Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles I'm slightly intrigued by the 6.5 prc

Does anyone have any experience with one yet?

Mule Deer does. Wrote a piece for the Hodgdon Annual. By now might have done some whacking too.

Looks nice, but I already have a rifle....

Yes

Yes. But scenarshooter has kilt a lotta stuff with his...

I"m ready to air mine out on some west Texas critters. Come on November!

I just completed one for a local customer.. It's a bit picky on loads, but he's finally got it dialed in..

My take from this round is that it's a bish to get it to feed right, since it's basically a WSM-style case.. He sent me a pic yesterday of a 3-round group right at .328" at 100..

Never heard of it.......

Hey there Redneck, good morning to you! I had bad feeding issues when I had a Mod 700 SA made into a 6.5/284 also. I can only imagine that PRC in a short action! I suppose if a rifle is made for the round ( rails, feed ramp, etc) it will work OK. I was giving some thought to a Model 700 SPS in .260 rechambered/converted to the PRC...then I remembered how rounds would fly out of that 6.5/284 at inopportune times, ha.Nah…..

Yes Sauer Atacama with SWFA SS HD 3x15 scope. Shot two antelope a few weeks ago. Both bang flop. Buck at 177 and doe at 335. Load is with RL 26 3050 fps with 143 ELDX. Very accurate gun. Due to unavailability of RL 26 I worked up a load with RL 25. Got 3010 fps and .34" group. I think I will keep this load instead.

FWIW,


Thought about a Christensen Ridgeline, but the Browning Max Long Range was a bit over half the price. I've been very happy with the Browning Hell's Canyon Speed LR in 26 Nosler so I thought What the Hey.



Topped it with a Bushnell Elite Tactical 6-24 x 50.

Bought 5 Boxes of the same lot of Ammo. Figured that would be one way to get 100 pieces of brass.



I was trying out several rifles so I only shot two groups after I got it on paper.



100 yds.



200 yds.

I think it was JWall that suggested that I should forget about the first two shots and go straight to the third.

I chrono'd the first few rounds @ 100. Hornady indicates the MV to be 2,960. My Shooting Chrony recorded the velocity, (+/- 9' from muzzle) @ 2973, 2915, 2917, 2939 fps respectively.



26 Nosler, 6.5 PRC, 6.5 Creedmoor

Seems to be about 200 fps slower than the 26 Nosler Hornady ammo loaded with the 143 Gr. ELD-X.

The Browning has a short action. The magazine holds three rounds. No problem with feeding unless you short stroke it.

Have not had the pleasure of perforating a deer or hoglet with it yet, but may get to do so this weekend.

Ya!


GWB

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100 yds.



200 yds.

I think it was JWall that suggested that I should forget about the first two shots and go straight to the third.



26 Nosler, 6.5 PRC, 6.5 Creedmoor
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Yep ! Think of how many components you'd save by shooting the 3 rd shot......first !




Good Luck and Have Fun.


Jerry

I have been using one almost exclusively since it came out. I have a Montana Rifle Company X3,and a Christendsen Ridgeline.

I have killed hogs with the 143 ELDx,and the 147 ELDm. I have kllled a couple of big whitetails with a 130 Berger.

I like it so far.

I've got a Christensen Mesa topped with the Sig 3-10X42 BDX scope. I tested out the system with the 143 ELD-X and it was right on at 660 yards. I've since been loading the 130 gr. Scirocco and the 130 Accubond with 58.5 gr. H1000 and CCI BR-2 at 3100 FPS and it's giving me under .5 MOA groups. I've had it sighted in at 100, but I'm moving to a 200 zero this week.

The one I built started life as a M70 in .270 WSM... And it STILL fed like crap.. I finally was able to get it to feed right 98% of the time - mainly good IF the bolt was pushed forward with alacrity..

Just me - but I dislike WSM rounds..

I have a Ziess V4 on the Christensen and it's sighted in at 200. Dial up for longer,hold dead on for 200 or less. This gives me a point and shoot zero out to about 300 yards if things happen in a hurry.

So far I have add zero issues with the Montana Rifle Company or the Christensen feeding perfectly out of the magazine, My son has a Christensen Mesa that works perfectly too.

I was considering having a Winchester Model 70 Extreme Weather in 270 or 300 WSM rebareled to 6.5 PRC but now I am nervous about it after Redneck's experience.

Does the fact that they have no issues in the WSM chamberings mean anything as far as feeding the PRC cartridge? Or is it really a crapshoot with any short fat cartridge in a Model 70 short magnum action?

A couple of questions...

Will this fit in a Rem M700 short action?

And if not, what advantage would this have over a 6.5-06 in a long action? besides factory rounds of course..

Might as well compare it to a 270 win too. Not much of a difference.

Yes, the 6.5 GAP fits in and feeds from a SA (binderiess AICS or Wyatt Box), but not as well as a 6.5 GAP (SAUM).

The 6.5 PRC has more good brass options available. This won't matter too much if ADG can keep up with demand for 6.5 GAP brass.

If you hand load and intend to use a SA with binderiess AICS or Wyatt Box, the advantage goes to the 6.5 GAP.

Consideration should be given to throat geometry for the bullet you intend to shoot and in what action/magazine. Hornady's 143 and 147 have long bearing surfaces. There's a great thread on SH addressing this. Final SAAMI chamber dimensions seem to tailored to Hornady's bullets with their long bearing surfaces and loaded for a good bit of jump.

You should also seek out aalf's threads on here, AS and LRH.

I sold my 6.5 PRC (Seekins Havak PH1) and am replacing it with a custom 6.5GAP built on a MacK Brothers EVO. The Havak has a proprietary carbon fiber magazine accommodating up to 3.25" COAL.

Havak CF Mag.

I looked at the velocity differential between the 6.5 PRC 143 eldx and my 7mm-08 150 eldx. Assuming 3000 FPS, the 6.5 PRC is a 7mm-08 plus 150 yards.




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