What seams to be the most popular caliber use today in 1K f class Open
F Class caliber
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284 win
7mm/6.5prc
300wsm
That covers probably 98% of the Open F Class shooters out there. 7mm/6.5prc variants being the fastest growing this past year due to Lapua making the 6.5prc but currently not making the 284 brass.
7mm/6.5prc
300wsm
That covers probably 98% of the Open F Class shooters out there. 7mm/6.5prc variants being the fastest growing this past year due to Lapua making the 6.5prc but currently not making the 284 brass.
Anybody see 7 PRC rifles on the line?
I think people are still waiting for their reamers.
Otherwise it's throated for the 180gr bullets.
Alex Wheeler
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Its a popular round, I chamber a lot of them. But not for F-class. You will see a few Id guess just like you see a few 7-300 wsms. But thats about it in my bet.
Sandstorm
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Yep the 7 PRC is borderline too big for F-Open but the 6.5-7 PRC is just right. Or as I call
it the 7 PRCW. I still have my 284 Shehane as a back up and use it from time to time as they are so similar
and use all the same components, its what many call the Easy Button.
it the 7 PRCW. I still have my 284 Shehane as a back up and use it from time to time as they are so similar
and use all the same components, its what many call the Easy Button.
Alex Wheeler
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Now what you may see more of would be the 30-7prc. Adg is making brass and I bet lapua does too. Theres your 300wsm with lapua brass if you will. Im just starting to chamber them. One will be for an F class rig.
Hard to believe, but a case could be made it’s old Winchester cartridges developed for hunting.
Long range F-Class was shot 10 years ago by almost all .284 Win and .308 Win shooters. Now in Open the WSM in both 30 cal and 7mm is doing very well.
Decades before F-Class began, the 300 Win Mag was popular for 1,000, and I’m giving it an effort presently with the latest heavies.
At 600, the .243 Win is becoming my favorite choice. Winchester never focused any of these hunting cartridges on CF target rifles.
Remington’s .223 and Saums were equally focused on hunting, for short, light weight hunting rifles, actually, where the saum has basically gone extinct, but does its best work in the opposite kind of rifle.
Finally, recent cartridges by Hornady that emphasized precision target shooting from their inception, as opposed to hunting, are becoming popular and doing well in F-Class.
If it sticks, they will be like the use of the specialized 6 BR target round and variants in midrange.
Long range F-Class was shot 10 years ago by almost all .284 Win and .308 Win shooters. Now in Open the WSM in both 30 cal and 7mm is doing very well.
Decades before F-Class began, the 300 Win Mag was popular for 1,000, and I’m giving it an effort presently with the latest heavies.
At 600, the .243 Win is becoming my favorite choice. Winchester never focused any of these hunting cartridges on CF target rifles.
Remington’s .223 and Saums were equally focused on hunting, for short, light weight hunting rifles, actually, where the saum has basically gone extinct, but does its best work in the opposite kind of rifle.
Finally, recent cartridges by Hornady that emphasized precision target shooting from their inception, as opposed to hunting, are becoming popular and doing well in F-Class.
If it sticks, they will be like the use of the specialized 6 BR target round and variants in midrange.
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Well just wondring the list one’s for F class 1k are they also use for Bench rest 1k?
Erik Cortina built a rifle around the 7/6.5 PRC that he used to win the F-Class Nationals. He calls it the 7 FCP because an outfit named F-Class Products manufactures the tooling.
Erik Shoots the 7PRCW designed by @Alex Wheeler and it's what he won Southwest Nationals and African Nationals with as well as the World Team Gold with.
7 FCP is used by others and is a good cartridge as well and yes, designed by @Bryan Blake at F Class Products
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I believe you are mistaken, Erik has repeatedly said he's running the 7PRCW now and that it performs side by side with his Shehane
Yes and they win
I stand corrected!
Why would it be too big for f-open? Rules-wise or recoil?
Sandstorm
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Yes as in recoil....The 6.5PRC has the optimum case capacity. The 6.5 PRC is just a hair smaller than the 7 Saum
and in my opinion the perfect cartridge for F-Open. However there is no Brass available on a regular basis for the 7 Saum.....My opinion only and YMMV.
( Also see Alex Wheelers post above on the 7 PRC )
Shoot well my friend.
and in my opinion the perfect cartridge for F-Open. However there is no Brass available on a regular basis for the 7 Saum.....My opinion only and YMMV.
( Also see Alex Wheelers post above on the 7 PRC )
Shoot well my friend.
swd
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Heat/barrel life. F Class is hard on barrels. And cartridges that are a good bit overbore for the speeds we like shoot tend to not agg as well.
Tim Vaught won the F-Class Nationals last year.
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