Wyoming is wide open country with antelope running everywhere, so the 6.5 PRC is an ideal round for that territory. That makes sense for this cartridge because it excels at long ranges on deer-sized game. One interesting tidbit about the 6.5 PRC is that if you look at sales per capita of all US states, the 6.5 PRC is most popular in Wyoming. It produces 1,500 ft-lbs of energy for elk-sized game out to 510 yards, and 1,000 ft-lbs for deer-sized game to 810 yards. The maximum effective range of the 6.5 PRC for hunting is approximately 730 yards, at which distance many bullets will slow below 1,900 fps which can cause a bullet to fail to expand. Just look at the cart above! It produces excellent energy for hunting out to extended distances, shoots fast, and shoots flat. On paper, the 6.5 PRC is an incredibly impressive round. Obviously, you could use a different load to achieve results slightly differing from the average listed here. The average bullet weight for a 6.5 PRC load is 142 grains, which is what is reflected here. This chart averages out multiple different common loads for the 6.5 PRC to show a reliable average so you can compare what is typical for the cartridge. 28 Nosler, but much shorter than a 6.5 Creedmoor. Its barrel life is considered moderate for a high-performance cartridge–lasting longer than cartridges like the. The barrel life on a 6.5 PRC is approximately 1,328 shots. This makes the powder ignition faster, and also the quantity of powder used (about 45 grains of H4350) is not too overbore, and thus requires less burn time.Īnd speaking of barrels, let’s also discuss the barrel life expectancy… Because it is a short action cartridge, the column of powder in the rifle is fatter and shorter than many other cartridges. One of the benefits of a 6.5 PRC that many people overlook is that it works well in a relatively short barrel. At 500 yards, the 6.5 PRC ranks #7 out of 88 cartridges for the lowest amount of wind drift. To illustrate just how good this cartridge is at bucking the wind, I looked up several common loads for each of the 88 most popular centerfire rifle cartridges and looked at how much wind deflection they exhibit at different distances. These bullets, in addition to the 6.5 PRC’s speed which gives the wind less time to act on the bullet, produce an excellent round for bucking the wind. The 6.5 PRC is designed for accepting long, sleek, high BC bullets, and most factory loads pair those two together. No one knows if the cartridge will continue to be popular long-term, and thus what availability will be like in the future.Ammunition is becoming common, but tends to still be slightly more expensive than more traditional cartridges.Many hunters consider it to be on the lighter side for hunting elk-sized game.When I look on the shelves of most gun stores, I see 6.5 Creedmoor everywhere, 6.5 PRC right behind it, and then many of the more time-tested rounds (.308 Win, 7 Mag. Now that it has made a name for itself, however, it seems to be overtaking rifle sales. Although many shooters were interested in the cartridge right when it was released, production lines didn’t produce enough of the cartridge to bring it to the hands of the average hunter. It was really just in 2021 when the 6.5 PRC went mainstream. It is popular for hunting and long-range shooting. The 6.5 PRC was created with the design goal of shooting a high BC bullet at 3,200fps from a short-action rifle. So what is the 6.5 PRC? The 6.5 Precision Rifle Cartridge is a short-action magnum centerfire rifle cartridge. 300 Ruger Compact Magnum parent case was necked down to 6.5mm, creating an excellent short-action powerhouse. The 6.5 PRC was released by Hornady in 2018 and has recently become very popular.
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