Why are you shooting PRC, AI, creedmoor, or WSM?

[Felix40]

30-06 Precision Hunter vs 6.5 PRC Precision Hunter is only $3 difference per box. That’s basically nothing to me. PRC ammo is easily available online and at any big store. 6.5 Creedmoor ammo is even cheaper. You mentioned using “hunting grade” ammo. I don’t see the point of buying a nice rifle then shooting the cheapest ammo possible through it. I think your plan of being more effective by shooting cheap ammo so you can practice a lot is a fallacy. You already admitted in this thread that cheap ammo has limited your effective range in the past.

You already have a creedmoor. The easiest and cheapest thing to do would have been to start buying decent ammo for it. You would be more effective with that than shooting core lokt out of a 30-06. Less recoil, less drift, and plenty of power to get to any reasonable range.

The 6.5 prc checked all the boxes for me. Easy to get ammo, short action, quality ammo is fairly easy to get, good velocity even with a short barrel, and not bad recoil.


I had a WSM but at this point they are a little old school and starting to get phased out.

 

[whoami-72]

30-06 Precision Hunter vs 6.5 PRC Precision Hunter is only $3 difference per box. That’s basically nothing to me. PRC ammo is easily available online and at any big store. 6.5 Creedmoor ammo is even cheaper. You mentioned using “hunting grade” ammo. I don’t see the point of buying a nice rifle then shooting the cheapest ammo possible through it. I think your plan of being more effective by shooting cheap ammo so you can practice a lot is a fallacy. You already admitted in this thread that cheap ammo has limited your effective range in the past.

You already have a creedmoor. The easiest and cheapest thing to do would have been to start buying decent ammo for it. You would be more effective with that than shooting core lokt out of a 30-06. Less recoil, less drift, and plenty of power to get to any reasonable range.

The 6.5 prc checked all the boxes for me. Easy to get ammo, short action, quality ammo is fairly easy to get, good velocity even with a short barrel, and not bad recoil.


I had a WSM but at this point they are a little old school and starting to get phased out.

I hear you but I think you need to reread some of the posts. I actually have multiple 6.5 creeds and do run higher BC bullets out one of them. In a different one, precision hunter shooting like absolute garbage so I went back to a traditional lead tipped bullet. I also don't plan on shooting the cheapest round possible. I plan on shooting whatever has good performance on game, shoots well, and is reasonably affordable. So, if that means that it's superperformance or precision hunter then sweet Ill buy the more expensive ammo. But, I also have the option to traditonal ammo if they shoot well and then shoot more.

Not sure how shooting a lot is a falacy. From what I've seen, judging wind and yardage correctly has a much bigger effect on bullet trajectory than a gain in BC. IMO, even if the high BC bullets save your bacon a bit from misjudging they still won't make up for not being in the field and getting experience.

 

[mlevimadden]

I rebarreled a tikka 300WM to a 6.5 PRC in the off-season based on the following reasons:

#1 - reduce unnecessary recoil. I did not shoot that 300WM well and didn't stand a chance at spotting impacts. I had been hunting with a 270 shooting the 145 ELDX for a couple years and the terminal performance made me confident in using a 6.5 with match bullets on elk. Swapping cartridges cut my recoil in half by 15 ft-lbs.
#2 - suppressor. I really wanted to get a suppressor for this build to keep it quieter, help with game reaction, and further reduce recoil. I went with a heavier contour barrel to keep 0.75" diameter at the threads. I also went with a 20" length to keep it handier with the added suppressor length. This slows down the muzzle velocity, so I went with PRC but am getting muzzle velocities achievable with a 26" barrel creedmoor.
#3 - maintain effective range. I've been doing a late cow elk hunt in open terrain where the only shot opportunities are typically in the 4-600 yd range due to hunting herds of 40+ elk with no trees. I still wanted a cartridge/bullet combo that was effective past 600 yds.

I'm happy with my choice so far, but honestly I could've achieved the same goal and further reduced recoil with a 6 creed, so that's probably my next build.

 

[OKHunter84]

I have a Browning a bolt medallion 300 WSM that my dad originally bought in 2004 I think. The barrel is shot out and it needs rebarreled currently. I killed a lot of game with it and it was very accurate.

I put together a custom R700 6.5 creedmoor in about 2012. That thing is a tack driver and I've killed game all the way out to 642 yards with it. I bought another 6.5 Creed Browning that was lighter weight for hunting and love it as well.

I just put together a Tikka with an Iota stock and a proof research barrel this spring in 7 PRC. I like it and it's not bad on the recoil with the suppressor. Most likely better then you'd think. My wife shoots it easily.

I just like guns and trying different rounds. If I had to have a one gun solution the 6.5 creedmoor would be it, but I like the extra horsepower of the 7 PRC to try for now.

 

[whoami-72]

I rebarreled a tikka 300WM to a 6.5 PRC in the off-season based on the following reasons:

#1 - reduce unnecessary recoil. I did not shoot that 300WM well and didn't stand a chance at spotting impacts. I had been hunting with a 270 shooting the 145 ELDX for a couple years and the terminal performance made me confident in using a 6.5 with match bullets on elk. Swapping cartridges cut my recoil in half by 15 ft-lbs.
#2 - suppressor. I really wanted to get a suppressor for this build to keep it quieter, help with game reaction, and further reduce recoil. I went with a heavier contour barrel to keep 0.75" diameter at the threads. I also went with a 20" length to keep it handier with the added suppressor length. This slows down the muzzle velocity, so I went with PRC but am getting muzzle velocities achievable with a 26" barrel creedmoor.
#3 - maintain effective range. I've been doing a late cow elk hunt in open terrain where the only shot opportunities are typically in the 4-600 yd range due to hunting herds of 40+ elk with no trees. I still wanted a cartridge/bullet combo that was effective past 600 yds.

I'm happy with my choice so far, but honestly I could've achieved the same goal and further reduced recoil with a 6 creed, so that's probably my next build.

Haha a tikka in 300 wm is just begging to wreck your shoulder. I can get the swap.

 

[LEGION]

I picked 7PRC because of OAL. Being able to run 180s or 195s at mag legnths and still feed in a tikka action is clutch.

 

[mlevimadden]

Haha a tikka in 300 wm is just begging to wreck your shoulder. I can get the swap.

Oh it was brutal. 7.5# ready to hunt, and of course that barrel shot better with the heavy bullets. It had like 40 ft lbs of recoil, and I felt every bit of it through that lovely factory stock.

You couldn’t pay me to rebarrel that action back to a 300WM. The 6.5 PRC already has 4 animals under its belt this year from pronghorn to cow elk from 60 to 430 yds and the 147 ELDMs have killed them just fine for me.