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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: mkcj on January 30, 2008, 05:23:28 PM

Title: 6.5x284 anyone
Post by: mkcj on January 30, 2008, 05:23:28 PM: Anyone shoot this cal. I am going to have a gun made trying to figure out what I want to shoot. If so how is it for hunting
Title: Re: 6.5x284 anyone
Post by: Slenk on January 30, 2008, 06:47:04 PM: 6.5X284 seems to be a lot of interest in this calibar over on the savage shooters site .They are saying that the .284 brass for reloading is hard to find some times . I would rather have just the 284 but thats just me .
I do know that savage does build a rifle in 6.5X284.
slenk
Title: Re: 6.5x284 anyone
Post by: 257 Wby Mag on January 30, 2008, 09:15:31 PM: I think Nosler and Lapua are both making brass now. Good round, what action, barrel, stock etc are you using?
Title: Re: 6.5x284 anyone
Post by: Slenk on January 31, 2008, 11:06:00 AM: Yup at $1.00 a pop for emty brass . OUCH
http://www.grafs.com/metallic/702

These are a little cheaper and neck down
http://www.midwayusa.com/ebrowse.exe/browse?TabID=1&Categoryid=7570&categorystring=9315***652***670***9013***
Title: Re: 6.5x284 anyone
Post by: mkcj on January 31, 2008, 05:18:55 PM: Not sure if this is the cal. I will end up with have read it is very hard on barrels! Going to use a rem. 700 action McMillan stock and krieger barrel and a gunsmith by the name of rick beginski from mukilteo is building it
Title: Re: 6.5x284 anyone
Post by: mkcj on January 31, 2008, 05:22:46 PM: This is his # Rick Beginski
10132 63rd PL. W
Mukilteo, WA 98275
Email: RWBPLF@AOL.com
Phone: (425) 349-5043 (Local Clients Only)
(Smithed 3 of Top 10 LG at 2004 1K Nat'ls
and 5 NBRSA Record Guns)
Title: Re: 6.5x284 anyone
Post by: Slenk on January 31, 2008, 07:33:05 PM: If I was going with a 25 , I would build 25-06 .
But I am building a .338-06 instead.
Slenk
Title: Re: 6.5x284 anyone
Post by: mkcj on January 31, 2008, 07:38:18 PM: I'm kinda leaning towards a 7mm
Title: Re: 6.5x284 anyone
Post by: Slenk on February 01, 2008, 06:26:38 AM: Good choice
I have 7-08 & 280 Thinking of adding .284 .
2 of my sons had 7mags. but they went bigger.
Slenk
Title: Re: 6.5x284 anyone
Post by: high country on February 03, 2008, 07:02:13 AM: what are you wanting to accomplish? the 6.5/284 is an amazing long range round if you shoot high bc bullets and have plenty of twist. I have a 6.5/06....ballistic twins. I also have the 25/06 and 257roy. the roy is my choice for point and click, but I take my 6.5 out to the open country where I know shots will be long. it requires a range finder and ballistic research to reach its potential, but once you have done that it pretty much is possible to take shots into the 4 digit range. not that it can't be done with the 25's but the 6.5's have better bc and sd.