6.5 creedmoor vs. 6.5 prc

[Bgingerich]

Looking at getting a new long range gun/hunting rig. Thoughts on the creed vs prc. Hunting whitetail and elk, maybe a few long range yotes. Long range, as far as I can push it. Anybody have experience with both? Or what are your thoughts on one or the other.

 

[Kickin45]

CM ammo is much easier to come by for sure.
Do you handload? If yes, you can make the CM do 99% of what the PRC does.
I love PRC, but I’m not sure it’s going to be around for the duration. CM will always be around. It’s a fantastic round with awesome capabilities. Ammo availability is of course the biggest issue. Just my 2c

 

[tsu45]

I have been thinking about building a dedicated hunting rig and have come to the conclusion that staying in a short action just isn’t that important for me. Can you get impressive numbers out of a PRC or SAUM? Sure. Are you going to fight COAL restrictions with the long bullets you want to shoot? Probably. I’m thinking about a long action 6.5-06 or 280ai.

 

[BLKWLFK9]

I have both but built a 18" PRC that throws the 147 at the same speed as my 26" CM. I hunt suppressed so that's why I wanted the shorty.

 

[Aaron47pb]

CM ammo is much easier to come by for sure.
Do you handload? If yes, you can make the CM do 99% of what the PRC does.
I love PRC, but I’m not sure it’s going to be around for the duration. CM will always be around. It’s a fantastic round with awesome capabilities. Ammo availability is of course the biggest issue. Just my 2c

The comments about a Creedmoor doing “99% of what the PRC does” assumes your handloading the Creedmoor but using factory PRC ammunition. Which doesn’t make sense. Compare factory to factory and handload to handload

 

[BeAccurate]

I have been thinking about building a dedicated hunting rig and have come to the conclusion that staying in a short action just isn’t that important for me. Can you get impressive numbers out of a PRC or SAUM? Sure. Are you going to fight COAL restrictions with the long bullets you want to shoot? Probably. I’m thinking about a long action 6.5-06 or 280ai.

Another thing is that the 6.5 CM more or less runs up against short action mag lengths as it is. I'm tempted to go for a Long Action build as well just so that I can help future proof against longer bullets in the future, as the trend seems to be. And also be able to shoot long action calibers.

I spent an F class season single feeding .284 Win and while it would go in, If there was ever a hitch on the firing line I had to take the whole bolt out to remove the round. I knew that coming in but didn't anticipate how nuisance-some it's actually be during a match

 

[6brshooter]

Prc will be 250fps faster, same bullet weight, than creedmoor. This is comparing handloads to handloads, and not throttling creed to 70,000psi for a gamer gun.

 

[samson7x]

I have both but built a 18" PRC that throws the 147 at the same speed as my 26" CM. I hunt suppressed so that's why I wanted the shorty.

What velocities are you seeing and with what powder if you don’t mind sharing. I’m contemplating building a shortish PRC for hunting although I’m considering a 20” barrel.

 

[Bgingerich]

CM ammo is much easier to come by for sure.
Do you handload? If yes, you can make the CM do 99% of what the PRC does.
I love PRC, but I’m not sure it’s going to be around for the duration. CM will always be around. It’s a fantastic round with awesome capabilities. Ammo availability is of course the biggest issue. Just my 2c

I do not hand load yet. Good to know thanks.

 

[BLKWLFK9]

What velocities are you seeing and with what powder if you don’t mind sharing. I’m contemplating building a shortish PRC for hunting although I’m considering a 20” barrel.

This was with factory ammo on both rifles. 2695 fps for both.

 

[Texaslongshot]

I have been pondering this question and wanting an opinion on this.

Why not get a 6.5 PRC with a switchlug from West Texas Ordnance. One barrel an 18 inch suppressed giving 6.5 creed ballistics and a second 25 inch barrel to maximize the velocity in the 6.5 PRC?

 

[Boltyboi]

I have been pondering this question and wanting an opinion on this.

Why not get a 6.5 PRC with a switchlug from West Texas Ordnance. One barrel an 18 inch suppressed giving 6.5 creed ballistics and a second 25 inch barrel to maximize the velocity in the 6.5 PRC?

Expense, and once we are playing the barrel swap game, why not just go all in and get two diffrent calibers to better suit two use cases?