There’s a Growing List of Companies Making 6.5 PRC Rifles

By Daniel Terrill

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The 6.5 PRC has gained a respectable following since Hornady Mfg released it two years ago. Long-distance shooters and hunters desire the Precision Rifle Cartridge for the additional power it brings to its predecessor, the popular 6.5 Creedmoor. While still young, the 6.5 PRC is building on 6.5 Creedmoor’s reputation. Today, more than a dozen manufacturers and small custom shops make rifles chambered in 6.5 PRC.
Axial Precision Rifles
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Drew Foster, owner of Idaho-based custom shop Axial Precision Rifles, described buyers wanting 6.5 PRC rifles as “people who want to punch paper a long ways off, or hunters who want ultralight guns with the most punch possible out of their rifles in a compact light platform.”
“We chose to chamber our rifle and load ammunition in the 6.5 PRC because it is popular. The long and the short of it, is that it sells,” Foster said. As for the benefits, he called it “a consistent cartridge that shoots accurately with consistent velocities in a variety of different loads.”
Foster added with the Axial Precision Mountain Shadow rifle with a 20-inch barrel, he was able to get roughly 3,000 FPS using the Hornady 6.5 PRC 143 grain ELD-X.
Browning
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Source: Guns.com