6.8 Western vs. 7mm PRC
Backcountry Hunting Podcast
Joseph von Benedikt
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🗓️ 1 March 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
These two new-fangled cartridges are arguably the best all-purpose hunting rounds introduced in the past 20 years. Which is best, 6.8 Western or 7 PRC?
In this episode, we take a deep dive into the advantages of each cartridge, including:
- Best effectiveness on a broad spectrum of non-dangerous game
- Adaptability for different types of terrain and hunting
- Which makes for the best mountain rifle
- Which is most efficient in short barrels for use with a suppressor
- Which has the least recoil for the performance provided
- How available factory rifles and ammo are for each
- How available brass and component bullets are for each
In the end, we draw some conclusions and give real-world scenarios showcasing situations in which each comes out superior. This one was fun, folks... ENJOY!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Of all the new cartridges to come down the pipeline in the past 20 years, there are two that are by far the most versatile, the 7MPRC and the 6.8 Western. |
| 0:12.0 | Which is best? Now our purpose today is to explore whether or not one of these |
| 0:17.6 | cartridges is actually superior to the other, but just as significantly, whether individual hunters' needs can sway that |
| 0:26.9 | pendulum one way or the other between those two cartridges. |
| 0:31.3 | I'm Joseph von Benedict, and this is the backcountry hunting podcast. Thanks for |
| 0:35.8 | tuning in today folks. I've got to tell you after I mentioned that my friend Ron Spomer and I want |
| 0:41.1 | him out to save the 6.8 Western campaign on an episode here a month or so back. |
| 0:47.0 | I received a ton of mail from supportive listeners. |
| 0:51.6 | Now let's not get off on the wrong track here though folks. The 6.8 |
| 0:55.9 | Western isn't in immediate danger of oblivion, right? It's still healthy and |
| 1:01.1 | available and Browning and Winchester, plus just about every custom riflemaker, |
| 1:06.7 | are making rifles chambered for it. |
| 1:09.2 | However, the 7 MMPRC and its meteoric rise to stardom has cast a shadow of doubt over the 6.8 Western and it's got |
| 1:19.3 | enthusiasts of the cartridge world worried. |
| 1:24.0 | Speaking of enthusiasts of the cartridge, wow, I've found that hunters that own and use a |
| 1:30.3 | 6point of Western love the cartridge passionately. They're nearly obsessive about |
| 1:36.0 | it. How does that happen? Well, it happens when a cartridge proves itself to be really, really good. Let's not get sidetracked though. On to the primary topic of the day, |
| 1:48.0 | the 6.8 Western versus the 7-M-M-PRC. |
| 1:53.2 | Now before attacking such a conceptual topic, |
| 1:56.1 | we need to define some parameters. |
| 1:59.0 | So for the purposes of this discussion, |
| 2:01.4 | we're talking the broad spectrum of big game across America |
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