Price was too good on a 6.5 prc tikka lite not to buy it for the action. I am super happy with my Preferred Barrel Blanks 223ai prefit, so I will try another.
I just want to shoot as far as I can for fun on public land. There are already targets at 1000, 1100, 1mile, and 3575 yards. I can set up at any distance between that easily.
They offer 7saum and 7-6.5prcw with 1:8 or 1:9 and the max length they do is 27".
I want to shoot the 180 Berger since they are likely goin to shoot well and be easy to tune. Might try the 184 Berger or 180\183 MK if those dont work out for some reason.
I know 1:8.5 is ideal, but since they dont offer that I asked the barrel maker what they suggest. They said 1:8 for ELR in case I want to try heavier bullets for more BC. I read all of the 7-6.5 prcw load data topic and, I see Alex says he wouldn't go faster than 8.5. I found a similar topic and a Berger employee (I love this forum) said go 8, because it would do better going transonic. I shoot at 3000 feet or more. What twist do y'all think?
The barrel maker said they will throat a saum however I want if I send a dummy round, so that solves that. ADG had saum brass in stock yesterday. 150 pieces probably last me forever. I kind of want more horsepower with the saum, especially since im limited to 27". Plus there is a large selection of dies to choose from. On the other hand, brass may not always be around which is the main problem.
A 7-6.5prcw also sounds good. A little slower, but abundant brass that will likely be available for many years. Dies are more expensive and I have to make sure they match the chamber since there are slightly different reamers at the 200 line. I suspect with the 180s its going to shoot better than anything I have ever played with and it will be easy to tune. Burns less powder, less recoil, longer barrel life easier to keep tuned. On the other hand, more horsepower might be better at 3000 yards!
Super hard choices! I appreciate everyone's input!
I just want to shoot as far as I can for fun on public land. There are already targets at 1000, 1100, 1mile, and 3575 yards. I can set up at any distance between that easily.
They offer 7saum and 7-6.5prcw with 1:8 or 1:9 and the max length they do is 27".
I want to shoot the 180 Berger since they are likely goin to shoot well and be easy to tune. Might try the 184 Berger or 180\183 MK if those dont work out for some reason.
I know 1:8.5 is ideal, but since they dont offer that I asked the barrel maker what they suggest. They said 1:8 for ELR in case I want to try heavier bullets for more BC. I read all of the 7-6.5 prcw load data topic and, I see Alex says he wouldn't go faster than 8.5. I found a similar topic and a Berger employee (I love this forum) said go 8, because it would do better going transonic. I shoot at 3000 feet or more. What twist do y'all think?
The barrel maker said they will throat a saum however I want if I send a dummy round, so that solves that. ADG had saum brass in stock yesterday. 150 pieces probably last me forever. I kind of want more horsepower with the saum, especially since im limited to 27". Plus there is a large selection of dies to choose from. On the other hand, brass may not always be around which is the main problem.
A 7-6.5prcw also sounds good. A little slower, but abundant brass that will likely be available for many years. Dies are more expensive and I have to make sure they match the chamber since there are slightly different reamers at the 200 line. I suspect with the 180s its going to shoot better than anything I have ever played with and it will be easy to tune. Burns less powder, less recoil, longer barrel life easier to keep tuned. On the other hand, more horsepower might be better at 3000 yards!
Super hard choices! I appreciate everyone's input!
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