If so, built on a short action or long? If built on a short action, any issues with oal? What kind of actual velocities are you seeing out of the 85-100gr range of bullets? I have read it should be neck and neck or even have a slight edge on the 6mm-06/240wby. However my loading manuals all have the 240 leading it by at least 100fps and usually with a shorter barrel than the 6mm-284.
Anybody shooting a 6mm-284?
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Sorry I went for the fastest 243, the 240 Weatherby Magnum. With it's 24 inch barrel I achieve 3,480 fps with the 85 grain Nosler Partition. Plus, the 240 Weatherby is not free-bored like its larger siblings, bullet can kiss the lands and still fit in the magazine. I love wildcats alot and the 6mmx284 win. is very nice, but the 240 Weatherby is even nicer.
I have a 6mm-284 built on a Rem 788. I also have a 240 Gibbs (very improved 30-06 necked down to 6mm) built on a Win 70. The Gibbs is a little faster, but the cases take more work. - dan
Track...........I won't say what the velocities I have attained from 3 different 6-284s are, but through my 35P they are SIGNIFICANTLY higher than that and my first one was a 22" barrel..........add 10 gns and nearly 100 fps and you're getting close. I can nearly do that with a couple 243s I have............
Negative, I have built 4 or 5 on short 700s, usually just rechamber 243. Unless you plan to use extra heavy VLDs the length has never been an issue and I've never had to touch the feed rails on a 700 short.
The 6-284 is like a little brother to the 257 Wby, same trajectories and velocities just a little lighter bullet. I have taken several caribou with my first one and it was a 22" 700 rem rechambered 243. It killed them with great aplomb, as they say, and 2 were in extreme wind conditions but the 6-284 made it possible.
Track, one of my mountain rifles is a 270 Husqvarna (Don't mention it to Doug.) in a Brown Precision Pound'r stock. Not only is it light, but it is one of the most accurate rifles I own.
You are definitely on track with that stock. They are light, yet stiff as a rail.
Roll on,
Ted
I totally agree with Ted on the Brown stocks, I used to use nothing but Brown for years and probably stocked 20 rifles in Brown fiberglass and Kevlar stocks, nothing like todays Tupperware stocks. Never, ever put a 270 in one though.............what a waste of good fiberglass !!!
I've owned a 25-284 and a 6.5-284, now I'm considering a 6-284 for yotes and wolves, I'm thinking a stainless medium heavy barrel but with a little shorter barrel, what barrel length are people using? Would a 20"-22" barrel be to short for this cartridge?
I think in a 20 or 22" barrel you still gain on the 243 but whether it's worth it over a 243 is debatable. The 6-284 really is a highly over capacity cartridge and like all in this family benefits from barrel length.......I've run from 22-26" and all improved on the 243, never gone down to 20", that would equate to a 20" 264 WM............. I have everything from 18 1/2" to 26" in 243s right now and the 243 is very well suited to the shorter barrels, one of my all time favorite 243s was an old Ruger RSI with 18 1/2" barrel, I shot that rifle out with somewhere in the 10-12000 rounds area. It was a sweetheart and accurate enough for all my needs at just under MOA.
My next 6-284 will wear a factory Rem sporter weight 26" tube in SS. I have the barrel already and it shoots exceptionally well as a 243, which generally means it will shoot just as well as a 6-284. With the 26" tube you get to fully realize the true potential of this cartridge and it's significant improvement over the 243, with a 20 or 22" tube, I personally would take the 243.
My next 6-284 will wear a factory Rem sporter weight 26" tube in SS. I have the barrel already and it shoots exceptionally well as a 243, which generally means it will shoot just as well as a 6-284. With the 26" tube you get to fully realize the true potential of this cartridge and it's significant improvement over the 243, with a 20 or 22" tube, I personally would take the 243.
Mine has a 24" tube. Next one will be longer. - dan
Wholee barrel burner Batman. The 6.5x284 is a barrel killer and a 6x284 would be about half that for barrel life. I'd bet the barrel on a 6x284 would be a tomato stake by 500 rounds. Worse yet, the powder would have to be such a slow burn rate that your velocity spreads would be all over the place.
What's with this fascination about speed anyway? Sure with ultra high velocity you get sorta flat out to about 200 yards, but after that there's nuthin left and the bullets drop like a stone. If you're looking for a long range rifle, then focus on what f-Class shooters are using. I aint ever seen a rifle like what's described in this thread anywhere near a win on a F-Class track, there's no mystery as to why.
What's with this fascination about speed anyway? Sure with ultra high velocity you get sorta flat out to about 200 yards, but after that there's nuthin left and the bullets drop like a stone. If you're looking for a long range rifle, then focus on what f-Class shooters are using. I aint ever seen a rifle like what's described in this thread anywhere near a win on a F-Class track, there's no mystery as to why.
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BadAsMo, seems to me that south of the border some years ago, a fellow by the name of Bill Shehane made something of a name for himself shooting 6-284s in 1000 yard bench matches. And if you think the 6-284 is overbore, ask C-FBMI about his baboon gun.
