What do you think of 25-284

depending on what action you build it on...some can be problematic in the feeding department.
It's kind of long for a short action and kind of short for a long action.....
I've barreled two on Model Sevens and one on a short 700, the 700 was an older rifle,(1969) it fed pretty well with minor mods...the first Model Seven was a first year rifle (1983) with the steel bottom metal, not that it had anything to do with it but that one fed fine without any mods....the other Model Seven was a newer stainless version and it needed rail milling and lots of hand filing and honing on the bottom of the rails...as well as modding the follower a bit as well as a WSM mag box.
I would say build it on a long action and you know it will feed, but then, you may as well build a 25-06 or a 25-06AI....I have a long action Ruger M77 here that would be a good candidate..the Ruger is shorter than a 700...not as much wasted mag space...
 
Amphibious said:
bartell had one once upon a time. scary accurate.

pretty sure someone blew that rifle up a while back?
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Rembo built it, Bartel loaded for it, I "blew it up"(not really, I fired a 260 remington round by mistake, the rifle was OK, BTW), I sold it to RickF who had either Bill Leeper or Denis Sorensen turn the barrel down to mountain rifel contour, chopped it a bit, put it in a lightweight mcmillan stock and uses it for sheep etc now.

All the way through that process it was stupid accurate even after the 260 rem incident.

The cartridge doesn't really do anything new that the 25-06 doesn't do, to me it was a tweener. Not really a target round, not really a varmint round, would make a good deer rifle if it was light, the gun was over 10 lbs scoped when I had in the lamnated stock. If I really wanted a 25 calibre round that screamed I would get a 257 Roy, if the velocity wasn't my real goal I would build a 257 Bob. To me the 25-06 or the 25-284 are tweeners.
 
I have 3- 25 cal rifles... 1905 marlin 25-20...Winchester model 51 25-20, Winnie 1892 25-20 and a Winnie Model 1894 in 25-35. the 25-35 can sure bowl the "dogs' over.

Often wondered what the newer 25 cals would be like to shoot...but haven't got around to that YET....
 
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Martin was very honest about that rifle. I ended up trading it off as someone wanted it a LOT! I liked it enough that I immediately had a second one built.

The 25-284 is a great cartridge. Mine were both built on short action M700's. It is a bit of a tight fit in a short 700, but my latest one has a 3" mag and it is absolutely perfect.

Feeding? There are a couple of tricks but once you know how it's not rocket science.

If you want one go for it, it is a good one!
 
Accurate and fast. I liked it but it doesnt do anything a 260 Rem wont do, and I just got my custom 260 back so the 25-284 had to go. I would have another someday
 
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