Hi all
Interested to hear your thoughts / opinions on the 300 PRC, just had one built by Hardy Rifles.
I seem to get looks of shock to eyes rolling 🙄
But at 2 ½ years away from retirement I decided to treat myself…
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Hi all
Interested to hear your thoughts / opinions on the 300 PRC, just had one built by Hardy Rifles.
I seem to get looks of shock to eyes rolling 🙄
But at 2 ½ years away from retirement I decided to treat myself…
Soft high BC projectiles are your friend in any chambering when used for long range shooting
And, accuracy is king
plenty of people around here that hate anything that has not been around for 80+ years.
see 6.5 creedmor haters that live the 6.5 swede...
Good on you for treating yourself and getting what u want while u got plenty of years in u to enjoy using the new cannon!Quote:
Originally Posted by Goose
After all once you’ve gone u can’t take savings with you!
I am 3 years away from retirement age brought new boat last year my son tried to tell me I shouldn’t have so I could retire sooner. F**k that I am buying this while at peak rem so i can enjoy using the boat i want now and when i get around to retiring.
Spend your kids inheritance, they can get their own, 300prc should be a 1000yrd gun easy, should come get some camels on the salt pans with me, be perfect for it
Good on ya, a wise man once said "the man with the most toys when he dies wins"
ha fads come and go but the best last long after the novelty wears of - most of these new caliber's just seem to be a tweak of the old stuff - a deer shot with a hundred year old calibre such as 30-06 is just as dead - the only reason I like the older stuff is simple - I dont reload and am not about to start - but I can see advantages in some of the new calibers' in that many have reduced recoil with good grunt to get a good kill - that enhances accuracy - but a treat - now that is always a bonus - happy hunting with your new rifle -Quote:
Originally Posted by STC
Nice bro the prc are just modern remakes of tried snd true suited to using modern heavy pills out of the box.
300prc isnt far behind my 300 norma and i have a 7prc coming.
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A wiser man said , he who used his toys most wins. No use having it and not using it. See million $ boats laying tied up in marinas, not getting used or getting used for a drinking platform once a year at Xmas, owners to busy working to enjoy their possessions. Make the time enjoy your toys while u have the health, I'll never be able to afford to retire, but hey having fun is importantQuote:
Originally Posted by Bert 71
It’s the new kid on the block in big 30cal magnums, fits somewhere alongside 300WM, 300 RUM, 300NM, 300BM, etc. If you’re fond of big 30cals and wanting a new toy, the 300PRC ticks quite a few boxes. You might also be observing a reaction to “Hardy” name - seems to be a name/business that polarises people. Definitely a fan club & also there’s those less enamoured. Just go shoot the new boom stick & enjoy it
Used a 30 Nosler awesome power and smashes with authority at long range. Long range thar or deer
Who cares what others think.start launching some missiles with that thing!
yeah most of us just jealous go hard
The PRC range is a great marketing ploy from Hornady
Having said that, mate if thats what you wanted then you'll be wrapped with it. Anything in 30 cal with a bit of oomph behind it will shoot long range and I haven't heard of a Hardy that wouldn't shoot well
Get in to it!
Thanks fellas. I’ve always liked to aim for something a little different, one of my work mates showed me the Hardy website last year and I started to salivate… Lol…
Initially looked at the 30 Nosler, but couldn’t find a source of ammo and I don’t reload. The PRC had boxes sitting on most shelves so went that way.
Oddly enough, something for the old timers… My second choice would have been a 300 H&H. But the PRC got me all frothy.
Away working for another couple of months so I have to wait before I can actually touch it.Attachment 246641
“Pretty much a missile strike”. Modern cartridges optimised for modern projectiles always seem to get a funny reaction. What will you shoot from it? I kinda like the idea of a 250 gr A tip, with a g1 BC of .878, it is, pretty much a missile
300PRC'd this guy last year with a 212gr Eldx at 350m. Does the job. Dropped back to 180gr for a bit more speed lately. That rifle is a truck gun tho... too jolly heavy.
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Have to say that hardy project X rifles as pictured are the best looking rigs on the market for me.that looks choice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Goose
I’d like some 200 or 208 LRX Barnes, but I’d have to get some loaded for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jus
Currently intend using the boxed 212 ELDX’s
Nice rack, I hope that’s gone on a wall somewhere… ��Quote:
Originally Posted by FRST
A friend has just brought a browning in this cal, I'm quite impressed with it. The Hornady ammo isn't cheap, or true to label wrt velocity, but after chronying it, he managed consistent hits on a 300 mm plate at 700 m. I find the muzzle break annoying though and hope he gets a suppressor.
Taxidermy in progress, he was quite the beast. A real battler, his whole face on this side was swollen badly around his eye and both ears had bad tears in them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Goose
212gr Eldx opened up well, pulping his engine room and creating a reasonable exit wound without being too gory.
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Good on you Goose.
Ive been thinking of going down this path too, with longer range target matches in mind but for me it should primarily be a SouthIsland hunting rifle.
The combination of standard winmag / H&H magnum bolt face with Lapua magnum COAL is a bit awkward, hence the short but well published list of manufacturers with factory offerings.
Id be interested to hear from anyone who’s stepped up or down from 300WSM or 300NormaMagnum what difference they found in reloads they could achieve.
I’d also be interested to hear examples of the heavy soft bullets people are using for hunting.
A third point of interest if what suppressors people are using ? Im thinking it could be good to carry it without for the single shot in scrub or bush and screw one on for open country and range. Might be better than having a pair eg bushpig + open country gun ???
A common theme that always seems to pop up in regard to long range soft projectile is the Hornady ELDM. Cheapish, good BC and bloody accurate in most guns. They expand at lower velocities and I’ve never had one blow up on me yet at close ranges and I’ve used 168, 178 and 208 in 30 cal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bagheera
If you’re going down the custom throat path, you can get some bloody good velocities from the heavy 30 cal pills. Look at Mark and Sam on YouTube. They’ve done a heap of vids on 300wsm, 300prc, 300WM and 300NM. All bloody good velocities using ADI powders only. They get the smith to throat them long as buggery so only the minimum needed seating depth is used.
Thanks. ELD-M
Mark and Sam.
225 eldm serious good wind drift and smashes everything. Used a DPT was adequate with a muzzle brake was fkn horrible if you weren't careful with surroundings. The concussion was excessive ...
I'm using the 230gr berger hybrids and 230gr Atips in my 300PRC, taken a few goats and fallow out to 775meters with the 230gr bergers, they work well.
No game taken with the atips as yet.
Mate runs the 225gr eld-m in his 300PRC and taken plenty of animals at long range
@Bagheera
Just run a suppressor full time, 24inches ain’t too bad for a snap shot. I’m running an optima45 and it is handling the muzzle pressure sweet as and it weighs bugger all.
215bergers have been pretty spectacular on everything inside 350m. Havnt had a chance to stretch out further on live game yet but she’s hitting fist sized rocks at 800m.
