There’s nothing broken to fix for almost any rifle cartridge inside 200 yards to be able to kill a whitetail, but a ton of those guys would shoot a lighter recoiling rifle better than the 300wm they’re toting now. If this gets a percentage of them shooting a gun they can hit lung with consistently instead of jumping out of their skin when they yank the trigger, that’s a good thing.

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Posted by buffbraz

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Posted on 6/5/26 at 9:49 pm to bbvdd

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If you want a nicer rifle just buy another .308. I have both the .308 and 6.5cm. Several of each actually. I will say the 6.5 is easier to me to shoot

Exactly why I am considering that round. Easier shooting, less recoil, more likely to be able to follow through with the shot without giving up too much in power. Any objections to that?

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Posted by bbvdd

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Posted on 6/5/26 at 10:41 pm to buffbraz

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Any objections to that?

None. I love the cartridge. I reload and I have one rifle (competition) that I’ve been able to get 2900 fps with 140 gr with only flat primers (using Lapua brass with small primer pocket) it’s right there with the PRC.

One of my others I haven’t pushed too hard. It’s my hunting rifle and don’t need it too fast.

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Posted by Clames

Member since Oct 2010

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Posted on 6/5/26 at 11:27 pm to ConnectTheDots

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Hopefully this isn’t a deathblow for the 6.5prc as I just got one 2 months ago

Shouldn't be, if the same technology could be applied to 6.5 PRC (or 7mm or 300 PRC). 50 BMG? Don't buy the claim of not increasing recoil, this isn't getting around Newton's Laws no matter what the marketing dept says. Trade off would be barrel life too, higher pressures greatly increase the engraving forces applied to the bullet by the rifling. Imagine bullets have to be made a bit tougher as increased FPS also means higher spin. Guess Proof's new rifling technology is timely.

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