Thread: Is the new 7mm PRC a lemon ?

Got mine back in July and at the time the factory 180 eldm where shooting 2980-3050fps from the rifle before the barrel even started to speed up however I had huge pressure issue. Eldx were not that bad but still really flat primers and speed around 2950. Reloading using the Hornady brass was a waist of time. It only started to get really good once I got my hand on some ADG brass.
From what I heard they reduced the saulce in the factory ammo big time after all the over pressure issues and both factory 180 eldm and eldx shoot way slower than advertised speed.

Running heaps of test I'm now convinced the over pressure issues all came from Hornady brass being really soft. That combined with a warm load. It is a really nice caliber and I love my rifle, it is however such a shame Hornady is ruining it with shit factory ammo.