For Federal being such a big manufacturer, they have been almost an afterthought in the precision / higher end rifle cartridge market. The honest feedback Federal needs to hear is this IMO: “Hornady stubbed their toe with the 7PRC by not being able to source enough Reloader 26 powder to meet demand. They had to drop down to different powders at lower velocities, which disappointed a lot of adopters of the 7 PRC. That said, if handloaders or alternate suppliers had Reloader 26 available (like Federal did) they were able to generate the specified velocity (3000fps with a 175ELDX from a 26” barrel) and accuracy (sub MOA) that Hornady advertised. Regarding the 7 Backcountry: If Federal doesn’t have tight enough QC regarding this high-pressure ammunition to keep their velocity standard deviations for a normal shot string (6-10) below ~25ft./s and maximum velocity spreads below ~60 ft./s; this cartridge will be dead on arrival. The long range hunting and shooting community are very detail oriented, shoot with chronos and they will not tolerate inconsistent ammunition. So if there’s a problem, Federal needs to get it fixed immediately and not send out inconsistent product.” The Allterra video laid it out really well: basically it doesn’t really matter if the bullet from the 7 backcountry has X inches less drop and more velo than the 7 PRC at 800 yards; if the ammo won’t shoot sub MOA, you’re going to fucking miss a lot, and people will not tolerate that. Hornady understood this and publicly said “we had to source different powder and slow the velo down to keep the accuracy, which is the highest priority”. I assume if you told a Federal guy this they would react as though you’re telling them their baby is ugly, but that’s the truth IMO.