Thread: Is the new 7mm PRC a lemon ?

Originally Posted by 308mate

@Bagheera that's gonna be very light for a stout calibre, be a fair bit of extra kick to it I imagine? Or do you mean with a brake ?

I guess the new breaked suppressors (DPT and Maniatis) are going to help here.

Originally Posted by Kelton

Wouldn’t you just load and shoot one bit until it was done no need to notch it when it’s a test piece separating it would have being sufficient . I’m a huge fan of Adg for this reason

It eliminates the risk of losing track of the number of times fired


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Originally Posted by 6x47

It eliminates the risk of losing track of the number of times fired


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It’s also absolutely ridiculous to say you can’t keep one piece seperate for testing when your writing a review or an article for a magazine you literally have one job just load it shoot it load it shoot it dam site faster than pulling out a file each time probably could have fired it 3-5 times in the time that’d take

So three secs maybe to file a notch. Wish I could reload an empty cartridge and fire it in less time than that. Must have missed that part of the training manual.

I got the Nz hunter mag just for this article but was disappointed to see it was basically RL26 loads. Hopefully the next bush pig articles cater to us peasants.

Shooting 162-168s at 2850 with and ADI powder would convince me to go this route if I can get away with a stumpy barrel but I kinda want confirmation that this can be pushed down as far as 18”.

Not much point publishing anything using RL powder until they start making it again at whatever unknown point in the future

Originally Posted by SPEARONZ

I got the Nz hunter mag just for this article but was disappointed to see it was basically RL26 loads. Hopefully the next bush pig articles cater to us peasants.

Shooting 162-168s at 2850 with and ADI powder would convince me to go this route if I can get away with a stumpy barrel but I kinda want confirmation that this can be pushed down as far as 18”.

Pretty easy to get those speeds with 2217 and 2225 with 175eldx

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Originally Posted by gimp

Not much point publishing anything using RL powder until they start making it again at whatever unknown point in the future

Really depends if you know a guy and or have a good supplier

Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg

Really depends if you know a guy and or have a good supplier

@Kiwi Greg next time I’m up in Nelson I must come and see “The Guy”

Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

We carried suppressed Senderos into back ridge many times


The rums certainly did what they were meant to do, but they used 101-104g of US869 to do it

We then went to Titanium’s then Titanium Alaskans with the fluted barrels but Ngamatea and Central North Island Plateau pumice dust and Ti lugs was not the best combo

Your brakes have tamed a lot of lightweights that’s for sure Greg

Still have very fond memories of the long shots pulled off with the Sendero but certainly don’t have fond memories of carrying it!

Originally Posted by SPEARONZ

I got the Nz hunter mag just for this article but was disappointed to see it was basically RL26 loads. Hopefully the next bush pig articles cater to us peasants.

Shooting 162-168s at 2850 with and ADI powder would convince me to go this route if I can get away with a stumpy barrel but I kinda want confirmation that this can be pushed down as far as 18”.

18” way to bigger cartridge for it short mag

Originally Posted by SPEARONZ

I got the Nz hunter mag just for this article but was disappointed to see it was basically RL26 loads. Hopefully the next bush pig articles cater to us peasants.

Shooting 162-168s at 2850 with and ADI powder would convince me to go this route if I can get away with a stumpy barrel but I kinda want confirmation that this can be pushed down as far as 18”.

Will be a follow up to the shortening article in the October/November magazine.

It will only be a matter of time till we see more factory rifles and once that happens it wont be a lemon it will be the new lemonade and everyone will want a sip

I see Tikka are chambering their “Ace” chassis rifle in it (Euro optic site ) and it appears on the Beretta NZ configurator for sako 90 Peak.
Lapua have announced they will offer brass in “fall” ie 6+ months away.
There are a few new 7mm about but two manufacturers are betting this will be the one going forward.