Thread: 7mm PRC

Originally Posted by Nick-D

The trend and best use case for magnums is long heavy for caliber bullets. In 7mm this is 180's. This is right at the edge of magazine length for a S/A. Combine this with a very fat case to get enough powder in to the short magazine and you have a cartridge that needs to be individually tuned for feeding, and even then can be unreliable. Not ideal in a factory chambering.

The long action makes way more sense imo. Better form factor for feeding, way more mag space and only a small sacrifice of weight/length.

These new cartridges are less about making something new and more about improving on an existing formula, then making it readily available with a bit of good old fashioned marketing.

Cant argue with your logic, the only counter point would be the better inherent accuracy of the short fat type cases