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280ai vs 284 Winchester
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<blockquote data-quote="358 Guy" data-source="post: 2081834" data-attributes="member: 60067"><p>Some years back I picked up a lovely old tang safety Ruger 77 in 243. The rifle shot terribly despite all my efforts. I then installed a 24" Douglas Air Gauge barrel in 284 Win. I opened up the magazine to accept rounds loaded to 2.93 with a few thousands to spare for reliable feeding. At the time, 284 brass was difficult to find, so I bought 100 rds. of Norma 6.5x284 brass and ran them through my 284 die. With the lightweight 120 gr. Barnes TTSX I can comfortably achieve 3,200+ fps using H-4350. Using Reloader 17, I can push a 160 gr. Nosler Partition to 2,850+. Accuracy is excellent with both loads. After installing a lightweight synthetic stock, and putting a 3.5x10x40 Leupold VX-3I on it, loaded, with sling, the rifle weighs 8.25 lbs. I think the old 284 is a very underrated round that deserves to be more popular.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="358 Guy, post: 2081834, member: 60067"] Some years back I picked up a lovely old tang safety Ruger 77 in 243. The rifle shot terribly despite all my efforts. I then installed a 24" Douglas Air Gauge barrel in 284 Win. I opened up the magazine to accept rounds loaded to 2.93 with a few thousands to spare for reliable feeding. At the time, 284 brass was difficult to find, so I bought 100 rds. of Norma 6.5x284 brass and ran them through my 284 die. With the lightweight 120 gr. Barnes TTSX I can comfortably achieve 3,200+ fps using H-4350. Using Reloader 17, I can push a 160 gr. Nosler Partition to 2,850+. Accuracy is excellent with both loads. After installing a lightweight synthetic stock, and putting a 3.5x10x40 Leupold VX-3I on it, loaded, with sling, the rifle weighs 8.25 lbs. I think the old 284 is a very underrated round that deserves to be more popular. [/QUOTE]
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