7mm PRC recommendations

[Bmac87]

What is your level of experience with shooting lighter wt magnum rifles? A light wt 7 PRC is probably gonna have a significant recoil. I have shot a 7 rem mag for decades, but my rifle is heavy. Something to consider.

Not much, I figure I can handle it with the suppressor. I don't get out and shoot a lot. I practice a fair amount for hunting season and hunt. That's about it

 

[bonepoint]

Not much, I figure I can handle it with the suppressor. I don't get out and shoot a lot. I practice a fair amount for hunting season and hunt. That's about it

I have a Fierce 7 PRC with a Scythe on it, and it is unbelievably easy to shoot. I would say recoil is similar to my unsuppressed 7mm-08. My 12 year old will shoot 10 rounds with it, no problem. The Scythe has an external break on it, which helps tame recoil quite a bit more than most suppressors.

I really like my Fierce. Factory ELDX, and reloads with the 175 ELDX and 175 berger with different powders were all under 1 moa, with several 0.5 MOA or less.

I don't have experience shooting the others. I have handled the Weatherby, Seekins, and Springfield Waypoint that liked them all. Never heard a bad thing about Seekins, I just didn't like the spiral fluting as much and the stocks felt "cheaper" to me.

I have had several buddies that had accuracy and quality control issues with Christiensens, so stayed away from those, even though I liked the feel and fit of them.

 

[kcm2]

Isn't the first question how you hunt and then, the rifle choice will make itself clear. If your shots are 400 yds or less, or you do a lot of spot and stalk..................

 

[Bmac87]

Isn't the first question how you hunt and then, the rifle choice will make itself clear. If your shots are 400 yds or less, or you do a lot of spot and stalk..................

I keep hunting shots at 600 or less and at 600 conditions have to be right

 

[R. Huffman]

I don’t think the recoil is bad on a 7PRC with a brake. I’m not a big fan of recoil and I can spend a day at the range with no pain except in my wallet.

 

[House21]

I’d recommend a browning x-bolt 2 spr, It’s not a 22” but a 20” and so far no complaints. I’ve shot out to 1100 yard and have shot a couple deer and coyotes from 75-360 yard and have no problems spotting impacts.

I shoot with a brake, buts that because our government is a bunch of morons (Canadian) and think they are dangerous. Brakes suck, my hearing can confirm, but a 175gr bullet doing 2820fps is lethal on anything

 

[TxhunterPRC]

My buddy has the 307 alpine CT in 7 prc. Excellent rifle, very accurate. Fit and finish is superb, as you would expect from Weatherby. I have a Mark V high country in 7 prc and have been very pleased with it. Very accurate as well. We used both of our rifles to double up on bulls at 600 yards this year.

 

[Bmac87]

Nice! Yeah those are both good looking rifles