Tell me why this bowhunter need to/needs to not buy a 6.5 PRC

[2tuna]

Not a snowballs chance in he!! I'd use 17 points on a late rifle hunt.

Exactly. Which is why I'll use them in early archery. Late Rifle is for the same unit but with fewer points, later on.

Which, I confess, has little to do with wanting a new rifle now.

 

[cowdisciple]

Exactly. Which is why I'll use them in early archery. Late Rifle is for the same unit but with fewer points, later on.

Which, I confess, has little to do with wanting a new rifle now.

" I definitely don't need this but I want it anyway" is how I got my Tikka 6.5PRC...

 

[cnelk]

I was killing elk with a 270 before a 6.5 was even talked about
WTH is a PRC anyway? Lol

 

[kcm2]

I've killed 15 elk between 300-519 yards with my 270. Most with 130 gr partitions but several with the 130 gr Hornady copper bullets. You do not need a 6.5 PRC. But if you want to by one, have fun. Just know the 130 CX Hornady superformance ammo will do the trick every time. I did recover one of those bullets from a spine hit elk. it only weight 129.6 grains with a perfect mushroom. The rest are somewhere in the Whte River National Forest after going straight through an elk.

 

[Okie_Poke]

" I definitely don't need this but I want it anyway" is how I got my Tikka 6.5PRC...

The sale on them at Europtic has made it difficult to pass for a while.

 

[butcherboy]

You have to stick with the 270. Bowtech guys use 270's, Hoyt guys run PRC's.....

Not true! This Hoyt guy doesn’t run anything. However, he does use a 270wsm and a 270.

 

[cowdisciple]

I was killing elk with a 270 before a 6.5 was even talked about
WTH is a PRC anyway? Lol

 

[TradLife406]

Because the 6 UM is way better

 

[JackButler]

Thanks for all the terrific replies.

For those who asked about the 270:
-scope is a Leupold Vari X3 - maybe 20 years old, with a plane jane reticle (no windage or elevation marks)
- I did put in a Timney trigger about 10 years ago. Waaaay nicer. No other work done to the rifle.
- rifle has that almost skeletonized synthetic stock and weighs 8lbs 4 oz with scope and sling. A tad heavier might be a good thing.

In terms of budget, I'd been thinking in the neighborhood of $1500 for gun, $1000 for scope

The advice to get a 223 and shoot it till the barrel sags is interesting. Hadn't considered that as a means of improving proficiency at longer ranges, but makes sense.

For those of you who quite reasonably recommend I stick with the 270, well, what's up with that?

If I wanted good advice I could have just asked my wife...

You should get a prc and sell the 270 to me.