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<blockquote data-quote="dennisinaz" data-source="post: 734837" data-attributes="member: 40966"><p>I have built a number of 6.5-284s. My reamer has about .180 freebore if I remember right. The neck is .298 and is pretty much a no-turn. I mostly shoot 130s for hunting. I like the extra velocity I get with them.</p><p></p><p>I run R17 (50.5 grains) and a 130 Norma Diamond line (moly bullet) I am getting about 3230-3240 fps out of it. I can't get the velocities that you guys seem to get with H4831. When I was shooting 1000 yd BR, I used H4831 and N160 but needed a 29" barrel to get 3000 fps. With my 25" hunting barrels, there is no way I can get 3000 with that powder and the 140s.</p><p></p><p>Berger sent me some 140 hybrids for testing last year. I shot the whole box up at 100 and 800 yards. I had best luck with MagPro- easily getting 3000 fps and shot .4 MOA at 800 yards with that powder and Lapua brass. I cannot get sub MOA accuracy with reformed W-W 284 brass so I don't try anymore.</p><p></p><p>Another powder that seems really good is Ramshot Magnum. I got slightly better accuracy with MagPro so I stuck with it.</p><p></p><p>All three of the 6.5-284s I built last year run really well with 130s and R17. If you live where it is really cold, you may want to test R17 and see how it does. It rarely see anything below freezing and it is completely stable between 32 and 90; the stuff I shoot in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennisinaz, post: 734837, member: 40966"] I have built a number of 6.5-284s. My reamer has about .180 freebore if I remember right. The neck is .298 and is pretty much a no-turn. I mostly shoot 130s for hunting. I like the extra velocity I get with them. I run R17 (50.5 grains) and a 130 Norma Diamond line (moly bullet) I am getting about 3230-3240 fps out of it. I can't get the velocities that you guys seem to get with H4831. When I was shooting 1000 yd BR, I used H4831 and N160 but needed a 29" barrel to get 3000 fps. With my 25" hunting barrels, there is no way I can get 3000 with that powder and the 140s. Berger sent me some 140 hybrids for testing last year. I shot the whole box up at 100 and 800 yards. I had best luck with MagPro- easily getting 3000 fps and shot .4 MOA at 800 yards with that powder and Lapua brass. I cannot get sub MOA accuracy with reformed W-W 284 brass so I don't try anymore. Another powder that seems really good is Ramshot Magnum. I got slightly better accuracy with MagPro so I stuck with it. All three of the 6.5-284s I built last year run really well with 130s and R17. If you live where it is really cold, you may want to test R17 and see how it does. It rarely see anything below freezing and it is completely stable between 32 and 90; the stuff I shoot in. [/QUOTE]
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