7 PRC vs. 7mm Rem Mag, and Random Ramblings on Ballistics & Terminal Performance
Backcountry Hunting Podcast
Joseph von Benedikt
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🗓️ 11 November 2022
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
This episode compares the hot new 7mm PRC with the tried-and-true 7mm Rem Mag, and to a lesser extent the 28 Nosler.
We discuss whether the 7mm PRC provides a practical advantage, and consider the type of shooter and hunter that will benefit from the 7mm PRC vs. the 7mm Rem Mag.
Ballistic performance, suitable bullets, custom rifles vs. off-the-shelf rifles, factory ammo vs. tuned handloads... all are considered.
About 30 minutes in, the topic turns to terminal bullet performance, with an emphasis on the advantages of super-accurate match-type bullets vs. tough, deep-penetrating bullets for hunting.
Scenarios where both can prove to be the deciding factor at the moment of truth are outlined. The duplex load concept, which provides hunters maximum capability both up close and far away is detailed. Finally, do-all bullets that span the spectrum of potential needs are discussed.
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| 0:00.0 | On the road again, just can't wait to get on the road again. My grade love is hunting elk in Idaho. |
| 0:10.0 | So there you have it. I can't sing. Folks, I am bombing north in my old diesel pickup truck. |
| 0:19.0 | And so I apologize for the hum of the engine in the background. |
| 0:24.0 | It's a 2008 truck with 365,000 miles on it, |
| 0:29.0 | so it's got a right to do a little bit of grumbling |
| 0:32.0 | as we go up the road. |
| 0:35.0 | I'm on my way up to a Central Idaho Elk Unit where my Oak tag is good for just a few more days, |
| 0:41.0 | haven't been able to tear away before this and go hunting. |
| 0:45.2 | And I'm starting to feel like I will have committed |
| 0:48.0 | a serious transgression if I don't at least make an attempt. We've had a lot of weather lately which should help |
| 0:56.5 | the hunting. I've been watching the forecast up there as well and it's been the same as |
| 1:02.2 | around home early season in Idaho was pretty |
| 1:05.8 | warm and from the folks I've talked to it was kind of hard in that big rugged |
| 1:12.0 | central Idaho mountain country being |
| 1:16.0 | you know being very effective on all because they just weren't real vocal and |
| 1:19.8 | active I'm hoping the cold and the weather will have changed that. Today I am flying without |
| 1:26.9 | notes at all, which I've done a few times in the past, so bear with me if my thoughts seem |
| 1:31.5 | a little bit scattered. |
| 1:33.6 | We're just going to go over some random thoughts on ballistics and terminal performance, |
| 1:40.7 | terminal bullet performance. performance, and I'm going to kind of springboard off of all the recent interest in the |
| 1:50.9 | freshly launched 7 MMPRC because it's such an interesting case study. |
| 1:57.6 | First I want to just talk about a few monomodle bullet manufacturers that I left out of that episode a little while ago. |
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