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Haha no shiit

There are only a few rifles out there right now for the 6.5 PRC, two I like are a Sauer 100, and a Montana Rifle that is beautiful but expensive. Ton's available in 270 many that I like. Saw a Cooper Jackson Hunter in 6.5X55 that I also like, and looking back at my 6.5X55 notes, I can't get to 6.5 PRC levels but can go up and beyond 6.5 Creedmoor levels. (Sako Finnbear so 60K ish) I have sold a couple of very nice safe queens, so I have the budget. Time to choose and get to a range. I will admit I have not hunted at long range (to me beyond 200 yards) so a bit of a learning curve coming up. New scope with BDC and the whole enchilada on hitting reliably at 300 yards. In the deep deer woods I am used to the 9.3X62, works very well with a Kahles 2X7 #4. Not going to work very well beyond 150 yards..

Any comments on the Montana or Cooper rifles? From what I have read both have had their issues and growing pains.

If I were buying a new rig off the rack it'd be a something CM though. And if Joe Average was questioning his 270's "performance", I'd tell him it's crap and offer to buy it outta mercy....😉

Man, your heart is huge!

Truth. The donkeys at work I recommend a 6.5 creed simply because all the cheap badass ammo available. That said the 6 and 6.5 don’t horn me up but the 22 does.... waiting on broughton for a snout right now.

PS , all the shiit I killed this year was under 80 yards, glad I had that 6.5 bee built!!! Grin

Am liking my 6.5 PRC for the same reasons.

Anybody who likes the .270 should like the 6.5 PRC. But apparently some think they would be be traitorous....

John hopefully the some makers start chambering the prc... besides the $1500+ makers

I’d like a Tikka.

So a 270 is like the fat old gay guy down the road the 6.5 PRC is the skinny jeans hipster?



Speaking of Tikka......22" SL in 6 CM would be a doozy, but not sure how it fits in the realm.


Could be transgender.

Not sure about that, the 6.5 PRC is a rather short porky little bugger. Almost makes the old 270 look rather slim and trim. At any rate down to two riles, the Sauer 100 in 6.5 PRC or a Montana X3 in 270...

How will you be using it? Out to 800 yards, I would go with the 270 as its easier right now to find components. Because of the high BC's f the 6.5 (ELD-X .277 vs .264), I would go for the 6.5PRC or 26 Nosler or 6.5-06.

Which of the Short Magnum actions out there have long enough magazines to accommodate the 6.5PRC OAL ?
Are the Kimber 8400, and the Win70 WSM long enough ? Shorter isn’t better in this caliber

I asked a similar question on this board. Some might say that the Rem 700 won't allow for the "proper" OAL for the 140 class bullets. They will but you'll have to swap out the stock mag. But to your question folks I know are using Defiant and Savage actions. Rumor had it that Berger is working on a 150 class .264 boolet.😯😯😯

I asked Tikka HQ about a T3X in 6.5 PRC and they said "no production plans in 2019".

Judman,

You can buy a Sauer 100 for $799. I strongly suspect there will be more.

338Rules,

I "built" my 6.5 PRC on a "short magnum" Remington 700 action, since it was already a suitable rifle, the 9.3 Barsness-Sisk that Charlie Sisk built over a decade ago, with a pillar-bedded Bansner High Tech stock and a #4 Lilja barrel. Simply had Charlie stick on another #4 Lilja 6.5 barrel.

Then I decided to see how the rifle shot with various bullets seated to 2.86", the max length that would work in the factory magazine, before installing a long box. Turned out at least three of the bullets I hoped to use shot BETTER at 2.86" inch than when seated close to the lands. This isn't unusual with high-BC bullets, in my experience, and particularly with the Barnes LRX.

I love my .270, and I like the idea of the 6.5 PRC. I like to hunt and go to the range and shoot, but I doubt I'll ever seriously compete in any shooting competitions. From my perspective as a guy who tried a lot of different cartridges on both sides of the .270 Win, I just dont see the paper ballistics of the PRC vs. .270 transfering to real world hunting situations I find myself in. That's my only issue with the PRC and the many other cartridges I've tried, and why I keep going back to the .270 Win.

Kinda like being loyal to a tire size🙄.

Can't see me getting one, mostly because I'm getting too old to chase everything that comes along. Got too many components to burn up before I go under as it is!

This one oughta put the skids on some 6.5/06 projects.

Well after a lot of thought, comparisons etc. I bought a rifle. Found a NIB Sako 85 synthetic for $899 in 270 Winchester. That and I have brass, dies, and 11 suitable powders on the bench made the decision easier. I'm sure that the new Sauer 100 is a good rifle, but it would not be a Sako, and the price was less than $200 difference. Now a lot of range time..

When that 270 fails to deliver, just sell it. 😉