6.5 PRC vs. 6.5 Creedmoor (and all the other 6.5mms) for Backcountry Hunting

Backcountry Hunting Podcast

Joseph von Benedikt

Backcountry, Rifle, Deer, Podcast, Elk, Mountain, Sports, Hunt, Wilderness, Cartridge, Hunting

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🗓️ 28 August 2020

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

SHOW NOTES

Intro: 6.5 outlawed for elk?

Best 6.5mm cartridge: 6.5 Creedmoor vs. 6.5 PRC

Technical discussion:

Advantages & disadvantages of the 6.5mm bore diameter
Cartridge case capacities
Appropriate bullet designs & weights for various game
Limitations of the 6.5mm's

Mythbusting: Scandinavian moose & and the legacy of the 6.5x55

What the 6.5mm's are really good at:

Extreme inherent accuracy
Downrange ballistics (and limits)
Mild recoil

Effectiveness on Western big game:

Authority, & channeling what the 6.5mm's have
What does "adequate" mean?
Shot opportunities & picking your angles
The 6.5mm long-range temptation

How to get the best out of your 6.5mm cartridge

Pick your bullet
- Construction
- Weight
- Aerodynamics
Tune for accuracy

A list of favorite, recommended 6.5mm hunting bullets:

Barnes 127-grain LRX
Hornady 129-grain InterBond
Swift 130-grain Scirocco II
Berger 140-grain VLD Hunting
Nosler 140-grain Partition
Swift 140-grain A-Frame
Hornady 143-grain ELD-X
Hornady 147-grain ELD Match
Berger 156-grain EOL Hunter

6.5mm cartridges discussed & compared:

6.5 Grendel
6.5 Creedmoor (primary)
.260 Remington
6.5x55 Swedish Mauser
6.5-284 Norma
6.5 PRC (primary)
.264 Win. Mag.
6.5 WBY RPM
26 Nosler
6.5-300 WBY

WRAP: Hunters tend to shoot well on game when carrying a 6.5mm cartridge.

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0:00.0	Folks, today we're going to tackle another dragon of a subject.
0:04.4	I know I'm going to step on a lot of toes here and I'm probably going to end up
0:08.1	validating a lot of other people's opinions.
0:12.4	This is going to be a little bit fun. We're going to talk
0:14.3	about the various 6.5 millimeter cartridges that are appropriate for hunting. How good
0:19.6	are they? How bad are they? Where's their comfort zone and how to get the best out of them?
0:26.0	Okay, now this is spurred partly just by a desire on my part to try and address these
0:32.0	cartridges in a way that will help hunters make good decisions
0:36.7	about choosing one and using one.
0:41.9	A lot of this was prompted by some experiences I had last fall. I, on a previous episode, kind of
0:48.4	detailed a casing which I saw a big six point bull shot at just a fraction over 200 yards, broadside, just shrugged that bullet
0:57.4	off.
0:58.4	Now shot placement wasn't great, but it wasn't horrible.
1:01.4	Took us way longer than it should have to recover that bull.
1:05.0	Later, that outfitter told me that that was the third bull that they'd more or less lost,
1:12.0	least for a day or three, after being shot with a 6.5 PRC.
1:17.1	A couple months after that, another outfitter who runs an operation that's gigantic.
1:22.4	It's over 200,000 acres of free-range country
1:26.0	where they shoot literally dozens and dozens of big old matureable elk every fall and he told me I just outlawed the 6.5
1:36.7	Creedmoor for use on this ranch because we have seen too many bulls lost after being shot with that cartridge.
1:46.7	Now was this the cartridge's fault?
1:49.9	Maybe.
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