New build

marley · Wednesday at 11:56 PM

This rifle used to be a 300 RUM. I had shot out that barrel so I decided that because the RUM was so similar to my Norma ballistically that I would have it rebarreled to a 7 PRC. I went with a 22” Benchmark carbon on the Jim Borden action and swapped the scope to a NF NX8. Manners EH1 stock and a Jewel trigger. Rifle weighs right at 9 lbs 10 oz with the scope. Excited to work up a load. I’ve loaded up several charges of N565 with 162 ELDX and 175 ELDX. Too bad I don’t have a rifle tag this year.

Gadjet · Thursday at 5:55 PM

Sounds like a great build. Let us know how it shoots.

MountainSqwabler · Thursday at 6:34 PM

I need whatever Job you got to afford that stuff! Nice looking build! 7prc is a dandy round!

toklat · Thursday at 11:06 PM

Good job Marley. Looks like you won’t be calling on Weaver Rifles anymore.

Cahunter805 · 2024-06-28T07:35:55-0600

Looks like another great build buddy. Do you know if the chamber is the original PRC reamer or the AW2?

marley · 2024-06-28T08:07:33-0600

toklat said:
Good job Marley. Looks like you won’t be calling on Weaver Rifles anymore.

No I’ve been having Ty with Flatline Precision do all my work for the past couple years. Ty used to work with Kevin Weaver but he’s on his own now.

marley · 2024-06-28T14:52:03-0600

Cahunter805 said:
Looks like another great build buddy. Do you know if the chamber is the original PRC reamer or the AW2?

It’s the AW2

3TOE · 2024-06-29T07:35:53-0600

Great looking rifle. I have been doing some reading on the 7PRC. Let us know how she shoots when you get some rest loads worked up. I’m wishing now that I would have gone the 7PRC route over the 300PRC.

marley · 2024-06-29T08:00:35-0600

3TOE said:
Great looking rifle. I have been doing some reading on the 7PRC. Let us know how she shoots when you get some rest loads worked up. I’m wishing now that I would have gone the 7PRC route over the 300PRC.

Sounds like you need both. I did a ladder test yesterday with 162 grain and 175 grain ELDX to find some good nodes. With a 22” barrel I found a good node with N565 at 3080 with the 162s and 2980 with the 175s. This was a bit faster than I was expecting. The 3080 with the 162s was the top load I did and had zero pressure signs so I could push that a bit more but I don’t know that I want it going any faster. Recoil with a suppressor was very mild.

3TOE · 2024-06-29T15:59:49-0600

My 300PRC is currently a paperweight sore subject. Wishing I had gone the 7PRC route.
I might return to fool with the 300 one day, but for now I’m over it.