Fierce Firearms Carbon Rival XP 2.0 7mm PRC Rifle

This Carbon Rival XP 2.0 from Fierce Firearms is a bolt action rifle chambered in 7mm PRC. The cartridge is one of the newer arrivals and it came out of a clear brief: take the 7mm bore that shooters already liked, give it a modern case built for heavier bullets, and set the rifle up to actually stabilize them. The result gets magnum class performance with recoil that stays below what a 300 magnum hands back.

In practice that means a hunter can shoot it more, and shooting it more is how anyone gets good with a rifle. 7mm PRC carries well in wind, holds energy at distance, and works on everything from deer through elk with the right bullet. Factory ammunition support grew quickly because the major makers loaded it from the start instead of waiting for the cartridge to prove itself. Housed in a bolt action, there is nothing to fuss with: chamber a round, break the shot, cycle the bolt. For a shooter who wants reach without the punishment of the older belted magnums, this chambering answers most of the argument on its own.