dougduey
Well-Known Member
I have a 6.5-284 Norma on a Savage 116 long action in an Accustock that I bought used on the classifieds here. It's nothing special to look at, but shoots like a dream. It had a new 24" Savage factory barrel installed. I thought it would be a fun project and I'd put a new custom barrel on it quickly. Well......it was such a tack driver that I shot it waaaay too much and burned the barrel out after about 1200 rounds.
Even after the barrel was toast, it still shot the 124 gr Hammer Hunter bullets .3-.4" moa (while my Berger pet load was about 1 moa now). See the attached photo. That's a 4 shot group!!
The new barrel should be installed today, and I'll start load development again. It's getting a 26" Krieger, 1:8 twist, varmit contour with deep spiral flutes.
This cartridge is really accurate and pretty easy to load develop. It's why I stayed with it and got the new barrel.
Even after the barrel was toast, it still shot the 124 gr Hammer Hunter bullets .3-.4" moa (while my Berger pet load was about 1 moa now). See the attached photo. That's a 4 shot group!!
The new barrel should be installed today, and I'll start load development again. It's getting a 26" Krieger, 1:8 twist, varmit contour with deep spiral flutes.
This cartridge is really accurate and pretty easy to load develop. It's why I stayed with it and got the new barrel.