30-284 / coyote / gallon milk jugs

[1ASSASSIN]

Distance was laser ranged at 812 yards

1,000 yds...

1,200 yds...

800 yds...

900 yds...

Gun is set up as a single shot

Here is a list of specs on this rifle:

ACTION: Winchester M70 / blue-printed / set up as a single shot...

BARREL: Lilja / 29" / 3 groove / 1.250" diameter /muzzle brake / overall barrel and brake length - 30 1/2"...

CALIBER: 30-284...

STOCK: McMillan Tooley MBR / pillar and glass bedded...

TRIGGER: Rifle Basix / rebuilt / adjusted to 10 oz...

BASE & RINGS: EGW .040 tapered scope base and Burris Signature ZEE rings...

SCOPE: Vortex Viper 6.5X-20X-50mm 30mm tube with fine duplex reticle...

BI-POD: Sinclair F-Class...

Heavy duty firing pin spring and titanium firing pin...

Bushed firing pin hole...

My 30-284 is loaded using Lapua 6.5-284 brass, necked up to .30 caliber...

155 gr. ballistic tip bullets clocked in at a very uniform and FAST 3,400 fps!

 

[1ASSASSIN]

This is my favorite picture!

 

[tbrice23]

I love it...
If for nothing else than coyotes are lumped into the same category as a milk jug!

 

[Hatrick]

And the coyote and the milk jugs had the same ending.

 

[Canhunter35]

Cool gun. I never thought a 30-284 could chuck a 155 that fast. What made you choose to build 30-284 among the plethora of 30 cal options?

 

[1ASSASSIN]

Cool gun. I never thought a 30-284 could chuck a 155 that fast. What made you choose to build 30-284 among the plethora of 30 cal options?

Well, I like to shoot and shoot a lot, and I wanted a .30 caliber that would allow me to send a LOT of bullets downrange, without being too hard on barrels, and the 30-284 at least to me, seemed like a most logical choice.

I already have a 7mm STW and a 300 Weatherby Magnum, and just decided I "needed" something a little bit smaller to work with. I have absolutely no regrets in my decision, and with the rig set up like what you see in the pictures, recoil is comparable to that of a 22 Hornet, and I get to watch the bullet impact through the scope!

 

[tbrice23]

Well, I like to shoot and shoot a lot, and I wanted a .30 caliber that would allow me to send a LOT of bullets downrange, without being too hard on barrels, and the 30-284 at least to me, seemed like a most logical choice.

I already have a 7mm STW and a 300 Weatherby Magnum, and just decided I "needed" something a little bit smaller to work with. I have absolutely no regrets in my decision, and with the rig set up like what you see in the pictures, recoil is comparable to that of a 22 Hornet, and I get to watch the bullet impact through the scope!

Are you using Varget or H4350?

 

[tbrice23]

Also, 30 caliber Ballistic tips are Green not red, and they are not made in 155gr only 150, 165, 168 and 180gr,
Are you sure they're Ballistic Tips?

 

[BeaverHunter]

Also, 30 caliber Ballistic tips are Green not red, and they are not made in 155gr only 150, 165, 168 and 180gr,
Are you sure they're Ballistic Tips?

Looks like an eld-x to me. Either way, that is a bad a** looking and shooting gun.

 

[1ASSASSIN]

My mistake, I don't know why I said Ballistic Tip because it is not! It is a 155 gr. Hornady A-MAX.

 

[1ASSASSIN]

The 155 gr. A-MAX bullets are the only bullets that have ever been shot in this gun.

I could not get enough IMR-4350 or H-4350 in the case, so I went with the ball powder equivalent.... H-414 with bullet seated .007 into the lands.

 

[Andrew Massi]

Awesome shooting
3400fps? Isn't case capacity nearly identical to a 30-06?

 

[1ASSASSIN]

When my Oehler 43 PBL showed 3,400 fps., I pulled out the Oehler 35P to double check, and it gave the same exact reading. So yes, 3,400 fps. is correct!

I do not shoot a 30-06, so I really don't know what a case capacity comparison would be.

 

[tbrice23]

The 155 gr. A-MAX bullets are the only bullets that have ever been shot in this gun.

I should have guessed it was Amax, forgot about those.