I would like to get a 300 PRC hunting rifle made up with the biggest piece being a custom barrel in 27". Should I just wait till more people make guns in this caliber, or can I buy a 300 WM now, and then have it rechambered? thanks
What to get for a 300 PRC base gun?
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you can, but you want to make sure it'll work with CIP length mags
if you're going custom barrel why not just do a full custom now?
I just bought a bergara HMR pro. My next hunting rifle I'll be contacting bergara custom for a barreled action
Tikka T3x in a Magnum caliber. I have a 7mm RemMag and LOVE IT. 70 degree bolt throw and runs like a sewing machine. Gonna re-barrel soon to a fat M24 profile barrel in 7mm RemMag again because I do love my 7mm bullets. But I may just buy another and do up a 300 PRC.
Unless big changes were made, the COAL of the 300prc is to long for a Tikka. There used to be someone that made a DBM that accepted around 3.605 max but I believe production was stopped. I think the majority of other systems available are around 3.500".
"Call Dave Tooley and pick his brain, probably build is the best option. "
This is always a good path to take and especially for the 300 PRC as he is very experienced with it.
I have had great luck with the 300 PRC I built on a Howa 1500 about 5 years back, at that time there was not a 300 PRC, I necked down the 375 Ruger so it was a 300-375 Ruger at the time.
This is always a good path to take and especially for the 300 PRC as he is very experienced with it.
I have had great luck with the 300 PRC I built on a Howa 1500 about 5 years back, at that time there was not a 300 PRC, I necked down the 375 Ruger so it was a 300-375 Ruger at the time.
Remington 700 with a Wyatt's box mag install is probably the best bet for a hunting rifle.
Bergara does have a 300prc available in the Ridgeback premier (26" bbl). They also have another coming as a more hunting orientated option in the Highlander(24" bbl). Both are sub $2k and the more convienient option.
That is a down side. The Tikka is limited to 3.41" COAL which works perfectly for the 168 and 175 "standard" matchkings, but not the longer VLD type rounds. I have a CDI bottom metal which does perfectly with the 300WM AICS Mags, but again, I'm limited by the length of the bottom inlet of the action.
I personally am planning on lengthening the front portion of my bottom action inlet to allow longer rounds.
My Tikka accepts 3.622 max in AI mag. seated in Mountain Tact. bottom metal(still available last I checked)
May want to check with your smith. Rechambering a fire hardened barrel, even with low rds. can be hard on a reamer.
If I remember, I'm going to cross section my next burned out barrel and hardness test it inside and out.
I made an Excel spreadsheet once that calculated the stress/strain on inner and outer walls of barrels under firing every inch down the length (interpreted from pressure vs. time curves)-- assumed thick wall pressure vessel under static pressure loading so there's some fudge room for it to be incorrect, I'm sure. To make a long story short it suggested that the area from the throat to about 2-3" forward is on the edge of plastic deformation, and certainly elastically expands at least .001-.0018" (dia.) every firing. Could definitely see it causing work hardening the inner surface of the bore.
Anyway, no real-world testing to verify that hypothesis that I'm aware of, just running numbers & formulas I read in a book...
I made an Excel spreadsheet once that calculated the stress/strain on inner and outer walls of barrels under firing every inch down the length (interpreted from pressure vs. time curves)-- assumed thick wall pressure vessel under static pressure loading so there's some fudge room for it to be incorrect, I'm sure. To make a long story short it suggested that the area from the throat to about 2-3" forward is on the edge of plastic deformation, and certainly elastically expands at least .001-.0018" (dia.) every firing. Could definitely see it causing work hardening the inner surface of the bore.
Anyway, no real-world testing to verify that hypothesis that I'm aware of, just running numbers & formulas I read in a book...
