I pulled the ultimate rookie mistake, I got one of the Christensen Arms Ridgelines in 300 RUM.. The rifle itself is pretty danged sound and shot pretty decent, but after loading for it for awhile, I was irritated with the magazine box being limited to 3.675" for COAL ammo. It really cuts the big 300 off at the knees. So on a whim I got a Wyatt's box and was able to load my ammo out to 3.775.... MUCH BETTER!.
Instantly it went from being a picky rifle to shooting everything really darned well. So, being as I hated the feeding I sent the rifle off to PT&G, had them inlet for the AICS magazines which will let me get out to 3.750 and change and the single stack magazines help that giant case feed like they should.
So, I say all that to say the 300 PRC would have been the answer from the get go. They just dropped them last month! I had thoughts of sending the ultra down the road, but since I have gone through the work, it's doing real well. The 300 PRC is Weatherby in capacity, throated for long 220+ish bullets, 1-8 twist is standard for it, and it "fits" in magazines with some leeway in regards to seating.
All looney stuff, but in my mind it does EXACTLY what the 6.5 CM does in short actions, it fits without a whole lot of mental gymnastics and is set up well from the get go.
The 6.5 PRC probably isn't in the cards today for me, having a 264 Win on one side and the Swede and a Creed on the other, but I can see alot of appeal to them. Lets face it, when you can spend 30 bucks a box to get ultra accurate ammo that will hunt or pound steel it's going to be a winner.
Just my thoughts.
Instantly it went from being a picky rifle to shooting everything really darned well. So, being as I hated the feeding I sent the rifle off to PT&G, had them inlet for the AICS magazines which will let me get out to 3.750 and change and the single stack magazines help that giant case feed like they should.
So, I say all that to say the 300 PRC would have been the answer from the get go. They just dropped them last month! I had thoughts of sending the ultra down the road, but since I have gone through the work, it's doing real well. The 300 PRC is Weatherby in capacity, throated for long 220+ish bullets, 1-8 twist is standard for it, and it "fits" in magazines with some leeway in regards to seating.
All looney stuff, but in my mind it does EXACTLY what the 6.5 CM does in short actions, it fits without a whole lot of mental gymnastics and is set up well from the get go.
The 6.5 PRC probably isn't in the cards today for me, having a 264 Win on one side and the Swede and a Creed on the other, but I can see alot of appeal to them. Lets face it, when you can spend 30 bucks a box to get ultra accurate ammo that will hunt or pound steel it's going to be a winner.
Just my thoughts.
