.284 Winchester?

[WildRose]

Looking to chamber a short action and wanting a heavier bullet. I think a 284 win would be pretty efficient with a 168 to 175 gr bullet. Thoughts?

You're probably going to need to step up to a Long action to shoot the heavies and the velocity potential is fairly anemic at around 2500-2600fps with 170-180gr bullets.

If you want to stay with a short action you'd probably be better off looking at the 7mm-08.

 

[Bullwhacker]

Currently building an ultralight 284 in a defiance mid anTi with a 22" barrel. Planning to shoot 162 ELD-X or 168 Berger's. Should be a solid deer/elk rifle to 600 yards and come in under 6 lbs.

 

[WildRose]

Wrong thread, Removed.

 

[sierracharlie338]

Currently building an ultralight 284 in a defiance mid anTi with a 22" barrel. Planning to shoot 162 ELD-X or 168 Berger's. Should be a solid deer/elk rifle to 600 yards and come in under 6 lbs.

That's gonna be sexy

 

[belldar]

I like my 284W. Would I do it again on short action? Nope. It is just enough to push a 160 Accubond to 600 for hunting. If I want to go further I choose something else. Mine is built on a Stiller action with longer bottom metal(2.98)but still not quite enough clearance if I wanted to go larger than 160gr comfortably. Ideally I should have built it on a long action, but this one's plan is to be handed down to one of the girls so it should be perfect for that.

 

[Elkeater]

I looked at the .284 win for a rem700 short action build and ultimately went with a 7-08ai. I have two loads. A 140gr absolute hammer @2946 fps and a 168gr Berger vld @ 2760fps. Either one gets me past 600 yards before it gets too slow for the bullet to open properly.

 

[AZShooter]

As a longtime shooter of the 284 Win (since 1983) perhaps I can offer some of my experiences.

It is true that 2.8" mag length is problematic for 160 or longer bullets. There are some short actions that are longer than that. A gunsmith can often lengthen the mag box or a wyatt's mag box can be installed.

I currently have a SA Ruger tang safety with a lengthened mag box. My gunsmith did the work himself. Usable space is now 3.050". (IIRC NULA model 20 actions use 3.1")

I had a custom reamer made to my specs. I neck turn the Winchester brass which needs turning as this stuff is not that concentric .315 neck. Now days you can get much better brass. I Supplied a dummy round with the 168 Berger VLD hunting to engage the lands .020" when seated to fit and feed from this magazine.

Using RL-17 this setup yields 2925 fps from a 23 1/2" barrel.
Without changing the seating die a 120 nosler bt and RL-17 is over 3400 fps

I also have a LA Rem 700 with a 28" 1 in 7 twist barrel I recently acquired from a friend who got out of shooting. It shoots 180 Berger match target with H4831 @ 2850 fps. Lots of room for bullet seating. It came with a custom long throated reamer that also requires neck turning, chamber neck .3165".

IMO best powders for a SA 284 with OAL constraints of 2.8" to 3.050" is H4350 or RL-17 with 17 making more velocity. Any bullet longer than 168 won't work that well with those mag constraints.

 

[PredatorSlayer45]

Looking to chamber a short action and wanting a heavier bullet. I think a 284 win would be pretty efficient with a 168 to 175 gr bullet. Thoughts?

Don't do it. It'll be a dog and really have no efficiency

 

[BurlyCamo]

i had a 6.5x284 built it works perfectly165 gr. bullets fantastic.

Looking to chamber a short action and wanting a heavier bullet. I think a 284 win would be pretty efficient with a 168 to 175 gr bullet. Thought

 

[longbarrelxp]

I have an Ultra Light Arms ,284 that Melvin built for me with 28" barrel. It is the Model 20 short action which has a 3.0" magazine, It pushes 154 Hornady Spire points to 3100 fps and 175 sp's to 2850. If using long, very streamlined bullets, you may have trouble with the short neck corresponding to the gripping surface area of the bullets at the loaded lengths you need.

 

[INVICTUS]

Looking to chamber a short action and wanting a heavier bullet. I think a 284 win would be pretty efficient with a 168 to 175 gr bullet. Thoughts?

All the 7mm are really efficient and versatile. You can't go wrong.

 

[Lee Goodwin]

Great cartridge. It would be cool to have a Winchester light weight in 284 win.

 

[BurlyCamo]

6.5x284

 

[Ranger Rick]

Compare the performance of a 7mm SAUM. With a proven range of 120 to 185 grain pills, it is a winner.