In certain situations we may suggest the use of ballistic turrets and for most scope models we can have custom turrets cut according to your load data. So far, my favorite powder for reloading the 7 PRC is H4831SC using standard large rifle primers. The 7mm-08 Remington was designed in 1980 by Remington Arms Company. We need more ethical hunters who wont chance wounding an animal. Increasing the BC to 0.700 the drift is only half, at 20 inches! Had they had a COAL for this cartridge that worked in a short action, then I could see it being a winner. The time of flight is dependent on shape (BC) and initial muzzle velocity. As long as its a standard long-action, you should be just fine putting a 7 PRC barrel on it. Your email address will not be published. Matt. And shoot 168 Barnes tipped triple shock bullets along with Berger VLD at same weight and load. Round before it becomes inefficent? Figure 3. Thank you. With the high BC of some of the 7mm bullets, ballistically this 7mm PRC will outshine most 6.5mm and 30cal cartridges. Itll get tons of penetration and you could shoot that light of a bullet VERY fast. If you want to max things out, you need a bullet that will expand at lower velocities. In the past too much attention was placed on increasing MV, but modern long range shooters realize that increasing the BC increases performance without increasing recoil. In our next article we will look at how to calculate and compensate for long range shooting, and the equipment and programs that will do it. If you do not have a Shooting Chronograph, I strongly suggest you purchase one. Not being a downer on innovation, but 7mm STW is made by a lot more manufacturers than I see 7mm PRiCey ever being made by. Its just another very similar round with no clear huge advantages, maybe only recoil. In fact, Id guess that 60% of the new hunting rifles in most gun stores today are chambered in a cartridge designed by Hornady. Basically, like a wind vane on a roof or windmill, the bullet will align itself with the prevalent wind. It is a great investment if you want to get into long range shooting and will be especially useful if you handload. What barrel length has Hornady created the 7mm PRC for? Ok but im kind of confused with a heavier bullet wouldnt it just drop faster??? I enjoy your videos. This is more than adequate for taking down large game the size of elk at this distance, provided you use the right bullet to penetrate to reach the vitals and place the shot accurately. Please use a 300 yard zero and give me 100 yard clicks out to 1000 yards. do you know the 7mm Blaser Magnum? These guys have 7mm rem mags taking elk at 900+ yards. On game heavier than 320kg, the 7mm RM is capable of producing adequate penetration but not wide wounding relative to body weights. how will the 7mm prc compare to the 7mm sherman short or 7mm sherman max. Your build is the route Im thinking of going. Freedom is not free. For instance 180 grain bullet out of a .30-06 will have a range of numbers even if the MV is the same, as you can have bullets like VLD, spitzer/hollow point boat tail, flat base, and round nose bullets all found in factory loads. Depending on bullet type and construction, the minimum expansion velocity for rifles falls between about 1300 and 2000 fps. John B. They show how a 7mm with a 168 Berger has more energy down range than a 30-378 weatherby with a Barnes. N560 offers some of the best velocities without a compressed load. Im a big fan of the channel and look forward to more on the 7mm PRC. while they work great at closer ranges, they will fail miserably if you want to push your shots out there. This bullet has massive power, and a really flat trajectory allowing this bullet to hit targets much further away and with more power. I shoot only 7mm rem mag in 3 different set ups and for me, there arent nearly enough pros to just switch the tack on the near impossible feat of obtaining brass. This is using CCI Large Magnum primers, and shooting out of a 24 test barrel. Red Oak, White, or Chestnut for Deer Herd? It will a produce a line graph showing the bullet drop and flight path of the bullet. This load has been optimized in Shoot! This is more energy than some other centerfire cartridges at the muzzle! At the same time, while the 7mm Rem Mag tops out with 175 grain bullets, the .300 Win Mag is capable of firing 200 grain, 208 grain, and 220 grain bullets with sectional densities of .301, .313, and .331 respectively. I do think it was shame not to have made the neck 1-2mm longer for reloading. Thats one flat shooting load considering we sighted-in the bullet to impact only 2.37 inches high at 100 yards. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Though it is designed to headspace off the belt of brass, handloaders can improve concentricity by using the shoulder for headspacing. Maybe yall will find some magic power that will do likewise for the 7mm prc. Something like a 145gr Barnes LRX would be a great choice. I just completed my 7PRC build, and have started testing. Ballistic Programing/Custom Turrets:If you are buying a ballistic range finder or kestrel we will program the ballistic computer for you so everything is ready upon arrival. Thanks! I had to calculate the 100gr at 3500fps. 7mm Remington Magnum Despite its age, the 7mm Rem Mag's ballistics perform well even by today's standards. The 7mm Weatherby! As a competition gun and a capable do all cartridge the 7 PRC absolutely checks just about every box there is I look forward to adding it to my 7mm-08 (for 120-150gr bullets) and 280AI (for 140-175gr bullets) as a capable 7mm magnum that isnt tremendously overbore and specialized for heavier (160gr+ bullets). The 7 PRC has very slightly less case capacity than the 7mm Remington Magnum, but also has a twist rate and neck length capable of shooting much heavier bullets than are common in a 7 Mag. Those are definitely numbers that need to be accounted for, but most sophisticated methods for long range shooting handle these changes easily. Since this new cartridge has been announced, Ive talked with my contacts at many of the major rifle manufacturers and have been surprised by how many of them are extremely frustrated with working on PRC chamberings in their rifles. Below is a picture of the 7 PRC that Preferred Barrel Blanks built for me (Note: I also bought a MDT HNT26 chassis from them, which they had in stock). Compare ballistics data on your favorite Winchester Ammunition rounds. But this is where atmospheric affects come into play. I ABSOLUTELY would use 7mm PRC on elk. You did not compare this cartridge to the 7mm RUM? Current F-class are almost all .284 (another strangely missing cartridge in this articles comparison) which says something about what the disciplined shooters, regularly shooting out X-rings at 1000m, think. Love your channel and style. I think the biggest win for the PRC however is the factory support that the SAUM lacks. Id love to see what data you get so I can include more data in this post. Would like to see this compared with the .30-06 and .308. Use this ballistic calculator in order to calculate the flight path of a bullet given the shooting parameters that meet your conditions. When it gets mailed to you, you screw it on and you have a 7 PRC! Trying to decide between the new hot rod 7prc and the old standby (perfect) .280Ackley. The list goes on. I would like to know if you have any info on the 7.7 jap. Load Swift's 150-grain Scirocco at 3,036 fps delivers outstanding terminal performance. CHEERS!!! You might be able to measure with a data meter the speed and direction at your location, but the wind is very likely doing something entirely different at mid-range, or at the target. Im guessing that the parent cartridge for this is the .416, but thats really a guess. I believe that should be a max load but still safe in my rifle, efficient loading, and impressive speed. It produces 1,500 ft-lbs of energy for elk-sized game out to 510 yards, and 1,000 ft-lbs for deer-sized game to 810 yards. Sight in and validated out to 1000 yards: The rifle is sited in and shot out at distance to ensure functionality of the turret and verification of all associated data. Ill keep pushing my 7RM 180gr at 3050 with 72.2gr Retumbo with brass more available than I could ever want or need. Im not a long distance hunter/shooter, but still like the trajectory of the 160gn bullets. Jim, I enjoy that you use your platform to provide reliable data to ethically take animals. I also have a 264 mag but the 6.5prc will do anything it will do but with a lot less powder. Heres that data using his 24.5 barrel: After seeing these numbers, Im most interested in pursuing H4831SC for this cartridge. Be cautious when rebarreling a rifle into any of the PRC cartridges. A bullet with a BC of 0.400 will drift over 40 inches at 700 yards in a 10 mile per hour crosswind. Hornady has an incredible track record with cartridges over the last 20 years: 6.5 Creedmoor, 6.5 PRC, 300 PRC, 17HMR. The cool thing is that Preferred Barrel Blanks does prefits for just about any action you already have. Shot placement, bullet construction, and animal individuality will all dramatically impact the effectiveness of the bullet. It is caused by the bullet aligning itself to the relative wind vector. I highly recommend Preferred Barrel Blanks for this job. Ive left comments but could use some advice. The Barnes bullet loses velocity at twice the rate of the VLD! Little things that you may never have noticed can make a shot fail if you are really pushing the limits. Look up bergerbullets.com. I expected it to go a little faster in the CX due to the lighter weight, but copper bullets can also increase pressures, so it seems that Hornady wasnt able to get any increased speed out of it. The numbers arent much better and the only pro I see is getting decent numbers with a shorter barrel. on steroids. is beginning to assert its trajectory superiority here with a 5-inch advantage over the .270 Win. .460 Steyr .416 Barrett .408 Cheytac .375 Chetac etc. We analyzed 6 different loads for each cartridge (the proper way to read that sentence is Jim sat at a computer for WEEKS putting data into very complicated Excel sheets) to come out with an average of what several common loads for each cartridge will accomplish. Its important to educate yourself about 7mm Rem Mag Ballistics, especially for long range shots, because not knowing how your 7mm rem mag load performs at extended ranges could easily result in a miss. A 20 degree incline at 1000 yards is worth 15 inches and is a realistic shooting situation. Exact same setup. Unfortunately I wasnt able to find any standard case diagrams for the Sherman cartridges so thats really all I can say. Being derived from the H&H case, there is plenty of case capacity, and the 7mm Remington Magnum will send the heavy 175-grain bullets at a muzzle velocity of 2800 fps or so, depending on the manufacturer, and the speed only increases as the bullets get lighter. This setup is for long range target shooting. You think they will come out with a 7mm Western? Obviously Hornady makes dies for the 7 PRC, but I personally am not a fan of their dies. All three are excellent choices for long-range hunting ammo.. Im not sure that muzzle velocity would have helped this discussion, though. The 7 RM is too established to go away similar to how the 300 PRC didnt completely eliminate 300 WM sales nor did they likely affect 30-06 sales. The data in the following table contains averages for each cartridge. The following table compares the 7 PRC to several other cartridges using Hornadys Precision Hunter line of ammunition. 300 PRC and 6.5 PRC ammo has challenging to find too, but is finally showing up with Federal and Sierra joining Hornady. JavaScript is disabled. Initially, I expected H1000 or Retumbo to be the best powders for the 7 PRC since they are fan favorites of the 7 Mag. I always run a suppressor would like to see 20 with suppressor vs 24 with break. Ive been playing around with Berger 190g Long Range Hybrid Targets. For example, most of the all-copper expanding bullets need something like 1,900 0r 2,000 fps to expand even a little. But wait, theres more. Building a rifle with no reloading data and no established manufacturing was a challenge, but now you can easily get a rifle rebarreled for 7 PRC. In this post, well look in-depth into that question. 7mm Rem. Can someone help me with a MOA ( 4 clicks for 1" ) drop chart for my 7MM Rem Mag? ballistics software below for the same load: At 500 yards the remaining velocity is 2264fps again, this is exceptional ballistics for a bullet weight in this class and diameter. If you want to max things out, you need a bullet that will expand at lower velocities. H1000 ran out of space for powder before I reached max velocity. The heavy-for-caliber VLD bullet's are the only readily available high BC bullet's that have been documented to ethically perform at long ranges on game animals, and the BC range on those bullet's ranges from 0.550 to 0.685. The bullets BC (ballistic coefficient) is very high at 0.536. The numbers for hunting bullet's usually range from 0.200 to 0.800 with most falling in the 0.400 range. In fact, it may be about the best choice on the market for my personal preference. Shortening the H&H case to a length of 2.500 inches, and using a 25-degree shoulder, the 7mm Remington Magnum has an overall cartridge length of 3.290 inches. Re#26 69 grs pushes a 162 gr A- max 3225 fps. Ive got it sending the 162 grain ELD-X 3200 FPS. You lose about 25fps per inch of barrel from 24 to 20 inches in using a 7mm PRC depending of course on your powder choice. ballistics software for your PC & Mac. Due to the extremely tight tolerances of these cartridges, Ive seen MANY manufacturers struggle with delivering barrels that spike pressures or have brass that doesnt fit right. If you want to knock it down.. use a 7mm. I hope brass makers continue to make 7mm STW brass. In addition to expanding reliably, a bullet must carry sufficient energy to take down the animal. This spring I built a 7mm REM Mag with a long throat in a 28 inch barrel 1:8 twist from McGowen Barrels. 223 Rem 53 gr. Pros and Cons of the 7mm PRC The #1 reason I recommend Preferred Barrel Blanks is because theyve sorted through those issues and can deliver problem-free prefit barrels. The Hornady 7 PRC is a new long-range hunting and competition cartridge that slides neatly into the gap that exists between the 6.5 PRC and 300 PRC. That can easily make my practical distance come down to 250-yards. It is intended for long-range shooting due to its ability to utilize high BC bullets, and is also uniquely suited for hunting large animals such as elk. We use cookies to provide you a better user experience. Worked up load with 195 bergers. The effective range of a bullet can be measured in different ways because it depends on what the bullet needs to be effective at doing. I shot a coyote yesterday with the 7 PRC and had no problem seeing the bullet impact the coyote and the aftermath without losing my view of the target in the scope due to recoil. I just finished my 7saummight need to do an identical build but in 7prc and compare. Theres always another hunt. The 6.5 Creedmoor has long been known to cause damage to the International Space Station with errant shots. Copyright 2023 ShootersCalculator.comALL rights reserved. First know Im a disabled hunter who is in my early 60s, I have a spinal issue from an accident and just had shoulder surgery, I cant walk far anymore. If you own one of these items you are free to ship them to us for programing. Most rangefinders can have errors of at lease two percent at 1000 yards, even if you do everything else correctlykeep in mind that it is very easy to range an object just behind or in front of your target. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Cartridge Type: RifleHeight: 2.5"Width: 0.532"Average FPS: 3024Average Energy: 3106Average Gr: 153Recoil: 2.06Power Rank: 4.63 of 20. In other words what barrel length will produce a 3,000 fps muzzle velocity using the factory loaded Precision Hunter 175 gr ELD-X bullet? ( I know you prefer shorter barrels especially for hunting). Seriously, before anybody argues with me, watch the video and get out your calculators and figure it out for yourself. A bullet traveling through the air will lose velocity, and the bullet's shape effects how fast it will slow down. Hopefully with its introduction it will make SAUM brass easier to find because more people will go for the PRC moving forward. The sample trajectory in Figure 1 is typical for a 7mm Remington Magnum shooting a 168 grain VLD bullet at 3050 fps muzzle velocity. Starline Brass has plans to produce these cases in the future. When I first shot the 7 PRC in a lightweight rifle, I was surprised by the stout recoil; however, adding a muzzle brake or a suppressor tames the rifle dramatically. grazie, Hi Jim, I hunt in the Alps area in Italy, I walk a lot and would like a light weapon. 7mm Remington Magnum ~ 150 Grain ~ Trajectory Chart Trajectory for Custom .284 7mm Mag Ammo #4550 at 3000 Feet per Second At an Elevation Angle of: 0 degrees Ballistic Coefficients of: 0.545 0.515 0.515 0.515 0.515 Velocity Boundaries (Feet per Second) of: 2200 2200 2200 2200 I am looking to build a new (all in one) rifle. Personally, I like all three of those cartridges for different reasons, but I think this new cartridge will become so popular over the next few years that those cartridges will quickly fade in the rearview mirror. Newlon blanks. Also, remember that the data in the table above is using averages of multiple loads per cartridge. Also, any chance you could add 270wsm to the tables? Thank you. Im gonna leave it right here, I own a lot of rifles but if I didnt there are 3 rifles that I could own and cover every game animal in north america. 2023 Backfire LLC, a limited liability company headquartered in Utah, USA. Eliminating the effect of wind by using high BC's and proper compensation techniques is the only solution. Tikka, Browning, and Bergara are conspicuously missing from the list and yet they all chamber for the 6.5 PRC. They gave me a 22 inch 7MM barrel blank so thats what I used for my 7 PRC build. Backfires Youtube channel was the first publication to break the story of the cartridges SAAMI approval, and Backfire was also the first group to build a 7mm PRC and show it to the public. Factory Savage 7mm rem mag 1000 yard video. 1400 W Henry St I have been saying for years a lot of the 2.5 inch cases would have been better off reduced to 2.250 2.3 inch .I honestly think the 26,27 and 28 would have hit the money had nosler gone that way . Come join the discussion about optics, hunting, gunsmithing, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! I was about to embark on a 7 Saum build in a long action to use the longer, higher BC bullets. The same goes for doping wind for direction and speed. But, I shoot a 195 EOL with a 1:9.5 twist out of a weatherby vanguard 7mm Rem Mag. Most people will like 22, but I like em short! Heres a link to it. Depending on bullet type and construction, the minimum expansion velocity for rifles falls between about 1300 and 2000 fps. Great video and Ive been following and hoping that a 7 PRC would come for years now. External ballistics covers everything that happens during a bullet's flight between the muzzle of the rifle, and the target. We know the grain is different but that's as close as we could get with the Winchester Silvertips. I would be happy if I could confirm 900-1K. Using dies from Whidden, I got to work. You can get a new barrel for your Ruger American, Tikka, Bergara, Savage, etc. The Fora platform includes forum software by XenForo. Ive been curious how it would shake out/compare to the 7SAUM when seated long. With the ammo and reloading components markets starting to normalize, when do you think 7mm PRC ammo and reloading components will be available this year? 1998 - Present. L. Neil Smith, at a 200 yard zero with a Hornady SST 162 gr your looking at 34.8" drop @ 500 beyond that it really really falls off quickly after that range . This round is here to stay, and while the relative recoil or kick is often sighted as negative, it's often over stated, while it does kick the numbers show that the recoil on average is = or less than the average for the 30-06 but is of course more than the 270, and the 30-30. It's like these other guys said, if you throw a small rock it goes really fast, but not very far. I was looking at having Preferred Barrels make me a 7mm PRC similar to what you have shown. This system maximizes the distance in which no "hold over" is necessary. Why is it a foregone conclusion that Shooters will gravitate toward heavy-for-caliber high-BC bullets in the 7mm PRC? The highest being the 180 grain 7mm. What are the speeds youre getting with your 20 barrel? Suggested 7mm Rem. 1000ft.lbs: 1660yd. I have a Vortex Strike Eagle on my 7mmMag that is being rebarreled. It was an exciting huntwe would spot goats from the valley floor, and climb 3000-4000 feet every day to hunt them. As we examine the drop and deflection of a bullet it becomes apparent that BC and velocity are very important parameters for shooting at long range. I converted a Weatherby 6.5 PRC Meateater to the 7 PRC. ballistics app/software that you can understand and use in the field (either target shooting or hunting). I used the same primer, and the same 175gr ELDX bullet. Made my own dies. Now that hunting season is over would love to see some load testing out of your 20 inch barrel. Just imagine a long slender VLD bullet compared to a flat nosed semi wad cutter. The illustration in Figure 3 was reproduced from Harold Vaughn's excellent book Rifle Accuracy Facts, and shows how a bullet reacts, and the drag forces that cause wind deflection. I also received some information from a gentleman in Canada who built a 7PRC. Mag. In fact, Aaron Davidson, CEO of Gunwerks, jokingly said that the new 7PRC is the 7LRM. (888) 223-3006 I wanted to use a 20 barrel suppressed on my 7mm PRC. This September I was able to hunt mountain goats with Beaver Foot Outfitters in British Columbia. I am alarmed at the number of proponents of long range shooting technology that simply ignore the effect of wind, and have no provision to compensate in their equipment. A good laser rangefinder is a tool, and if it isn't used properly it won't yield good results. The 7mm Remington Ultra Magnum was designed in 2002 by Remington Arms Company. Snow. He is a well-known entrepreneur, having started many successful online brands, and lives in St George, Utah. Let's look at the difference in drop and deflection for our reference at 1000 yards from a 200 yard zero for two cases: 1000 ft 50 degrees ,and 8000 ft and 20 degrees. It has a length of 2.035 inches, 2.80 inches overall, with a 1:9.5 twist and a large rifle primer. I think your numbers might be off. Using a 30 Bartlein barrel, Manson reamer, RCC brass, and wanted to do some comparisons to your results. che velocit riesci ad avere? Thats what Im really most curious to know. This 7mm Remington Magnum ballistics chart shows 140 grain Trophy Copper rounds with a 100 yard zero: This 7mm Rem Magnum ballistic chart shows 175 grain Fusion Rifle rounds with a 100 yard zero: Remington: This 7mm Rem Mag ballistic table shows 175 grain Core-Lokt rounds with a 100 yard zero: Well, that would limit most hunting rifles to between 150 and 400-yards. Your load data is tied to your rifle serial number and thus can be ordered from us at any time. This is averaging several different loads to get these numbers for each cartridge, so we can compare apples-to-apples, but youre right that with ALL cartridges you could go up or down slightly depending on the load selection. Required fields are marked *. I saw the BIG ballistics spreadsheet on your youtube videos, you should share that. Im still using the same 24 test barrel by Preferred Barrel Blanks for this cartridge. The 7mm Precision Rifle Cartridge is a long-action centerfire rifle cartridge designed to shoot 180 grain bullets at 2,950 fps. Couple questions for you. Where can I get 7 PRC brass? There would be 226 inches drop at 1000 ft elevation compared to 207 inches at 8000 ft; and 52 inches deflection versus 40. Unfortunately, the mechanism that causes wind deflection is not quite as easy to understand as gravity drop, but I will make an attempt at an explanation. Do you plan to hit every animal with a rangefinder? burning 61 grains Reloder 22 Recoil: 26.5 ft-lbs at 14.6 fps velocity Muzzle Energy: 3,269 ft-lbs Maximum Pressure: 61,000 psi MPBR: 365 yards (Zero at 307 yards, 3.9" high at 100 yards) These are some impressive numbers. Im not talking about self-doubt or simply asking yourself what if I miss. It resists wind drift well. The second, and in my opinion, the most difficult to compensate for is wind deflection. Jim, Minimum sucks. 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