{"id":67987,"date":"2017-01-26T11:07:08","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T16:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=67987"},"modified":"2017-01-26T11:07:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T15:36:29","slug":"ultimate-precision-rifle-armalite-ar-10-prc-260-full-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/ultimate-precision-rifle-armalite-ar-10-prc-260-full-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Precision Rifle? Armalite AR-10 PRC in .260\u2014Full Review."},"content":{"rendered":"
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The PRC 260 from Armalite delivers a high-end precision rifle in .260 Rem. ready for effective suppressor use.<\/p><\/div>\n

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My introduction to the .260 Remington occurred about five years ago during a hog hunt with my friend from Mike\u2019s Guns in Texas. Meeting up at his shop prior to the hunt, he let me spend some time with an AR-10 he built in .260 Remington. Using his rifles in .308 provided a solid comparison, and the .260 Remington was impressive. Especially when suppressed, it was softer shooting then some of my 5.56mm ARs.\u00a0 Trimming the gas a bit made it reliable, quiet, clean, and incredibly accurate.\u00a0 Testing a bolt rifle of his in the same round a bit later, the accuracy potential of the round became clear. Using some of his handloads, I produced several groups in the 0.20 inch range. But therein lay the problem; the need to reload. Factory match ammunition was all but non-existent at the time. Black Hills Ammunition loaded some in their premium line, but that was about it. Since reloading was not in the cards for me at the time, it was not something I pursued.<\/p>\n

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The rifle proved to be as capable with a suppressor as it did without, being reliable and accurate.<\/p><\/div>\n

It was the introduction of the 6.5 Creedmoor and its surge in popularity amongst the precision competition crowd that brought the 6.5mm back onto my radar. Factory ammunition becoming available the 6.5mm all but eliminated the .308 rifle from my precision rifle inventory. It shoots flatter, softer, more precisely, and reaches out to much longer range. With a wide selection of factory match ammunition available for the Creedmoor it was becoming a favorite of many precision shooters unwilling or unable to reload. While the .260 Remington remained popular amongst reloaders and hunters, factory match ammunition remained scarce.\u00a0 However, the .260 Remington was making huge inroads in the military, at least at the operational level.\u00a0 Talking to Special Missions Unit members, they swear by the .260 Remington and have been requesting rifles for years. While it likely will not make a big splash on the main stage, at the smaller unit level they are starting to creep in. All of this combined has finally sparked a surge in precision rifles and factory match ammunition for the .260 Remington. Cost is still higher for .260 Match, but there are several commercial loads now available.<\/p>\n

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The author topped the 20-inch barrel off with an AWC Thor PSR suppressor.<\/p><\/div>\n

ARs Chambered in .260 Remington<\/strong><\/h2>\n

As evidenced by my early experience with an AR-10 in .260 Remington, it can be done. Most early rifles were custom built with a few factory rifles popping up on occasion. A few seemed to think it was harder to build an AR-10 in this caliber, but others never seemed to have the same issues, including Mike Brown of Mike\u2019s Guns, or me. \u00a0Having assembled a few over the last couple years they were easier to tune than similar .308 models in my experience. In an industry chock full of mythology, it was dismissed in my case. More often than not they are excuses to \u201cnot\u201d do something. It was only a matter of time before demand outstripped any problems (real or otherwise)\u00a0 limiting rifle availability. Much of the demand was for an AR-10 that would work suppressed though, and that is problematic unless tuned solely for suppressed use. What we really needed was a rifle with a \u201cshortish\u201d barrel that allowed for use suppressed and unsuppressed without requiring re-tuning. It has been tried in the past with moderate success but it looks like Armalite has now taken that idea to a whole new level with the AR-10 PRC in .260 Rem<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The adjustable gas block sits underneath the hand guard. Note the short rail sections for accessories.<\/p><\/div>\n

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