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Has anyone ever run IMR 4895 in the 284 Win., I seem to have it working pretty good with 140 grain sierras, only reason i tired it was cause that what i had for powder and now a days that what's you have to use LOL

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Just starting to think about reloading for the .284.... picked one up last week end. Anything current, or modern for the .284?

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While not that new H4350 is temp stable and is about the perfect burn rate for mid range weight bullets.

H4831, another oldie, is used with 180s in the BR game by many shooters.

A slightly newer powder with similar burn rate to H4350 is RL-17. 17 will usually yield more velocity. Alliant's loading site is terrible and needs updating they list nothing for the 284 but a 110 gr bullet using RL-15 or RL-19. If you decide to try RL-17 the consensus is use mid range H4350 load data and work up.

Did a quick search and saw that IMR 8208 XBR is listed on Hodgdon's site for a 120 gr bullet and a few other lighter bullets. It is temperature insensitive.

One powder that has been around a while and is also temp stable is Varget. Hodgdon's website lists loads using it from 100 grs to 175. Heavier bullets will not be the fastest but if a particular powder is not available and you have varget, it will work.


Perhaps someone can discuss RL-16 which should work but again Alliant's site sucks. In this link Alliant mentions some loads using RL-16, of course not the 284, the closest is the 280 Rem.

https://alliantpowder.com/reloaders/Powder.aspx?powderid=41

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Always work up loads for your specific gun following safe practices.

I have a Ruger 77 with a 20" Shaw barrel in 284 Win.

It likes:
120 BT or SB with 51.5 gr R15
140 SB with 55.0 gr R17
150 SB with 54.5 I 4350
160 NP with 55.0 gr R17

Shoots all at nearly the same poi.

Work up to these loads in your gun.
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