New Cartridge by Vortex, 6.5 BC
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I can't wait! I bet its faster and more accurate with better barrel life!
A 7 BC would be interesting.
Or a 7 PRC with support.
Something 7.
Or a 7 PRC with support.
Something 7.
153’s at 3200 with a a 4500 round barrel life and stacks holes at 1000?
Vortex fanbois will be all over this like “shut up and take my money!”
the head stamp looks cool AF though.
the head stamp looks cool AF though.
I am sure they partnered with someone in the ammo business already to make this, but I am not seeing the need for another 6.5 cartridge. We have 6.5 Grendel, 6.5x47, 6.5 Creedmoor, and 6.5 PRC that cover everything from AR-15 platform to full magnum performance. I would also like to see a 7 PRC (long action magnum launching 180's around 2900-3000 fps from a 24" barrel with a long neck). Basically a beltless, modern 7mm rem mag.
With an 18" barrel, and less recoil, of course.
I’m not a smart man but I’m far from needing to reuse primers
I’m not a smart man but I’m far from needing to reuse primers
It's not for you, it's for the ENVIRONMENT! Every year, millions of used primers are just thrown away into landfills...
It's nothing big and I doubt it will ever hit the shelves. Looks like their marketers/content creator just messing around by "creating" a new wildcat, the 6.5 Back Country. Vortex just doing what the do best. Marketing!
Too big in my opinion. It is great for hunting and long range shooting, but a bit more than needed. I am thinking closer to a long neck 7 WSM with a couple other tweaks.
Minus the necking down (still want a 7mm, plenty of 6.5's). All of the Sherman cartridges have a small following, but no large manufacturers making stuff for them. If someone partnered with a large ammo company and a good brass manufacturer to make something between the 6.5 and 300 PRC in length and capacity in 7mm I think it would catch on.
I believe that’s something that could get popular, a bit more horsepower than 7 saum/280AI without the meat blasting/barrel scorching of 28 nosler.
I personally feel everything 6.5 is pretty well covered.
I don’t understand why 6.5 for all these new rounds. The market is flooded with them. To make a 6.5mm bullet effective on larger game, it needs a lot higher velocities that push bullet designs to their limits. It looks like this is some kind of 6.5 magnum/hunting round, and if it is, I don’t understand why they wouldn’t use 7mm
Or maybe its a joke from them!!! They did it before if I remember correctly.
Will the warranty apply to cartridges lost to small explosions?
It’s 6.5 Bitch Cat. It’s a joke name they came up with on a reloading podcast a while back when discussing ridiculous wildcat names.
It's not for you, it's for the ENVIRONMENT! Every year, millions of used primers are just thrown away into landfills...
I got about a gallon of "once fired" primers available. I offered them to @THEIS but he hasn't made up his mind about them. Or, he's holding off to see if I'll lower my price.
What he don't know, is I got two other fellas on the line in case he decides he don't want them...
“The 6.5 BC is born. Spoiler alert - this won't be showing up at your favorite Vortex dealer or on the website just yet, but tune in for the full story of our upcoming Podventure to learn more about this wildcatting special. Video drops tomorrow, 12/14, on the YouTube channel.”
Hunnit 4 an Oz hmuI got about a gallon of "once fired" primers available. I offered them to @THEIS but he hasn't made up his mind about them. Or, he's holding off to see if I'll lower my price.
What he don't know, is I got two other fellas on the line in case he decides he don't want them...
stolen from someone else on here
At the current prices, you should have like a dozen in those little 1x1 Ziploc bags you find for sale at convenience stores.
Lesbian version of the gay tiger....
I hope this takes off.. there is YUGE gap in the 6.5 cartridge game right now....
Wait....
Wait....
“I missed, so please exchange this empty brass for loaded ammo”
mid that’s the case, I’m all in!
Not if it uses all the same components that the current stuff uses... that will just increase demand on an already strained market.
