The RCM is just an '06 in a short action that'll be a distant memory within a decade, IMO.
The case capacity is the same, so it's no surprise that the velocities are too (except in factory pixie dust loads).
But I've seen your quote before . . . oops, maybe it was
The 284 is just a 270 in a short action that'll be a distant memory within a decade, IMO.
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Yeah, you're right; time will tell.
Of course it does bear mentioning that the 284 lives on mostly as fodder for reloading its more popular necked-down wildcats like the 6.5-, or 25-, or 6mm-284s.
But you're right, time may tell a completely different story.