300 PRC factory Hornady match ammo can be had for $1.62/round online compare that to $3.75/round online for 300NM or 338LM and it's no contest. blows on why 300 PRC will win out against 338lm, 300NM or other competitor are because IMO 300 PRC is going to win this fight it's going to be the prevalent long action cartridge in the future and anybody shooting 300NM or 338LM will be a rare oddity just like anyone shooting 260 Rem or 6.5x47 rather than 6.5cm is now. You have to look at your options today and to look to future at how things are going to play 5, 10, 20 years from now. Right now in the magnum cartridge space we're about where we were in 2015 in the 6.5mm cartridge space. 6.5 Creedmoor won that war which is excellent for those that shoot 6.5cm because there's more people using it which means more rifle's chambered in it more ammo for it and reloading components for it and all at lower prices due to economies of scale. Just like we saw up until few years ago the in 6.5mm standard sized cartridge space there is competition in the long action magnum cartridge space right now. With the A-TIPS 300 PRC outperforms 338LM.
Outside the scope of the original question but if someone wanted a ballistically predictable round that can consistently hit targets between 2000-2500+, something like a 338 Edge/ AI or a chamber in the 375+ class should be selected vs 300 PRC or 338 LM (375 Cheyenne Tac comes to mind). Still a good performer with potential to make consistent hits at or slightly beyond 2k but prob runs out of enough steam to make performance at 2500 questionable. With a 30” tube, which would be the correct barrel length choice for the OP’s use case, one would still have to get those 230s really moving out of a PRC chamber to hit 3000k safely. Good information, Thank you for the data.Īssuming a 3-5% drop off in MV for the 230’s extra 5 grains and another 50-75 FPS reduction if a 26” barrel is used vs a 30” (I prefer barrel lengths on all my rifles at most 26” at most for personal preference reasons) thinking the PRC’s realistic velocity expectation for me is prob somewhere between 2800-2850ish.at that velocity, Shooter has it going subsonic at 2000 yards. He told me they don't often have to change a barrel out below the 3K mark. He told me the Finnish Defense Forces change the barrels out at 3K rounds, regardless if it's still shooting sub-moa. We got on the topic of barrel life (TRG-42/338LM). I will say that about 10-years ago, I was talking with a Sako rep about the TRG's. Looking at the ballistics, my 30 Nosler shooting the Berger Target Hybrid 230's, will go another 120-yards before going transonic comparing it to the 338LM using the Berger 300's.Īs far as barrel life, I'm yet to experience that. I had the same rifle built previously as configured in the picture in 338LM, and now wish I didn't go with the 338LM on that build (and not my first 338LM either). Bonus target at the end of the match, and I did it again a month later (ELR match in Raton NM). Why not a 30 Nosler? Here's my 30 Nosler, after hitting a 1-moa target at 1-mile with one shot.
What kind of barrel life are you seeing out of these calibers? If you had your choice which would you go with? Use will be to bang steel from 500 out to 2500 with most of the shooting being done at around a mile. Rifle build will be on a custom action, probably a Defiance, right around a 30" bartlein, MDT or XLR chassis. 338īarrel life seems to be in the 1200 round range Higher velocity's and less drop than the. More energy on target to spot misses/hitsĬost of reloading components is $0.37 more than PRC 338 Lapua Mag.īrass life and quality available is far better than the PRCīarrel life is about double that of the PRC, I've heard 2500 rounds or so Going to start shoot more at 1500+ now and I'm stuck between the. Looking to have a new gun built for ELR shooting, I've been shooting up to 1000 yards for a few years now and recently shot out to a mile with a 6.5 creedmoor.
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