that it brings nothing to the market is simply false.
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There you go... That's the only argument there is for it. Nothing else. No new ground has been broken. No new concept has been created. All it has going for it is cheap factory ammo for those who don't handload. The same exact thing the 6.5CM had going for it in the beginning. Also, I've never been to your local stores, so I have no idea what they sell there... So, your question is a bit short-sided.

So, you joined a site for LR hunting and shooting, where absolute precision is king, and you complain that most folks on here only care about hand loading, and think buying factory ammo is a waste of money? Yes, most of us lived in that world before we started loading our own ammo. But we saw the light, and realized there was a better way.

Basically, this a matter of personal opinion, and you're saying mine is wrong, and arguing with it, instead of accepting it as simply my opinion, which is only worth as much weight as someone wants to put into it.
 
Lol see there ya go there is nothing else that fits the niche beside the rem mag thats dead and has been.

In a year there will be great brass available for it as well and then you'll only have that it's a hipster cartridge to ride on for why you hate it.

Which is fine and dandy, but it's still false that it brings nothing to the market even if thats your opinion
 
new calibers are all good; bring them on and lets keep improving the design of the old ones and renaming them. Its nice to see that we are finally getting sammi spec factory rifles available for calibers spec'd with faster twist rates and throated for long, skinny, high bc bullets so they can be seated in the proper length necks at a reasonable distance to the lands without taking up valuable case capacity..... that case capacity can then be used for velocity within pressure limits offered in factory supported affordable ammo (or reloading components) if you prefer. Whats not to like? a complete package anyone can shoot well (providing they learned the skills) readily available to the public at a reasonable cost with no wait time (as in custom work). this brings more shooters to the sport; win/win!
Walk in any store selling ammo and the only 6.5 magnum ammo for sale is most likely 6.5 PRC precision hunter or precision match.
there are worse things to complain about...
 
There are lots of cartridge that fill that niche...And do a BETTER job... 7mm SAUM, 7mm WSM, 300 SAUM 300 WSM, 6.5 RemMag.

I can hate whatever I want, for whatever reason I want... That's what you gun hipsters have yet to understand. It's a free country. Don't like my opinion, don't read it. But I'm not going to shut up about it, just because someone gets butthurt over it.

Trust me, lots of new shooters to the sport is not necessarily a good thing... If they are properly trained, that's one thing, but you know most won't be. There are lots of morons out there that are 1 bad LR shot on an animal away from make us all look bad. It's just the fact that we're only 1 bad news article away from our "ethics" being called into question on national TV, and next thing you know, they'll be wanting to ban scopes and reloading, etc...
 
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to the original question what is special? NOTHING
what does it bring to the table? NOTHING
and if the only answer is cheap factory ammo. which is only good for barrel break in. your missing the idea of what true long range hunters strive for.
The brass haters are going to hate.
The supporters will have something else to stroke.
The keyboard commandos are going to call names
but in the end there is nothing special here its just new
 
Mud runner, do not want to rain on your parade but my inquiry was based on discussion from this forum. Not, NOT, to fuel someone's dislike for change and new products.
I have been around long enough to be a reasonable and interested shooter, hand loader, hunter and more. Yet, I am interested in cartridge development and new offerings. Therefore, i thank this forum for their gleaned and offered information.
 
MTGunner said:
Mud runner, do not want to rain on your parade but my inquiry was based on discussion from this forum. Not, NOT, to fuel someone's dislike for change and new products.
I have been around long enough to be a reasonable and interested shooter, hand loader, hunter and more. Yet, I am interested in cartridge development and new offerings. Therefore, i thank this forum for their gleaned and offered information.
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Your thread is not what "fueled my dislike". You are simply going off of what others have assumed about me, and stated in threads like this. I don't hate "new" things simply because they are new, that would be idiotic. New products and ideas are what fuel this industry. What I hate is when things are touted as "new" and "revolutionary", when the ideas and designs are not original or new. The 6.5 SS, 6.5 WSM, 6.5 SAUM, 6.5 RemMag, and numerous other wildcats have been around a LONG time before this "revolutionary" new cartridge from Whorenady.

So don't just sit there and assume I hate things simply because they are "new". Nothing is further from the truth.
 
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Which were all "new cartridges" at one point in time and touted for their benefits and uniqueness at that time. :)
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Yes, and I never once said I didn't like "new" cartridges. You're listening to what others have said that I was saying...Which is not accurate. I have stated that a lot of these newer cartridges are just rehashed versions of past cartridges, or were designed to produce similar performance to past forgotten cartridges, but wrapped in a fancy new package, and touted as "new" and "revolutionary". I never said that was wrong, I just stated that it is what it is...
 
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Yes, and I never once said I didn't like "new" cartridges. You're listening to what others have said that I was saying...Which is not accurate. I have stated that a lot of these newer cartridges are just rehashed versions of past cartridges, or were designed to produce similar performance to past forgotten cartridges, but wrapped in a fancy new package, and touted as "new" and "revolutionary". I never said that was wrong, I just stated that it is what it is...
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Pointless circles that go on and on and on and on.
 
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