284 win

Great cartridge!
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I have to admit, I have always been curious. It seems like a great idea that never caught on like it should have. An article I read said that it was never put into a good short action bolt gun so it never got to shine.
 
unstableryan said:
I have to admit, I have always been curious. It seems like a great idea that never caught on like it should have. An article I read said that it was never put into a good short action bolt gun so it never got to shine.
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Browning chambered the .284 in the A-bolt series for a # of years.

I have owned 3 .284's over the years and when new every one was accurate within a hunting context and one was a tack driver....when the barrels are new. I noticed a drop in accuracy in all my .284's very much earlier than other calibers and i have a theory about that but it is nothing more than my musings...I think the short neck & sharp angle of the shoulder along with the amount of powder burnt for the relatively fast shooter that they are contributes to the early wash-out of the bore throat.

I still have the first rifle I ever bought brand new in 1967, Savage 99C in .284.
 
I had a 284 once. Never shot it. About 25 years ago I got a newspaper in the mail. Can't remember the name. But had new and used guns in it. Might have been SIR. Anyways saw a used Ruger M77 in 284 $450. Always wanted one. Sent away for it. It arrived a few weeks later and I realized it was left handed. I didn't ask. Sold it a week later for $500. Thought I did well!

Still are curious about them. Still have the W-W brass I bought for it thinking one day....
 
I have had two, both semi to full custom, one hunting weight and one had a truck axle for a barrel. Both shot well, although the hunting weight rifle needed some tweaking to get right then it shot very well. Completely unscientific, but I was shooting an informal match and the guy next to me was shooting a Sako TRG42 300WM with 208 Amax, I was shooting Lapua Scenar L 180, at a grand the 284 had a noticeably louder report on the steel than his 300WM had, and I needed less elevation and wind to get there too. This particular rifle was built on a LA, and the bullets were seated out so as to have no bullet below the neck, as such my powder charge was well above book max, and I was running a good barrel length so velocity was very good--2900+ as I recall.

I think in a true SA, this cartridge is severely handicapped for use with heavy and/or longer bullets, but a standard 140-150 cup and core bullet should be fine.
 
Handloader's Digest Sixth Edition (1972). The 375-284 - A Magnum for lever actions, article by Peter J. Spiliotis.

270gr. bullet/2,350 f/s from a rebored 19" barrel (Savage 99-C). Rifle weight just under 7 lbs loaded.

Never saw one in the flesh. Pretty powerful lever action rifle.
 
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dan belisle said:
Somewhere I have a Shooting Times article where they necked the 284 case from 22 to, hmm, I think 416. That's kind of what got me playing with the case so much. Lots of options to choose from. - dan
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A friend of mine built a .358-284... he has shot alot of game with that rifle. I wouldn't bother with half a dozen other .35 cal rifles in the safe... particularly the .358's and .350 RM's, which get hunted alot.
 
Have original Ruger M77 flat bolt clean barrel factory .284 that I bought new back in 1974 . My go to rifle , shoots 140gr Nolser PT into nice 3/4" groups a total deadly combo , Many a moose , deer, elk , bears etc have taken a dirt knap over the years .
 
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