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.

 

[Sled]

Wait for the SWFA black Friday sale and buy a scope. Use your 270 or pick up an inexpensive Tikka in a caliber you don't already have. The 6.5 prc will give you the ability to run some heavier for caliber projectiles but really doesn't do much the 270win isn't already doing.

 

[SwiftShot]

Unlike many people here, I am not going to talk you out of a new rifle. I will say that the 270 and the 6.5 PRC kind of throw the same weight bullets at close to the same velocity ect. Now ignoring all that the rifles you mentioned will be great. Also look at the Ruger American Gen 2 only the Gen 2. They shoot great and are nice looking rifles.

What I would do is good scope on any rifle mentioned. Then spend at least that much in ammo for the range. You need trigger time.

You could really set it up right. Sell the 270, pick up a Ruger or Tikka in 6.5 PRC and a matching one in 223. Set them up the same. Shoot the 6.5 some but run 500 plus rounds through the 223. You could even look at bullet weights for the 223 to get close to the same drops and drifts. Then stretch it out to 600 yards. That would get you ready for hitting that elk at 400 no problem. Treat it like archery. I shoot regularly at 80 to 100 for fun at the range. The 50 yard shot are just chump change now. Now you have an excuse for 2 rifles. Plus that 223 is not bad for deer.