Thread: Some thoughts on 6.5 PRC

Remember to tune GRT with your real world chrono numbers via the OBT tool.

Can't help but think you must be wringing the piss out of your Creedmoor, if you're getting over 2900.

I'm getting ~3000 with 147's from my 26" PRC with a mild load of AR2225. Could push closer to 3100 but I see no point.

Originally Posted by Pommy

Remember to tune GRT with your real world chrono numbers via the OBT tool.

Can't help but think you must be wringing the piss out of your Creedmoor, if you're getting over 2900.

I'm getting ~3000 with 147's from my 26" PRC with a mild load of AR2225. Could push closer to 3100 but I see no point.

As ive written in previous posts, it is wringing the piss out of it to do those speeds, not arguing that, and i dont run it that hot, it was just speeds observed doing a ladder test, however not really the point of my original post. More my question from the beginning was regardless of what the creedmoor seems to be capable of, PRCs i have dealt with seem to under perform and i was interested to see what others are achieving

Originally Posted by 6.5 CRD

As ive written in previous posts, it is wringing the piss out of it to do those speeds, not arguing that, and i dont run it that hot, it was just speeds observed doing a ladder test, however not really the point of my original post. More my question from the beginning was regardless of what the creedmoor seems to be capable of, PRCs i have dealt with seem to under perform and i was interested to see what others are achieving

It does exactly what you’d expect it to, no more or less? A bigger bro to the creedmoor. It fires the same sized projectiles at a faster speed, with more powder burnt and more recoil.

Any speed you can get out of your creedmoor, the prc will smoke it by 200fps. Weather or not 12grs+ of powder more is worth it to party I guess is up to you

My experience is 143s at 3100, 147s at 3000, and 156s at 2950 2x 24” 6.5prcs. The tikka prc was noticeably slower at the same charges than my current one by a grain

Chur

If you wring the piss out of a PRC to the same degree with a double based powder analogous to how Re26 works in the smaller Creedmoor case (maybe Re33???), I dare say you'll still see the same ~150-200fps increase that Hornady said you can expect. I think Hornady are making quite a modest and realistic claim there as to what's possible.