PRECISION SHOOTING EQUIPMENT V Bar Bracket Black

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve likely noticed the 6.5’s have taken the shooting world by storm in recent years. Touting long, heavy for caliber, high ballistic-coefficient (BC) bullets, long-range competitors and hunters alike have reaped the benefits of the various cartridges designed around this caliber. Most recently the 6.5 Creedmoor, developed over a decade ago, has become one of the top-selling cartridges in North America. The 6.5×55 “Swede” has long been heralded by European hunters for its mild recoil, and the 6.5×284 Norma has reigned supreme in the world of long range mountain hunting and precision competition. I’ve witnessed first hand the slender 6.5’s capabilities on a clients stone sheep hunt in the Yukon a few years back. With a handsome ten-year-old ram bedded on a cliff-strewn knife ridge, and the wind blowing clouds of dirt off the ridge some 500 yards away, the client meticulously threaded a 140gr Berger VLD into the boiler — wind be damned — dropping the ram on the spot. You might be wondering, “if the 6.5×284 is so damned good, why do we need another 6.5?” Well, when it comes to extended range mountain hunting, the compact 6.5 PRC offers distinct advantages over its x284 cousin.