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Boys gun 5 pounds, 22 long rifle rimfire
Mans gun 10 pounds, 7mmRemMag
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So a few months ago I bought a rifle at a garage sale... The fit didn't even know what it was and the caliber wasn't marked.. Had it casted and come to find out it's 6x284.... Does anyone reload this And sell it personally on here or does anyone know a special manufacture that sales this ammo I can't find it anywhere It is a wildcat and strictly a handloading proposition. I made brass for mine out of Lapua or Norma 6.5x.284, I forget which. It would be hard to know what to load for it without knowing the twist. Mine was a 1-14" and wouldn't handle bullets over 75 grains. Many were made with 1-8", even 1-7", twists to handle VLDs up to 115 grains. If you do not reload and don't want to get into it, I recommend selling that rifle. Tom
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I have to go with the following!
30-06
7mm RM
308
243
223
22lr
I like the 7 mm Mauser but don't have one any longer, and the 260 is next to fill a safe spot! Can't disagree with this list.
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If a guy had 22 LR 223 and 30-06 you really wouldn't need much more....
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.308 gets my vote for anything I care to chase around... Yup .... It's boring but does everything that most others mentioned here do and does it in a short action. Currently own three 308s.
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FWIW,
.308, .223 AI, & .17 HMR...
Something mild, accurate, and 6.5mm deserves to make it on that list... Thinking the 6.5x47L, the Cringemoor, or the .260 Remington. That the first two work so well with a stock Remington Magazine Box it is hard to push the latter.
Regards, Matt.
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When one looks at various reloading manuals and has reloaded for a number of years, one sees that it takes a great deal more powder to beat a 270 Winchester by just a couple of hundred FPS.
I shoot a 270 WSM so I have experience in that department...lol.
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Before I did my first custom chamber I poured over the pages of the reloading manuals. To my dismay as a .30 caliber man I discovered the.270 was about as good as one could get without getting really wild. Wild is what I did: A 7-.300 Weatherby is what I used for about ten years.
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Yes but what are you using now?
Last edited by Rug3; 09/01/17.
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270 Win. especially if you consider it's current performance with the newly introduced R26. 3000fps with a 150 gr bullet, tough to beat that.
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That 7-.300 Weatherby was rebarreled and chambered to .375-8 Rem Mag. It is just too heavy for this old man. Yes but what are you using now? A used Weatherby Mark V six lug .270 Winchester. When I sent my 6.5SLR, which is on a Weatherby mark V six lug action also, to get a new barrel I went on line and purchased this .270. This very day I am going to give it a try with Hornady 110 grain V-Max bullets. I loaded up 26 to play with. Its hunting load is a Barnes TTSX 110 at 3,475 feet per second. Five shots run between 5/8" and 15/16" at 100 yards.
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Would Formidilosus would be proud? I fired ten with the .270. The group is 1 3/16" X 1 1/16". When I figure out how to post a photo I will. By the way, delightfully the impact for both the Hornady 110 and the Barnes 110 happened to be the same.  ![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/medium/51727.jpg)
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Like the 30-60 based calibers for hunting. Especially the 25-06 and 270. My go to caliber is the 338-06, I hunt with it the most.
As for varmint calibers, it has to be the 223. The 17 Tactical is devastating on coyote and smaller game and is a tack driver.
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Something that is on the shelf at Walmart. I took a perfectly good .308 barrel off a stanless Ruger MKll and screwed on a Shilen match grade 7mm-08 barrel and doubled the price of the factory ammunition that I shoot. Don't get me wrong, I love that little Brown Precision/Ruger/Shilen combination, but no deer would ever tell the difference between a .308 and a 7mm-08. My kid thought that he got a great deal on a Weatherby Vanguard in .300 Weatherby Magnum until he got around to buying it ammunition. The rifle might have been at Walmart, but the ammunition sure isn't.
My other auto is a .45
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Go to your various WalMart stores and keep track of the inventories. 270, 308, 30-06 most popular in BG hunting rounds.
If you are thinking 280 AI then buy a 7RM. If you must have a little more then buy a 300WM.
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