Quote Originally Posted by Whynot;

I've said this before- but it kind of bothers me that I fell for Hornadys marketing. They said they designed the 6.5 cm because the 260 rem wasn't a short action cartridge. The 6.5prc case is .005 shorter than the 260's- and they brag about it being such a great short action.

To me the 6.5 prc is kind of odd.... not really a short action and lots more muzzle blast and recoil for just shooting targets (and my barrel heats up pretty quick). And as far as a hunting rifle- If i'm going to deal with the blast and build off of a long action then I'm going to go all the way to the top and get the 6.5-300 or 26 nosler.
Its oal is 2.955” this will fit in a savage wsm mag box or other short action boxes just fine. I load my 300 wsm to 2.97. Idk why hornady would say The 260 is not a short action it is, but it just never was throated to seat long bullets out to maximize case capacity which seems to be the popular thing now.