Rifle Review: Springfield's 7 PRC Long Action Model 2020 Waypoint

Backcountry Hunting Podcast

Joseph von Benedikt

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🗓️ 3 July 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

In one of the most exciting product announcements of the year, Springfield recently brought out a long-action version of it's superb Model 2020 Waypoint precision hunting rifle.

Previously only available in short-action cartridges, it's now available in 7mm PRC, 7mm Rem Mag, .300 Win Mag, .300 PRC, .270 Win, and .30-06! What a star-studded lineup of long-action cartridges. Now, if I can just convince Springfield to add the .280 Ackley Improved...

This brief episode details the rifle: concept, components, ergonomics, accuracy probability and guarantee, and so forth. If you want to put eyeballs on it as we examine and review it, we'll have a YouTube video up shortly. ENJOY!

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0:00.0	All right, folks, something I've been waiting for a long time.
0:04.0	Springfield just announced the long action version of its model 2020 Waypoint
0:09.6	rifle.
0:10.6	Now when this came out, the 2020 the year 2020 was available only in short
0:15.8	action versions and I wrote up one chambered in 6 mm Creedm more and my oldest
0:21.6	daughter Audrey took her first buck with it that fall.
0:24.9	Beautiful pinpoint accurate rifle. She made a if I recall a 448 yard shot somewhere in there.
0:34.0	Perfect on the X kilter buck dead right there.
0:38.0	Very impressed, but as most of you know, I like authority in hunting rifles.
0:44.1	So I've been waiting for a long time for this model to come out in long action cartridges.
0:50.3	I'll consult my notes here.
0:53.7	They've just announced this rifle chambered in 7 MM PRC, which is what this one is,
0:59.2	300 Winchester Magnum, 7M Remington Magnum, 300 PRC, and for the Classic cartridge guys among us,
1:07.8	270 Winchester and 30 a6 Springfield.
1:11.2	How can you get a better lineup than that folks? Just fantastic. So how
1:16.6	should we expect this rifle to perform? Well I think we can expect it to
1:22.2	perform really, really well indeed.
1:25.6	My old friend Ron Spomer has been shooting one just like this, and according to him, it's just scandalously accurate.
1:34.2	I confess I have not yet accuracy tested this one.
1:37.8	I just got it.
1:38.8	I'm so excited that I just wanted to put together a look at the features of this rifle, but I can comment on the
1:46.4	expected or anticipated performance that should provide. They come with a three-quarter MOA guarantee. So folks, with some type of
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