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Help! 6.5x284 vs 28 Nosler
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<blockquote data-quote="stoti" data-source="post: 1267699" data-attributes="member: 98003"><p>Good information indeed but I will have to respectfully disagree with the statement, "both will smoke a barrel within 1200 rounds". I am just now having a 6.5x284 barrel made and installed, before I made the decision on caliber, I did about a years worth of exhaustive research. I have seen detailed studies that show the barrel life of the 6.5x284 with different loads and also statements from owners of this caliber who tell of the barrel life they have gotten out of their barrels. Depending on the load, the type of shooting and speed which those bullets are sent down range, barrel life can differ greatly. Some of the people I have spoken with and articles I have read talk of barrels that last past 1600-1800 rounds. There is a quote on the American Rifleman website, taken from the Nosler website that shows a user has a barrel with excess of 1600 rounds that has shown no change in accuracy or velocity at all. Also from the Nosler web site a quote that shows the expected barrel life of the 28 Nosler is 1500-1700 rounds.Of course, each barrel, load and shooter is different so these numbers vary quite a bit... which is my whole point. With that being said, with the exception of PRS and active target shooters, most of the general population won't shoot 1600-1800 rounds in many, many years. Some, probably most hunters won't shoot that many rounds out of one gun in their whole life. Of course, everyone says they will or think they will but for the average guy, which most of us are, 1200 rounds out of a bolt gun is a lot!</p><p></p><p> Another thing to consider is recoil... the recoil of the 6.5x284 is practically non existent, with a brake on it, recoil is non-existent! The 28 Nosler on the other hand is a hard kicking round!</p><p></p><p>Last, the 6.5x284 is not expensive to reload, there is a ton of information and load data out there and it's also easy to reload. The 28 Nosler is far more expensive and has far less information and load data out there. </p><p></p><p>The popularity of the 6.5x284 has exploded over the past several years and for good reason. Just my 2 cents. I hope this helps you make your decision a little easier. Stoti</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stoti, post: 1267699, member: 98003"] Good information indeed but I will have to respectfully disagree with the statement, "both will smoke a barrel within 1200 rounds". I am just now having a 6.5x284 barrel made and installed, before I made the decision on caliber, I did about a years worth of exhaustive research. I have seen detailed studies that show the barrel life of the 6.5x284 with different loads and also statements from owners of this caliber who tell of the barrel life they have gotten out of their barrels. Depending on the load, the type of shooting and speed which those bullets are sent down range, barrel life can differ greatly. Some of the people I have spoken with and articles I have read talk of barrels that last past 1600-1800 rounds. There is a quote on the American Rifleman website, taken from the Nosler website that shows a user has a barrel with excess of 1600 rounds that has shown no change in accuracy or velocity at all. Also from the Nosler web site a quote that shows the expected barrel life of the 28 Nosler is 1500-1700 rounds.Of course, each barrel, load and shooter is different so these numbers vary quite a bit... which is my whole point. With that being said, with the exception of PRS and active target shooters, most of the general population won't shoot 1600-1800 rounds in many, many years. Some, probably most hunters won't shoot that many rounds out of one gun in their whole life. Of course, everyone says they will or think they will but for the average guy, which most of us are, 1200 rounds out of a bolt gun is a lot! Another thing to consider is recoil... the recoil of the 6.5x284 is practically non existent, with a brake on it, recoil is non-existent! The 28 Nosler on the other hand is a hard kicking round! Last, the 6.5x284 is not expensive to reload, there is a ton of information and load data out there and it's also easy to reload. The 28 Nosler is far more expensive and has far less information and load data out there. The popularity of the 6.5x284 has exploded over the past several years and for good reason. Just my 2 cents. I hope this helps you make your decision a little easier. Stoti [/QUOTE]
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