7mm Soul Searching

[Pharmseller]

7mm-08

 

[gtriple]

+1. I too built a 7prc, put 10 rnds downrange and took it apart. It now wears a 25-6.5 prc barrel. Should put 134g pills downrange at 2950 instead of 180’s. Lose some bc .401 vs .325 but with 30% less recoil.

25-6.5prc sounds wicked. I'm wondering how fast a 22-6.5prc would go....

 

[wind gypsy]

25-6.5prc sounds wicked. I'm wondering how fast a 22-6.5prc would go....

See Post #50.

22 prc

Will SAAMI come out with a 22 PRC? (or for that matter a 6mm PRC or 25 PRC?) It's not SAAMI that does such things. Someone develops it and then submits it to SAAMI for approval. Best question is will Hornady do it? I'd think they would be the most likely ones.

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[Harvey_NW]

May have missed it but didn't see it as a suggestion, I say 284 Win > 280AI. I know the Ackley cartridges are all the jazz, but I've never had issues sizing brass until I tried to bump those sharp ass shoulders. I stuck like 5 cases the first time I sized my lot. Pissed me off so bad I had it rechambered in 284 Win. Shorter throw, more room in the mag, same ballistic performance, easy sizing operation. I do recommend having a savvy gunsmith chamber and custom throat it with a .2845" reamer to whatever weight-ish bullet you want to load for it though.

 

[35WhelenAI]

That’s old school, when I spot something under 400 I back off a ways just to give it a sporting chance

Lol.

I’m also old school and conservative with distance. I’ve always limited shots to under 450 - if I could get to 450 the shot is pretty certain shooting over a pack, and in calm conditions 500 has been reliably doable. This year I’ve been working on extending that to 600, but many days and situations are limited by wind, so I’m not willing to let myself think 600 is a new max for normal conditions, but rather a max under calm conditions. It might only be 20% farther, but reliably hitting a 10” paper plate can be more than twice as hard that far out - I’ve had to upgrade the range finder, increase scope magnification from 6x to 8x, and using a rifle a few pounds heavier. Teaching my nephew to understand his max range has been fun - some days I don’t know what that kid is thinking. Lol

Like I was saying, there is a different mindset with respect to the equipment people are using these days. It's all good stuff, and guys spending the time or growing up shooting longer range have that in their blood just like us guys in our mid fifties that have been doing in our way for three or four decades.