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280ai vs 284 Winchester
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<blockquote data-quote="edward hogan" data-source="post: 2081963" data-attributes="member: 1341"><p>I would go .284win on a long action, unless you're mostly shooting lighter bullets. The LA enables heavy bullets to be seated without encroaching into the case and still have functional magazine capacity.</p><p></p><p>Want shorter action? Shoot premium bullets mostly? Might consider the .30 or .338 wildcatted .284s. Get those high BC #s with the .338 bullets especially. Great flight and penetration characteristics even if the velocity isn't stunning. Hodgdon's 26 shows the .30/284 and .30-06 to be ballistic twins. A long action .338/284 enables all those high BC .338 bullets and you can still go 160gr Barnes or other light boattail; if you call a 225gr "light"...</p><p></p><p>Might have some difficulty sourcing brass and wildcat die sets, these days. Nicest thing about the .280AI is it will shoot standard .280rem, and work fine with necked-down 06 brass. The 7mm-08 is another stellar performer enabling seating lengthy bullets at optimum length, if using a long action. </p><p></p><p>Of course, a .30-06AI or .308win performs essentially the same as any 7mm neck-down and you have fewer ammunition worries. Never been much .284 brass around at any retailer I've visited. I would be sure I had brass and bullets in hand, and also wildcat dies, before ordering a barrel or buying a rifle these days.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="edward hogan, post: 2081963, member: 1341"] I would go .284win on a long action, unless you're mostly shooting lighter bullets. The LA enables heavy bullets to be seated without encroaching into the case and still have functional magazine capacity. Want shorter action? Shoot premium bullets mostly? Might consider the .30 or .338 wildcatted .284s. Get those high BC #s with the .338 bullets especially. Great flight and penetration characteristics even if the velocity isn't stunning. Hodgdon's 26 shows the .30/284 and .30-06 to be ballistic twins. A long action .338/284 enables all those high BC .338 bullets and you can still go 160gr Barnes or other light boattail; if you call a 225gr "light"... Might have some difficulty sourcing brass and wildcat die sets, these days. Nicest thing about the .280AI is it will shoot standard .280rem, and work fine with necked-down 06 brass. The 7mm-08 is another stellar performer enabling seating lengthy bullets at optimum length, if using a long action. Of course, a .30-06AI or .308win performs essentially the same as any 7mm neck-down and you have fewer ammunition worries. Never been much .284 brass around at any retailer I've visited. I would be sure I had brass and bullets in hand, and also wildcat dies, before ordering a barrel or buying a rifle these days. [/QUOTE]
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