The 6.5-284, like a thousand other wildcats out there, was around long before the recent long range target crowd picked up on it. Yet, it only became popular recently and only because it is so effective for long range target work.
The PPC's whether 22 or 6mm never saw a big commercial market, yet they were/are the two most accurate cartridges known. same can be said for many, many other "target rounds. The 6.5-284 is an excellent cartridge but doesn't "fit" into the commercial market just as the 6mm Benchrest, 6 x 47, PPC's,7mm BR....
