Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles HEY YOU 6.5 PRC HUNTERS

This was exactly what was going through my head when I picked one up last year. Love me a 270, and this seems like just a little more of a good thing.

Planning to run Hammer 124HH at ~3050-3150 fps. So far I've shot two powders to find pressure--H4831SC and Ramshot Magnum--and both put 10 bullets into a little over an inch and a half at 100 yards. As no two rounds had the same powder charge, I take this as a good sign.

Love my 270 and probably have more confidence in it than my 6.5 CM. My 270 with 140s at 3050 is sub moa shooter and with in my personal limit of 500/600 yards. Don’t need much more.

I can see the 6.5 PRC for long range deer and target.
But if BIG game such as elk were on the menu and long distance,Id be eyeing the 7 PRC

^^^^ this.

I gacked the numbers for a month one day. Given companies are now offering higher BC 0.277 bullets, I see no difference - assuming adequate twist rates in the 0.277.

Bunch of funsuckers around here.......

Now that was funny and true

The 6.5 PRC is of no interest to me simply because I already have a 6.5 Saum (prc +75-100 fps or so) and plenty of brass to kill several barrels. If not I would probably own the PRC.

The high bc 140-156 class bullets kill well and do pretty good in the wind.

I’ve nothing at all against new stuff; I have and enjoy a couple recent creations myself in fact. But for the most part, the very real advantages some have are for the most part inconsequential for me as my shooting is limited to ranges 300 yards and under, and that only on the range just down the road. It’s been literally a couple of decades since I had a deer opportunity at much over 100 yards, 50 or under being more typical. If I ever find a place to shoot chucks at some distance, I may have a chance to air out my 6CM a bit, but that seems unlikely since chucks are on the decline and access to farmland very hard to come by. My focus is on light and handy rifles chambered for the most part in pleasant and efficient cartridges, and also on interesting older ones, particularly 98s.

Still, you won’t see me bitching about how “they” need to make more .303 Savage or .357 Max ammo and guns instead of new stuff that pushes the performance envelope, however minutely. I like it all, find it all interesting even when I don’t play along, and understand that the health of the industry we depend on for our fun stuff is tied to innovation that sells new guns and the associated goodies they require, sometimes known as “churn”. Profits feed innovation, and innovation draws new shooters, even if many of those don’t become hunters right away, and more participants strengthen shooting. Gun sales are through the roof, and not just to those preparing for the fall of Civilization.

I'm in that boat. A few years ago I replaced my worn out Steyr Professional in .270 with a Nosler M48 in .270 that I got ridiculously cheap cause the .270s weren't selling. I still had a big investment in .270; brass, bullets, dies etc. In my hunting "ready rack" the .270 is bracketed by a .260 Rem and a 300WM, same spot a 6.5PRC would fill. Also, here in eastern KS, 500 is a looong shot. Even when hunting western KS, the majority of my shots were 200 and under. In "22" I used the M48 on an antelope in WY and 8pt buck here, at a little over 300yds, this year a 4x4 mulie in MT at slightly under 300 yds. So I'm just not experiencing a .270 VS 6.5PRC shortfall at this point.

When I wear out the M48 I'd definitely go 6.5PRC over .270, but that will be a while. I might even stick with .270, but rebarrel withy a 1:8" to take advantage of the newer high BC .277 bullets.

It's a good round, wouldnt trade my 270 or 264 win mag for one though. No matter what you get the animal won't dodge the bullet. Use a good bullet n whatever cartridge and kill stuff. If your all about a 6.5, grab a 6.5x06 and a set of dies. Cheap, easy to load, and it pounds game.

We used a 6.5 PRC using 147 gr ELDM to take 6 deer this year. I was very pleased with its performance. From 60-350 yards.

It like many other modern and not so modern work for our white tailed deer.

Without reading all the posts and simply offering my experiences with shooting and hunting a 6.5 PRC for several years now. I’m more than comfortable taking a shot at a medium sized game animal out to 600 plus yards.

I’m not saying by any means that my self imposed 600-650 yards shot making is this cartridges limitations, but rather just my max comfort zone.

Deer, antelope, goats, I’ll happily use my PRC shooting 130gr Abonds at a muzzle speed that hovers around 3k from a 22” barrel using 59.6 grains of H1000.

While the Abond doesn’t offer the sleek BC. It’s been a great killing bullet for me at the yardage I hold myself to.

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Im now on my second 6.5 PRC. I just sold my Tikka SL to my buddy, and bought a new Bergara Wilderness HMR. I'm currently have about 50:rounds down the spout and have found the sweet spot with 58 grains of H1000 and a 143 ELDX seated with a .040 jump.

No flies on the Tikka, I just wanted a heavier rifle for big condo blinds on huge fields with longer shots. The Bergara fits the bill nicely! For the smaller fields and clear cuts, the 280 Rem always seems to get the nod.

I'm going to try the 147 ELDM next. I just love how little those bullets moved by the wind and they have performed flawlessly on the 20 or so whitetails that I've shot.

THIS. exactly what I was thinking... and I have both calibers.

Those M18 rifles were a bargain for sure. So far mine keeps killing with the 139 scenars with ease. I'm amazed with the accuracy at a bargain rifle.

Inside 400 a 6.5 PRC I'd pretty much a good old .270 win.
Haven't drank the Kool-aid yet, but who know what the future holds.

The 6.5 PRC has served me well in the last few years,most of my shots are around 200 yrds and in but once in while i get a longer shot, it's nice to have the the ability to make a longer shot with confidence on larger Critters than Whitetails. Rio7