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<blockquote data-quote="toddc" data-source="post: 1268349" data-attributes="member: 4566"><p>Lots of ways to skin a cat with a 284 based rig.</p><p>Surprised that the load only generates 50k but RL26 isn't old school 4831. </p><p>I have burned up quite a few 6.5-284 barrels and with the better steels and better powder around today they will last longer. </p><p>I went to the slower stuff like Retumbo and H-1000 since the 90 and they definitely live longer and RL26 is possibly going to yield even better results.</p><p>A lot of the barrel smoking was related to running faster powders to reach 3K+. </p><p>With the newer stuff available every cartridge is a NEW CARTRIDGE essentially. Things are being done with RL17 that we would have said you were nuts 10 yrs ago. Seems to be the same with many of these new powders.</p><p>RL17 and Superperformance as well as newer lots of H-1000 and W870 are doing things that have honestly made me think my chrono was broken, I was drunk or about to blow my head off.</p><p>A larger case such as the 284 should LOAF more to reach a reasonable velocity and should therefore protect a throat better than a higher pressure, smaller case no matter the design. </p><p>And truthfully I would call the 284 the best design of everything you mentioned anyway. The 260 is about 10 yrs older than the 284 and the Swede....well its older than dirt lol. </p><p>I built a 22 and a 6 built on the 284 since 05 or so and both lasted better than I expected running the heaviest VLDs I could find with Retumbo and not trying to be a speed demon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toddc, post: 1268349, member: 4566"] Lots of ways to skin a cat with a 284 based rig. Surprised that the load only generates 50k but RL26 isn't old school 4831. I have burned up quite a few 6.5-284 barrels and with the better steels and better powder around today they will last longer. I went to the slower stuff like Retumbo and H-1000 since the 90 and they definitely live longer and RL26 is possibly going to yield even better results. A lot of the barrel smoking was related to running faster powders to reach 3K+. With the newer stuff available every cartridge is a NEW CARTRIDGE essentially. Things are being done with RL17 that we would have said you were nuts 10 yrs ago. Seems to be the same with many of these new powders. RL17 and Superperformance as well as newer lots of H-1000 and W870 are doing things that have honestly made me think my chrono was broken, I was drunk or about to blow my head off. A larger case such as the 284 should LOAF more to reach a reasonable velocity and should therefore protect a throat better than a higher pressure, smaller case no matter the design. And truthfully I would call the 284 the best design of everything you mentioned anyway. The 260 is about 10 yrs older than the 284 and the Swede....well its older than dirt lol. I built a 22 and a 6 built on the 284 since 05 or so and both lasted better than I expected running the heaviest VLDs I could find with Retumbo and not trying to be a speed demon. [/QUOTE]
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