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Backcountry Hunting Podcast

BONUS 5-min Episode: 7mm PRC, A First Look

Backcountry Hunting Podcast

Joseph von Benedikt

Backcountry, Rifle, Deer, Podcast, Elk, Mountain, Sports, Hunt, Wilderness, Cartridge, Hunting

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🗓️ 26 October 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Folks, here's a quick 5-minute bonus episode on the brand-new 7mm PRC cartridge. ENJOY!

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0:00.0

As many of you have probably seen, Hornity just launched its 7MPRC cartridge.

0:08.0

And this bonus episode is just a quick first look.

0:13.2

So let's dive right in.

0:14.7

What is it?

0:15.7

The 7 MM PRC is what I consider the middle sibling of the PRC family, the precision rifle

0:22.4

cartridge family. The cartridge itself is of

0:26.3

standard length, this is 30 out six length, so it'll fit in any typical Magnum

0:32.5

Magnum cartridge action. You can have your 7mm Remington Magnum, your 300 Winchester Magnum,

0:38.5

rebarled and chambered to the 7MPRC very easily should you desire to do so.

0:47.0

So on that note, what does it do?

0:50.0

What does the 7MPRC offer that should make it compelling, right?

0:55.0

First, it's designed to shoot Extreme BC 7-M-M bullets better than any other from the ground up. This cartridge was really

1:05.0

inspired by our modern trend to want to shoot farther, more accurately, and hit

1:11.6

harder, right?

1:13.4

This is an extraordinary cartridge for that.

1:16.9

If you hunt inside 400 yards, it's not going to offer you really anything that all the other

1:22.4

classic 7mm magnums offer. It's not better than them.

1:27.2

It's at extended distances that it really excels. The cartridge produces excellent muzzle velocity, even with short-ish barrels. In testing

1:39.2

by Hillcountry rifles and some other companies I'm familiar with.

1:44.0

It appears to lose only about 25 feet per second as you cut the barrel down per inch.

1:50.0

Right? That's pretty extraordinary it speaks to the efficiency of the cartridge itself.

1:56.0

Most magnums lose closer to 50 or 60 feet per second per inch as you cut the barrel down.

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