I’m very excited to announce the start of a content series that will explore 300 PRC and 6.5 PRC in-depth! Since these cartridges were announced, I’ve wanted to get hands on with both of them, and now is the time!

In this series, I’ll be exploring 300 PRC and 6.5 PRC from start to finish, ad I’ll be building three rifles total! This is the biggest content series I’ve taken on to date, and I’m not sure how long it will take, but it’s going to be a LOT of fun!

Here’s a quick overview of each project.

Rifle Builds

300 PRC Full Custom

This build will focus on the following:

• Bringing out the full potential of 300 PRC
• Considerations when building a 300 PRC rifle from scratch
• Long-range precision shooting

And here are some of the components that will be used for this build:

• Action: Kelbly’s Atlas Tactical Long Action Remington 700 Footprint
• Barrel: Benchmark match-grade, hand-lapped
• Brake: Benchmark tactical
• Stock: MDT ACC Chassis with full weight kit
• Magazines: MDT single-stack
• Trigger: TriggerTech Diamond

300 PRC Budget Build/Re-Barrel

The “Budget Build” 300 PRC rifle will start out as a factory Remington 700 Long Range chambered in 300 Remington Ultra Magnum (300 RUM). After covering 300 RUM shooting and reloading, I’ll cover how a rifle like this can be rebarreled for 300 PRC (and related considerations such as magazine selection).

This build will focus on the following:

• Showing how a budget 300 PRC can perform
• What’s needed to put together a 300 PRC rifle from an existing rifle
• General purpose 300 PRC shooting, hunting with 300 PRC

And here are some of the components that will be used for this build:

• Barrel: Benchmark match-grade, hand-lapped
• Brake: Benchmark
• Trigger: Elftmann Tactical
• Bottom metal and Magazines: Accurate Mag

6.5 PRC Light-Weight Backpacker/Hunter Build

When 6.5 PRC was announced, I was very excited about the idea of using this cartridge for hunting. In some scenarios, lethal range can be increased over 6.5 Creedmoor by about 200 yards! And at the same time, I thought it would be great to put together this 6.5 PRC hunter in a light-weight package since I hike in steep areas while hunting.

This build will focus on the following:

• Demonstrating what’s needed to build a 6.5 PRC rifle from scratch
• Hunting with 6.5 PRC
• Building a light-weight hunting rifle with reasonable recoil

And here are some of the components that will be used for this build:

• Action: Pierce Engineering Titanium Remington 700 Footprint
• Barrel: Benchmark/Hell’s Canyon light weight carbon wrapped barrel
• Stock: Benchmark Carbon Fiber
• Trigger: TriggerTech Special
• Bottom Metal: Redsnake Tactical
• Magazines: Accurate Mag

Exploring 300 PRC and 6.5 PRC

In addition to the rifle builds listed here, this series will cover some important related topics for both 300 PRC and 6.5 PRC:

• Cartridge and chamber design/specifics/considerations
• Reloading and load development
• Ballistics
• Comparison to similar popular cartridges

If there’s anything else you’d like to see, please leave a comment so that I can consider adding your idea(s) to my list! I’ll have a lot more specifics coming up, so stay tuned.

For reference, here are the Hornady pages for 6.5 PRC and 300 PRC:

6.5 PRC Hornady Landing Page

300 PRC Hornady Landing Page

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Thanks,
Gavin