Thread: 6.5prc

I found the same with Norma. Shoots awesome, 5 shot groups at 0.75MOA but slow. About 60 rounds down the barrel and averaging speed of 2840.

This is out of the bergara extreme 24" barrel.

I should also mention that the Hornady eld x Precision Hunter factory ammo is going 2880. So Norma is not the only one going slower than stated. Might speed up a bit in another 40 rounds

With new barrels I wont be surprised if you pick up 100fps after you’ve had 100ish rounds down them. If you can find some basic components it’s worth putting 100 through it (letting the barrel cool of course) and doing some practice getting used to the rifle. After that then start your real development

On the upside the bond strike killed well, Shot this fella yesterday at 25m, through the shoulder and exited, ran 10m before tipping over.

Originally Posted by outdoorlad

On the upside the bond strike killed well, Shot this fella yesterday at 25m, through the shoulder and exited, ran 10m before tipping over.

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Was his head obscured ?

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Was his head obscured ?

@Moa Hunter
I’ve stopped shooting hinds as they are starting to fawn….. so to the freezer he goes

And this one too, 140 amaxed at 200 yds, his mate had the good sense to bolt into the bush or he would have joined him too.

Originally Posted by outdoorlad

@Moa Hunter
I’ve stopped shooting hinds as they are starting to fawn….. so to the freezer he goes

And this one too, 140 amaxed at 200 yds, his mate had the good sense to bolt into the bush or he would have joined him too.

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I thought the whole advantage of these 6.5's over a 270 is super accuracy at distance - sub moa = 200 mtr head / neck shot and all meat saved?

@Moa Hunter
I thought you were having a go about shooting a velvet stag…

Anyway, Free hand Head shooting is a last resort for me (missed more than I’ve made) Neck shooting in the bush is a favourite shot of mine when it presents itself, otherwise it’s the shoulder. The second one was in fading light and yes I could probably have drilled it in the neck as I had a good rest over my day bag but as I was a over an hour from the tent and a few hours up a valley from the truck, the money shot will do, there’s only so much my knees can take these days. There’s no shortage of deer around so I don’t need every scrap off them like 30yrs ago
you’ll be pleased to know I shot 2 a couple of weeks ago that were able to be recovered whole, I may need to ask Santa for another freezer

Originally Posted by outdoorlad

@Moa Hunter
I thought you were having a go about shooting a velvet stag…

Anyway, Free hand Head shooting is a last resort for me (missed more than I’ve made) Neck shooting in the bush is a favourite shot of mine when it presents itself, otherwise it’s the shoulder. The second one was in fading light and yes I could probably have drilled it in the neck as I had a good rest over my day bag but as I was a over an hour from the tent and a few hours up a valley from the truck, the money shot will do, there’s only so much my knees can take these days. There’s no shortage of deer around so I don’t need every scrap off them like 30yrs ago
you’ll be pleased to know I shot 2 a couple of weeks ago that were able to be recovered whole, I may need to ask Santa for another freezer

No, not worried about shooting those small rising two year stags, all power to you. I would of shot them myself, both runts that will never be a trophy.
I give away more than I keep, but I still like to bring out everything; otherwise how can I justify taking a life ? I am upset by young strong (should be) guys leaving half or more of the meat on the hill. Really it is hard to justify recreational hunting over commercial if rec hunters leave bodies laying around with one leg cut off as we see nowadays. Oh to be 30 again with all the deer around we see now !

Hi All If you want a real im provement in 6.5 cal the best one in my opinion is a 6.5-270wsm (they call it a 6.5-300 wsm as same case you cant use 7mm wsm cases as different lenght)
Dies are readily available and the brass is easy to make simply run a 270WSM case in the full length resizer and its done i dont do anything else with sub moa results...I use a 28in barrel and get 3300FPS with labrader with a 147 ELD-M my load is 70 gr RE33 FED 215 only use norma lapua or peterson brass not winchester or hornady as too soft

28" barrel? No thanks.

Id be interested to see what performance you'd get in a 20"

Hornady say 57.4gr is the max with H1000 and the 147gr ELD-M, for around 3000fps from a 26" barrel. Hodgdon say 56.5gr for 2830 from a 24". Then with the 153gr A-Tip, only 55gr for 2800.


There is no speed without pressure so if some of you are getting 3k with heavier bullets or with shorter barrels, I suspect you might be running into higher pressures than the back of the brass indicates.

I'm getting 3000 from a 26" using AR2225. I'm 0.7gr over "max" for 50fps less than max is supposed to give - so I'm happy it's not being redlined. Shoots bloody well too...

Anybody using superformance in their 6.5 prc? I'm sure I saw a post a while ago but can't find it.

Originally Posted by Rated M for Magnum

Anybody using superformance in their 6.5 prc? I'm sure I saw a post a while ago but can't find it.

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Originally Posted by DBD

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Thanks @DBD I can't have looked very hard