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Midweight 7's in a SA Savage
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<blockquote data-quote="AZShooter" data-source="post: 2002402" data-attributes="member: 5219"><p>A few of the posters said they thought a long action would be an interesting choice for the 284 Win with the longer heavier bullets. I had always wondered about that too. A friend was thinning his collection and I acquired his LA Rem chambered in 284 with a longer throat. Barrel is a #5 SS Lilja, fluted, 1 in 7 twist 28.5" long in a synthetic stock with a bedding block. (there is a story with this barrel that doesn't need to be addressed now. I will say it was once a 30" 7mm STW in its first life) The 180 Berger hybrid heel/bearing surface junction is a bit above the case's shoulder/neck junction when seated .010" into the lands. Just began working up some loads, using H4831 and RL-17. Fed 210 match with neck turned 284 win brass. Loaded ammo has a .310" neck . This reamer has a .3165" neck. At least I able to use the same K and N turner setup and bushings for both 284s.</p><p></p><p>So far I am hovering just under an inch for five shots with both powders. Best so far is 54 gr of H4831 for 2830 fps and 52 gr of RL-17 for 2890 fps. Finally able to get to the range again today and will try seating depth increments with the RL-17 load to see if I can tighten up the group size. </p><p></p><p>I think this 1 in 7 twist barrel might do well with 195s but in the deal I got a dozen boxes of 180 gr Bergers and am not interested in spending any more money on components right now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AZShooter, post: 2002402, member: 5219"] A few of the posters said they thought a long action would be an interesting choice for the 284 Win with the longer heavier bullets. I had always wondered about that too. A friend was thinning his collection and I acquired his LA Rem chambered in 284 with a longer throat. Barrel is a #5 SS Lilja, fluted, 1 in 7 twist 28.5" long in a synthetic stock with a bedding block. (there is a story with this barrel that doesn't need to be addressed now. I will say it was once a 30" 7mm STW in its first life) The 180 Berger hybrid heel/bearing surface junction is a bit above the case's shoulder/neck junction when seated .010" into the lands. Just began working up some loads, using H4831 and RL-17. Fed 210 match with neck turned 284 win brass. Loaded ammo has a .310" neck . This reamer has a .3165" neck. At least I able to use the same K and N turner setup and bushings for both 284s. So far I am hovering just under an inch for five shots with both powders. Best so far is 54 gr of H4831 for 2830 fps and 52 gr of RL-17 for 2890 fps. Finally able to get to the range again today and will try seating depth increments with the RL-17 load to see if I can tighten up the group size. I think this 1 in 7 twist barrel might do well with 195s but in the deal I got a dozen boxes of 180 gr Bergers and am not interested in spending any more money on components right now. [/QUOTE]
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