6.5 prc vs 308

[280longshot]

There's always the 139 Scenar

Deceased via Scenar bullet pix please..

Tons of white, long winter and the Scenars that Scenar turned me onto are perking well in my lil 300 WSM. So, please post up pics of your victums via flight Scenar and help me relax a bit during this long butt winter. Gracias Perro

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Exactly, experience speaks volumes...
My experience started last year with scenars. They're accurate and expand/ kill very well. I use them in my 6.5 CM and 6.5 PRC.

 

[280longshot]

6.5 CM/139 scenar kill on a doe at 100 yds.

 

[TNRifleman]

Yep

This may be helpful. Jared knows his stuff and has no ties to any manufacturers.

 

[nso123]

I'd guessing speed was sufficient if he was using a prc.

Probably so, but they seem to like higher than normal speeds. My PRC with a 124 HH is around 3300.

 

[Jcalder]

Probably so, but they seem to like higher than normal speeds. My PRC with a 124 HH is around 3300.

I won't dispute that. Everything I've read about them was to go light in weight and push them hard.

 

[muddyboots]

I find this really interesting. I have not had a deer take a step since I switched to Hammer bullets. I think one key thing with them is you need to have them moving fast. They have petals that separate from the main section of the bullet.

That was all the reviews I read.

 

[wcw280]

7mm-08 and never look back

 

[muddyboots]

I find this really interesting. I have not had a deer take a step since I switched to Hammer bullets. I think one key thing with them is you need to have them moving fast. They have petals that separate from the main section of the bullet.

I have Pendleton ammunition. Listed at 3100. I have not chrono it.

 

[280longshot]

7mm-08 and never look back

Having 4 different rifles chambered same....the 7-08/120 bt is a peach..

 

[jlanecr500]

This may be helpful. Jared knows his stuff and has no ties to any manufacturers.

I shoot the 297gr Pittman Hammer in my 40 sml long range gun. I've only killed a couple deer with it. The video is spot on. My experience is 250 yds 3000 fps shoulder shot. Penetrated both shoulders and blew the sternum out the front. I think the front end changed direction and came out the sternum. Deer plowed for 20 yards.

I have adopted a motto. Bigger is better and kill dead right there. The smallest caliber I've hunted with in the last 20 years is a 30-06. Until I gave in and barreled up a 6.5 prc.

FF to today 1-7-24, 6.5 prc, 124 HH, 3000 fps mv, deer at 160 yds quartering away behind shoulder. Deer not recovered. Tracked nearly 300 yds to another property. I decided to reserve judgement until I saw this thread. Looks like I'll be loading something different for next year. I'll make someone a good deal on some 124 HH's

 

[muddyboots]

I shoot the 297gr Pittman Hammer in my 40 sml long range gun. I've only killed a couple deer with it. The video is spot on. My experience is 250 yds 3000 fps shoulder shot. Penetrated both shoulders and blew the sternum out the front. I think the front end changed direction and came out the sternum. Deer plowed for 20 yards.

I have adopted a motto. Bigger is better and kill dead right there. The smallest caliber I've hunted with in the last 20 years is a 30-06. Until I gave in and barreled up a 6.5 prc.

FF to today 1-7-24, 6.5 prc, 124 HH, 3000 fps mv, deer at 160 yds quartering away behind shoulder. Deer not recovered. Tracked nearly 300 yds to another property. I decided to reserve judgement until I saw this thread. Looks like I'll be loading something different for next year. I'll make someone a good deal on some 124 HH's

I've got 2 mature bucks. 200 lb deer. Shot dead center of shoulder at 110 yards and 90 yards on the other. Saw blood on shoulder at impact. Both long painful track jobs. 1 recovered 1 was not. I'm going back to 7/08. They just die with it.

 

[Dean Parisian]

For a kid. Get a .243 with a suppressor. short set up. light you'll thank me later

6.5 Creedmoor. suppressed. Leave the .308 in the store.

 

[Dennis]

We tend to think flinching is only from recoil. But one of the big factors that leads to flinching is the noise. Use ear plugs with ear muffs over top. This will help make the kid (and adults too) less likely to flinch.

 

[knightrider]

For a kid. Get a .243 with a suppressor. short set up. light you'll thank me later

6.5 Creedmoor. suppressed. Leave the .308 in the store.

So, the 308 wont do the job anymore?

 

[trex]

7-08 or 6 ARC