Which rifle?

[goneal]

I’m about to buy a new 6.5PRC and I’m interested in your opinions. It will be for stand hunting at a buddy’s ranch in Texas, but mostly for range and fun shooting. Not terribly concerned with weight, more so with quality repeatability. Choices are the Seekins Havak, the Christensen Arms Ridgeline or the Fierce Fury. I’ve handled all of them, but haven’t shot any of them What are your thoughts?

 

[Newbie2020]

I can’t speak for the other two, but the Havak is smooth and sub-MOA out of the box.

I don’t like the recoil of the PRC but it’s lighter w a can.

 

[acudaowner]

https://mannersstocks.com/competition-stocks just an option but its a hot option like almost super modle hot in the frozen food section of your local grocery store .

 

[Newbie2020]

That’s a beautiful stock

 

[goneal]

Interesting. I haven’t got the PRC, but everything I’ve read says it’s fairly tame. Can you elaborate. I’m past the point of wanting to get tapped too much by recoil. I love the Creedmoor too and wouldn’t mind getting another if the recoil to ballistics ratio isn’t that much better.

 

[Newbie2020]

I’m a puss.

I started with a 6cm in a 14 lb platform w a JP brake and got addicted to the light recoil.

Then I burned some Cabela points and got the Havak in 6.5cm and noticed a bump up in recoil. But after I got a brake on it and put it in a heavier chassis, the recoil isn’t that much more.

My buddy got the Havak the same time in 6.5PRC and even w a can he’s got enough recoil he doesn’t see his impacts.

The 6.5PRC is surely no 300WM recoil, just more than I prefer after getting spoiled on the heavy rifle 6cm w a brake.

 

[goneal]

I get what your saying.

 

[Sykes]

I had a CA Ridgeline in a Mesa precision altitude stock and it was a great shooting rifle and super light, 7.5 or 8lbs with a leupold vx6hd. Spoting hits or misses through the scope with a can on was rare be cause of the recoil/muzzle jump. I built another 6.5 PRC on a bighorn TL3 and a proof sendero CF barrel in a manners eh1. Its a totally different shooting rifle than the ridgline. Also weighs 3 lbs more. I've also learned alot in the last few months and can spot all my shots with the can on and even better with an APA little bastard brake. That sucker eliminates all recoil to the point where when conditions are right I can watch bullet trace all the way to the target.

All three of the rifles your entertaining are great rigs but if you have a few more bucks to spend I'd highly recommend building one. All my parts were used so I saved several hundred but it also took awhile.

That seekins does have a nice action

 

[goneal]

Thanks guys. I’d love to build one, but there’s no one in my area that I know of to install the barrel.

 

[Sykes]

Thanks guys. I’d love to build one, but there’s no one in my area that I know of to install the barrel.

That's the great thing about many actions on the market today, they are built to such high standards you can do it yourself with a barrel vise, action wrench and headspace gauges. Just order a prefit barrel for your specific action, a shouldered prefit preferably, torque it down and shoot.

 

[Duffy1298]

Thanks guys. I’d love to build one, but there’s no one in my area that I know of to install the barrel.

Why not just send your stuff out to a reputable builder? Then you can get whatever you like