What to re-barrel my 6.5x284

Hespco said:

You don't need a dedicated loading room. There are portable stands to mount your press on like the one here. Or for a few bucks you can make one out of wood. Load a few rounds when your home. Also lots of used loading presses & systems available. Places like " Gun Broker ". You can advertise on the gun forums for used loading equipment. And of course there are all the looney gun cranks like myself that would bend over backwards to help you out with questions. Fun, fun, fun.....
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i may look at some tables.I bring most all of my reloading stuff with me SoI'll start looking up some recipes. Thanks for the help. Oh and awesome pet by the way

270 Winchester gets my vote

When I was at Bible College, we lived in an 800sq ft apartment. I mounted my RCBS RockChucker Press to a 24" 1x6 pine board. I C-clamped it to the kitchen table and loaded for my 30-06. I used an RCBS Balance Beam scale. My only rifle at the time, a sporterized 1917 Enfield. When done, it went back under the bed.

.284 Winchester. Not common but factory ammunition is available.

Good luck

Jerry

Midway has Nosler and HSM ammo for 6,5x284 available. Also, copper creek ammunition will hand load your rounds too.

In addition to these, Choice Ammunition out of Montana has a good selection of 6.5x284

Copper Creek Cartridge stocks 6.5 x 284ammo, loaded with several bullet options.

Look into Unknown munitions out of ID, they will make any ammo for you and price is pretty reasonable, all things considered. They way you can keep your 6.5X284 and enjoy it. I have two, so maybe I'm a little biased...

I have (like so many others) more guns than I need, but the one that's calling to me is the 6.5 x 284. I haven't taken the plunge yet, but it's next on my "want it list". If you're still considering, think about the 25:05AI. It's really a. Great round, and when I shoot factory ammo to fireform I get excellent accuracy. Or consider the 260AI. ( As you can see, I like the AI rounds )

With a savage you could swap boltheads and magazine boxes and make it pretty much anything you wanted. Could swap in a magnum bolthead and do a 300wm or 338 wm. Different from what you already have and lots of factory ammo available for those.

arawls88 said:

Yes sir I have lapua and nosler brass, 6.5 pills and some 215 primers. Just don't have a dedicated reloading area/room. Hard when you're on the road working honestly. Or maybe that's just my excuse.

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You don't need an excuse. If you don't want to reload, just shoot factory ammo and have fun. There's plenty of good stuff out there. I just retired from a job that had me "on the road" for fully half my life, as in every other week. I shot factory ammunition for most of that thirty-year career, and much of this was before we had the really good factory stuff that is available today. I had no problems, and killed a ton of game. Now I'm getting back into reloading, and it's because I now have the time to do it right. If I didn't, I would just continue to enjoy the good factory ammo that is now available. The only thing I would suggest to you is that when you find something you really like, buy a case of it. I had a load that my 30-06 shot extraordinarily well, with an excellent game bullet, and didn't buy enough of it. Then they quit making it. Boo-hoo. I wouldn't be crying if I had stocked up.

25-06. I love mine.

Best advice I read... start reloading for that rifle. It is loads of fun to reload and very satisfying to search for that perfect load that gives the best velocity and accuracy. I have that same rifle and caliber and can say it has a great trigger and is very accurate even in its stock form. You may want to stiffen the stock though which I did by epoxy bedding the action and filling the forearm. I shot it that way for a year then Oryx came out with a chassis so I upgraded to it. Here it is today.