6.5 PRC to 6.5 CM

[Q_Sertorius]

True but I still want both to be stainless and my current isn’t stainless.

In the past year, I got two secondhand stainless Tikkas for $1100 combined and two new stainless Tikkas for $820 each.

 

[Scottstu]

In the past year, I got two secondhand stainless Tikkas for $1100 combined and two new stainless Tikkas for $820 each.

Good point. I’ll probably buy the 6.5 PRC that’s available now, set it up how I want, sell my 6.5 CM, and keep an eye out for a stainless one. Then I’ll just switch the barreled actions in and out of my stock and move the scope and suppressor as needed. Thanks!

 

[The Guide]

Good point. I’ll probably buy the 6.5 PRC that’s available now, set it up how I want, sell my 6.5 CM, and keep an eye out for a stainless one. Then I’ll just switch the barreled actions in and out of my stock and move the scope and suppressor as needed. Thanks!

That would be the best way to get 2 different bolt faces to work together. Remember, you will need a magazine compatible with the PRC cartridge and the Creedmoor cartridge. Some stocks/chassis do not use the same magazine for both calibers while some do.

Jay

 

[Jon C]

Thanks for all the input. I may not have given enough detail. Wasn’t really trying to start a thread on which cartridge is better for my needs. I feel good with 6.5 CM for hunting inside 400 yards and like it for long range practice due to the lower recoil and cheaper ammo.

I prefer a 6.5 PRC for a longer shot especially on elk. I’d like to have two similar guns, one chambered in each, but by the time I set up the gun how I’d like (rifle, rails, scope, rings, bipod, suppressor ) I’m in for over $5k and would rather spend that on a hunt.

Since 6.5 PRC is available in the gun I want, I’d buy that and rechamber in 6.5 CM, leaving it like that pretty much all year. If I’m going hunting where longer shots are likely, I’d rechamber to 6.5 PRC a little while before that hunt. Probably wouldn’t be making these modifications more than once a year.

A barrel swap would run about the price of a second tikka. I’m sure by summer they’ll be a ton of 6.5 cm available. Put rails on both and share a stock( if custom) scope and silencer. At least that’s what I’d do. But unless I was reloading probably wouldn’t get two 6.5’s that were so close together. 6.5 creed and a 7mm rem or prc or 300 wsm or win mag would be my choice personally. But it only needs to make sense to you.

 

[Scottstu]

A barrel swap would run about the price of a second tikka. I’m sure by summer they’ll be a ton of 6.5 cm available. Put rails on both and share a stock( if custom) scope and silencer. At least that’s what I’d do. But unless I was reloading probably wouldn’t get two 6.5’s that were so close together. 6.5 creed and a 7mm rem or prc or 300 wsm or win mag would be my choice personally. But it only needs to make sense to you.

I agree.. bothers me having two calibers that close. Really want to go 22 cm for whitetail and 6.5 prc for longer range of anything bigger but Tikka doesn’t make one yet. I imagine I could rechamber a 22-250 but why spend that money when I could just buy a 6.5 cm

 

[Mtslackcountry]

I have a heavy 6.5 creedmore for range and steel shooting. Prc for hunting. prc (24" barrel) with a 156 berger at 2900 FPS is good elk medicine. Could push it harder too.

 

[Jon C]

I agree.. bothers me having two calibers that close. Really want to go 22 cm for whitetail and 6.5 prc for longer range of anything bigger but Tikka doesn’t make one yet. I imagine I could rechamber a 22-250 but why spend that money when I could just buy

I have a heavy 6.5 creedmore for range and steel shooting. Prc for hunting. prc (24" barrel) with a 156 berger at 2900 FPS is good elk medicine. Could push it harder too.

I have a heavy 6.5 creedmore for range and steel shooting. Prc for hunting. prc (24" barrel) with a 156 berger at 2900 FPS is good elk medicine. Could push it harder too.

Could keep it 22-250 and get it ackley improved or pickup a howa mini in 22 arc

 

[Q_Sertorius]

I agree.. bothers me having two calibers that close. Really want to go 22 cm for whitetail and 6.5 prc for longer range of anything bigger but Tikka doesn’t make one yet. I imagine I could rechamber a 22-250 but why spend that money when I could just buy a 6.5 cm

It wouldn’t bother me at all having two *cartridges* in the same caliber. I’d happily have a light, medium, and heavy option in 6mm or 6.5mm. For instance, 6mm ARC, .243, and 6UM or 6.5mm Grendel, 6.5 CM, and 6.5 PRC.