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Savage 6.5x284 seems slow
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<blockquote data-quote="benchracer" data-source="post: 922478" data-attributes="member: 22069"><p>With H4831SC, your max should be around 52 or 53 grains. Even that is not likely to get you to 3000fps, especially from a 24" barrel. If your best accuracy comes in at near max loads, you might get 2900fps or so out of it. From what I have seen of others' results, you might get 50fps more with Retumbo.</p><p> </p><p>My 6.5-284 accuracy load came in at 52.5 grains of H4831, but I was getting ejector marks on the Lapua brass, which tells me the load is too hot. I haven't chronoed the load, but there was very little difference in performance between it and my 6.5x55 load using 48.2 grains of H4831 @ 600 yards. Both were fired from 26" barrels.</p><p> </p><p>Keep in mind that most shooters reporting 3000+fps from the 6.5-284 are doing that from 30+" match barrels.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="benchracer, post: 922478, member: 22069"] With H4831SC, your max should be around 52 or 53 grains. Even that is not likely to get you to 3000fps, especially from a 24" barrel. If your best accuracy comes in at near max loads, you might get 2900fps or so out of it. From what I have seen of others' results, you might get 50fps more with Retumbo. My 6.5-284 accuracy load came in at 52.5 grains of H4831, but I was getting ejector marks on the Lapua brass, which tells me the load is too hot. I haven't chronoed the load, but there was very little difference in performance between it and my 6.5x55 load using 48.2 grains of H4831 @ 600 yards. Both were fired from 26" barrels. Keep in mind that most shooters reporting 3000+fps from the 6.5-284 are doing that from 30+" match barrels. [/QUOTE]
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