Proof Research Elevation 2.0 300 PRC 22" Midnight Rifle

A 300 PRC chambering says what this rifle is for before you ever shoulder it. Hornady built the cartridge around long, heavy 30 caliber bullets that older magnums have to seat deep to feed, giving it a straighter case, a sharper shoulder and no belt to headspace off. The result is a magnum that behaves itself: consistent case forming, easy headspacing, and bullets that stay supersonic a long way downrange. This one carries a 22 inch barrel and a Midnight finish under the Proof Research Elevation 2.0 name.

Twenty two inches is a sensible number for a magnum that gets carried. Longer tubes squeeze out more velocity, but they also add weight where you feel it most and turn the rifle into a handful in thick country or out of a blind. The trade is small enough that plenty of serious hunters have stopped chasing the last hundred feet per second. Between the chambering and the barrel length this is a rifle for open country game and long shots taken from field positions, not a bench queen. Feed it the long, heavy 30 caliber bullets the cartridge was drawn around and it does what a 300 magnum is supposed to do.