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Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
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<blockquote data-quote=".300 Dakota" data-source="post: 2560169" data-attributes="member: 106514"><p>What he said x 10! I ran 180s in a 26" 284 Win Match at 2945 with no obvious pressure signs. Handloading could get the 7 Mag even faster.</p><p></p><p>The other obvious drawback to this cartridge is that at 2.2+ inches, it's going to be in no-man's land like the 6.5x55 and similar cartridges. If you put a long bullet in it, you're going to need a long action or at least XM length. If you build it in a short action, you'll have to seat the long bullets so deep to make the magazine useful that you're losing any perceived advantage. It will be up to rifle builders to get the action length and throat dimensions correct to give it any shot at becoming popular. Unless they flood the market with ammo, which hasn't happened with a new cartridge yet save the 6.5 Creedmoor, but it took years for it to catch on. So I see no real advantage to this design and a couple of huge disadvantages. I'm quite disappointed, too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE=".300 Dakota, post: 2560169, member: 106514"] What he said x 10! I ran 180s in a 26" 284 Win Match at 2945 with no obvious pressure signs. Handloading could get the 7 Mag even faster. The other obvious drawback to this cartridge is that at 2.2+ inches, it's going to be in no-man's land like the 6.5x55 and similar cartridges. If you put a long bullet in it, you're going to need a long action or at least XM length. If you build it in a short action, you'll have to seat the long bullets so deep to make the magazine useful that you're losing any perceived advantage. It will be up to rifle builders to get the action length and throat dimensions correct to give it any shot at becoming popular. Unless they flood the market with ammo, which hasn't happened with a new cartridge yet save the 6.5 Creedmoor, but it took years for it to catch on. So I see no real advantage to this design and a couple of huge disadvantages. I'm quite disappointed, too. [/QUOTE]
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