6.5 prc overkill ?

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High octane custom rifles keep coming up for sale and end up being sold heavily discounted because no one wants another’s idea of a custom, most asking it can be split up. The seller thinks they’ve designed the ultimate rifle, yet are selling it because they realise it’s too expensive to run, burns the barrel and they fear the cost of a new one, it’s heavy, it’s not really comfortable to use in the field when stalking, ammo isn’t readily available and costs a fortune, and, there’s something ‘new and exciting’ in the market (hornady marketing hype again).

I’ve never visited a place in the UK where you couldn’t get within ethical shooting range with a standard hunting calibre if you really bothered trying. Sure, one or two stags at 350-400 will pop up across a gully you can’t get across unnoticed - but it’s not the US where you have waited a decade for ‘that’ tag, here…come back tomorrow and shoot him from the other side of the hill if he’s still there.
I also don’t think many people are capable of ethical and consistent shot placement at much past 150 yds tbh!! Those who like to dance with the devil, will use ballistic turrets anyway, so shooting ‘flat’ is largely irrelevant unless we walk into a time warp and enter America in the 60’s
 
HonestJohn said:
High octane custom rifles keep coming up for sale and end up being sold heavily discounted because no one wants another’s idea of a custom, most asking it can be split up. The seller thinks they’ve designed the ultimate rifle, yet are selling it because they realise it’s too expensive to run, burns the barrel and they fear the cost of a new one, it’s heavy, it’s not really comfortable to use in the field when stalking, ammo isn’t readily available and costs a fortune, and, there’s something ‘new and exciting’ in the market (hornady marketing hype again).

I’ve never visited a place in the UK where you couldn’t get within ethical shooting range with a standard hunting calibre if you really bothered trying. Sure, one or two stags at 350-400 will pop up across a gully you can’t get across unnoticed - but it’s not the US where you have waited a decade for ‘that’ tag, here…come back tomorrow and shoot him from the other side of the hill if he’s still there.
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Yep that sums it up perfectly!

Good speech that man!

I’ve got a serious itch for a 7mm PRC, but do I need the hassle? More dies, more brass and for a job that my 7x57 does perfectly!
 
Mungo said:
I know all about slippery slopes!

Fortunately, I’m in the process of paying for a new bathroom to be installed, so will have zero money for the foreseeable.
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I know that feeling, just had a new kitchen fitted 😬🙈
 
HonestJohn said:
High octane custom rifles keep coming up for sale and end up being sold heavily discounted because no one wants another’s idea of a custom, most asking it can be split up. The seller thinks they’ve designed the ultimate rifle, yet are selling it because they realise it’s too expensive to run, burns the barrel and they fear the cost of a new one, it’s heavy, it’s not really comfortable to use in the field when stalking, ammo isn’t readily available and costs a fortune, and, there’s something ‘new and exciting’ in the market (hornady marketing hype again).

I’ve never visited a place in the UK where you couldn’t get within ethical shooting range with a standard hunting calibre if you really bothered trying. Sure, one or two stags at 350-400 will pop up across a gully you can’t get across unnoticed - but it’s not the US where you have waited a decade for ‘that’ tag, here…come back tomorrow and shoot him from the other side of the hill if he’s still there.
I also don’t think many people are capable of ethical and consistent shot placement at much past 150 yds tbh!! Those who like to dance with the devil, will use ballistic turrets anyway, so shooting ‘flat’ is largely irrelevant unless we walk into a time warp and enter America in the 60’s
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HJ, Not everyone is thinking ethical (whatever that is) deer, Maybe you don't practice anything longer than 200yards?, Lots of stalkers / target shooters practice out to over a mile ............ & an average stalking calibre can be a little frustrating at extended ranges:)
 
finnbear270 said:
Following the historic success of the 6.5 Creedmoor, Hornady partnered with George Gardner of GA Precision to build a version optimized for the Precision Rifle Series (PRS) circuit. Necking down a .300 Ruger Compact Magnum (RCM) case, they created a short-action cartridge that pushes identical 6.5mm bullets roughly 200–250 feet per second faster than the Creedmoor. It quickly earned a reputation as a flat-shooting, inherently accurate "tack-driver" for target shooters and deer hunters alike.

While the 6.5 PRC conquered the short-action market, Hornady's engineering team—partially inspired by heavy gun benchrest frustrations—began working on a heavy-hitting 30-caliber powerhouse. The cartridge found its true validation when the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) requested an ammunition solution capable of maintaining a 50% hit probability on man-sized targets out to an extreme 2,000 yards.

Hornady necked down the beltless .375 Ruger case. By optimizing the chamber throat specifically around heavy projectiles like their 225-grain ELD Match bullet, they beat out legacy magnums. The Department of Defence officially awarded contracts for the .300 PRC, cementing it as an elite, extended-range sniper system.

The final piece of the core PRC puzzle was introduced to bridge the vast gap between the mild 6.5 and the punishing recoil of the .300. 7mm (.284 caliber) bullets inherently possess some of the highest ballistic coefficients in the shooting world. By applying the exact same design constraints to the .375 Ruger parent case, Hornady created the 7mm PRC. It drives 175-to-180-grain bullets at 3,000 fps with 20% more energy than a 6.5 Creedmoor, but with significantly less shoulder-punishing recoil than a .300 Win Mag.
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Comon Steve you know 300 win mag is the Mutts Nuts for knocking anything over - just fit a muzzle brake and it's just like a 270 - I f could only have one rifle it would be the 300 WM 😎
 
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