My first 6.5x284 was a Kelbly built rifle, built on a grizzly 2 action. 2850 was about as fast as I could push a 142 SMK without wrecking my brass and I tried a dozen powders trying to reach 3 K. I may could get there with RL 17 or vv560 but I was not using those powders at the time. I was using vv n160 and if I recall 165 at that time. The next was built on a BAT action with a kreiger barrel I was able to get 2900 with that barrel, but later re barreled it to 6x47 lapua. I still have one built on a trued 700 in a mcmillan and a kreiger barrel. I have never even tried the 140s in it now that I think about it. I tried some hornady interlocks in it to break it in and the darn thing shot so good I can not recall every trying anything else in it. I kinda decided that the 6.5x284 was not my favorite and moved on to the 6.5-270WSM.
am sure there are guys pushing 140s at 3K with the 284 case, but I guess I just had some slow tubes as I never could no matter what QL predicted.
