Thread: Is the new 7mm PRC a lemon ?

They were definitely playing with fire... Two 180 eldm factory batch I got last June (one of the first NZ shipment) was loaded with Staball HD. Round shot from these batch all recorded 2950fps minimum and some up to 3050fps. That was before my barrel even sped up... Immediately noticed primer were pancake flat and bolt a bit hard to lift. Had this by the past with some 270 federal ammo so carried on. Then a round poped a primer out. Contacted Hornady there reply was it is your rifle.... No issue after I started reloading and few months after surprise those muppet had reduced the charge in their latest batch

I had a look in GRT, using the staball HD charge I weighted from a round of this first batch and the charge they used was producing pressure way way past SAMI max.