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6.5x284 Throat Burner
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 954321" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>I wouldn't call it a barrel burner like many other well thought of calibers often mentioned on the board. It's better than a .243, but that's nothing to be bragging about. I've known guys that got 1000 rounds out of C/M barrels, and I've also known a couple that saw less than 500 rounds out of a couple gold plated king of the hill barrels that are often regarded as the best money could buy. I Think a lot of it is how you load the rounds and the powder burn rates. Certainly it won't last nearly as long as a 6.5-06 or even sorta close to the 6.5/.257AI. Still it's a .264 bore, and just how many thousand rounds do you plan on shooting?</p><p> </p><p>The 6.5-284 like the 6.5-06 is starting to get into overbore, and of course barrels suffer. The 6.5/257 is about perfect capacity wise and the 2900fps with a 140 grain bullet shows this. My only complaint is that I've seen cases dry up to un-obtanium twice in my lifetime, so I would not go for it. Still I've long felt the 6.5-284 tobe 150% better than all the 6-284's ever built.</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 954321, member: 25383"] I wouldn't call it a barrel burner like many other well thought of calibers often mentioned on the board. It's better than a .243, but that's nothing to be bragging about. I've known guys that got 1000 rounds out of C/M barrels, and I've also known a couple that saw less than 500 rounds out of a couple gold plated king of the hill barrels that are often regarded as the best money could buy. I Think a lot of it is how you load the rounds and the powder burn rates. Certainly it won't last nearly as long as a 6.5-06 or even sorta close to the 6.5/.257AI. Still it's a .264 bore, and just how many thousand rounds do you plan on shooting? The 6.5-284 like the 6.5-06 is starting to get into overbore, and of course barrels suffer. The 6.5/257 is about perfect capacity wise and the 2900fps with a 140 grain bullet shows this. My only complaint is that I've seen cases dry up to un-obtanium twice in my lifetime, so I would not go for it. Still I've long felt the 6.5-284 tobe 150% better than all the 6-284's ever built. gary [/QUOTE]
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