.284 Winchester?

[Carter_man]

Looking to chamber a short action and wanting a heavier bullet. I think a 284 win would be pretty efficient with a 168 to 175 gr bullet. Thoughts?

 

[HSmithTX]

In a 2.8" action they top out at 160's in my opinion and even that is going to be slower than most will find acceptable. The bullets start getting really long at 150 and up which uses up a lot of powder space in the case. I shoot 160 GameKings out of one of mine and with an 18" barrel it's hard to get much over 2600. That said a good cup and core bullet at 2550 kills very well, deer and elk both with mine and at this speed the GameKing performs beautifully from touching distance to 400 yards. I think the perfect 284 Win action would be about 3.1" for 150-160's, and to run 175-195 I would put it in a standard long action.

 

[Carter_man]

If I build a gun with it, I would make it a 26 inch barrel. I wish I could stuff that bullet in there but if you think it's too much maybe I should decide on something else

 

[LTH181818]

Looking to chamber a short action and wanting a heavier bullet. I think a 284 win would be pretty efficient with a 168 to 175 gr bullet. Thoughts?

Short action 700Rem... short action Defiance..I think medium Defiance and short Rem you can get a 3.2 box.

 

[Eric_F]

I love 284 Win and have a Tikka LA in the cartridge. But I agree in a short action its pretty limited. If you have a magnum bolt face available you've got more options (7 SAUM, 7 SST) but maybe 7mm-08 AI or 7 SAW would do the trick? If it helps, here are OALs in my 284, and all these bullets were seated with the boat tail starting just above the neck-shoulder junction, I wouldn't want to go much shorter.

 

[sierracharlie338]

I'd go at least a medium action (defiance, bighorn) to get the best out of the heavies. I'll see if I can dig up the chamber I was using to build mine. It's got a longer freebore for the heavies.

 

[Carter_man]

Thanks for the advice guys! I might play around with it. I'll do some more digging!

 

[nksmfamjp]

I think the perfect 284 Win action would be about 3.1" for 150-160's,

That sounds pretty good. 3.0" might be ok, most are 3.0". Leave the heavy bullets for the boomers.

 

[Patton243]

Great caliber. I wouldn't recommend the short action though with a heavier and longer bullet. Long action will give you the most out of it.

 

[coop2564]

Couldn't he do the short action and just have it throated for whatever bullet he intended to use so it wouldn't protrude into case to far?

 

[436]

Looking to chamber a short action and wanting a heavier bullet. I think a 284 win would be pretty efficient with a 168 to 175 gr bullet. Thoughts?

Use a long action with a 26" barrel.

 

[Eric_F]

Couldn't he do the short action and just have it throated for whatever bullet he intended to use so it wouldn't protrude into case to far?

That works if he's single feeding. Not so much if using a magazine/repeater, when he would have OAL issues.

 

[dk17hmr]

I have a win 88 in 284 it's a pain to get anything over about 140gr to mag feed. 140gr TSX seated to 2.800" hit 2950 and shoot well. I wouldn't build one on a short action for long bullets unless it's a single shot

 

[HSmithTX]

I have a win 88 in 284 it's a pain to get anything over about 140gr to mag feed. 140gr TSX seated to 2.800" hit 2950 and shoot well. I wouldn't build one on a short action for long bullets unless it's a single shot

What powder are you using? Is your M88 a rifle or a carbine? That is great speed for a bullet that long in a mag fed M88!