Does anyone here shoot a 7mm PRC? If so, hopefully some of these handload combos will be of use.
Two years ago I bought a lefty Savage UL 7PRC in a pinch to go elk hunting, after I sold my 340 Weatherby prematurely. A buyer just had to have it now, so....
I only had a couple of weeks with it to get familiar with it before the season, so I used the factory Hornady PH 175 ELD-X cartridges, which shot really well out of the 22" Proof Research barrel. I took a nice 7x7 bull elk at quite a distance, but the ELD-X disintegrated at the lower terminal velocity.
So last year I ran a load with the 175gr Nosler ABLR pushed by 69.4gr N565 at 2920fps. Very accurate and a better projectile IMHO. I shot Noslers exclusively out of the 340 Weatherby. Unfortunately, elk and I did not cross paths.
This year I switched to copper solids, specifically the Patriot Valley Arms Cayuga 151gr. The G7 BC of these are insane, at 0.310, which I have confirmed out to 750 yards (I have my own range). I haven't decided upon whether I like the 68.5gr. H4831sc load, or the 69.2gr Norma MRP load. Both loads are HOT, very accurate, and are flying at ~3150fps. I caution anyone to work up to loads with these volumes of powder. I use Peterson brass, and my latest loads use CCI 250 primers.
400 yard manhole target with H4831sc load:
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Interested to hear from any 7PRC shooters here.
Two years ago I bought a lefty Savage UL 7PRC in a pinch to go elk hunting, after I sold my 340 Weatherby prematurely. A buyer just had to have it now, so....
I only had a couple of weeks with it to get familiar with it before the season, so I used the factory Hornady PH 175 ELD-X cartridges, which shot really well out of the 22" Proof Research barrel. I took a nice 7x7 bull elk at quite a distance, but the ELD-X disintegrated at the lower terminal velocity.
So last year I ran a load with the 175gr Nosler ABLR pushed by 69.4gr N565 at 2920fps. Very accurate and a better projectile IMHO. I shot Noslers exclusively out of the 340 Weatherby. Unfortunately, elk and I did not cross paths.
This year I switched to copper solids, specifically the Patriot Valley Arms Cayuga 151gr. The G7 BC of these are insane, at 0.310, which I have confirmed out to 750 yards (I have my own range). I haven't decided upon whether I like the 68.5gr. H4831sc load, or the 69.2gr Norma MRP load. Both loads are HOT, very accurate, and are flying at ~3150fps. I caution anyone to work up to loads with these volumes of powder. I use Peterson brass, and my latest loads use CCI 250 primers.
400 yard manhole target with H4831sc load:
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Interested to hear from any 7PRC shooters here.
