Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Custom Rifles & Wildcats Ordering a NULA 284win

I scratched that itch a while back. I'd wanted a ULA 284 since I was a kid. Mine was a 22" #1 and I loved it. But finally sold it. LOL.

If 284 is what you have to have....get it. I recently looked at building a 284 vs a 7-08 with a little freebore, and I couldn't get the 284 to come out ahead with Quickload and the COL's I was looking at with 150 Berger Hunters and/or 162 AMAX. Ended up building neither.

But now wish I had my ULA 284 back!

Regardless of caliber or make of a gun you post here, there will be blow back along
with some positives.
------But you seldom see a 284 Win needing to find a second home.
Just my2 cents.

some never miss a dig on Melvin when the opportunity comes up ...
He cant be all that bad and there arent many who can make a living building high end guns much less do it for 30 plus years

I’ve owned 3. Still have a Mz

All 3 required warranty

Not a dig, fact

maybe you need to sell that muzzleloader seems bad luck follows you

you rarely miss a chance to pass bad press off on Melvin, fact

Lol, good one

I have a follower

not really ...you just have a unique story .... you have 4 nula rifles that I assume you ordered new and three of the four had issues and Melvin built the rifles the way he wanted and not the way you wanted...seems odd you would keep ordering guns from him but I guess you wanted to give him all the opportunity in the world and you did....I just dont see why you never miss the chance to throw your bad experience out there but to each his own....happy holidays and good hunting to you seems you have moved on and I hope you have found your dream rifle

I enjoyed my conversation with Melvin, had a pleasant experience, and love the rifle he built for me. It’s a 7-08 with a 22” #1 barrel. With a Leupold 6 x 36 scope mounted it weighs 5 lbs 14 oz. It is the easiest rifle to load for that I have ever had.

Sako, let us know what you decide.

I'm also interested in Melvin's quoted delivery time.

Merry CHRISTmas to you and your family as well.

Ignore cooperfan.......he comes by on darn near every ULA/NULA thread and pisses & moans. He had a bad experience years ago and can't move on. LOL

257 Bee, 250 AI, 284, 257 AI. All were perfect. All performed as expected. I got your ass beat. And yea. I shot them all. A lot.

Sako, I hope you're well. I'm not a NULA fan, though do like the one I sold you. I would definitely go number 2 but I like a little weight out front.

Definitely go #2, but whatever you do. Don’t get those hideous stripes painted on the stock

In my experience, Cooperfan's experience is not unique. Nice rifles that tend to shoot really well, though. Most I had were the least finicky rifles I've ever had, but mine are all gone now.

With that said, stainless 22" 1:8 number 2 with stripes would be my vote for this requirement. I had a .308 built to those specs and it balanced really well.

correction, .308 was a 1:10 but otherwise identical to the above description. I would go 1:8 in 7mm.

Thanks for the all the replies. I’ve owned two NULA rifles prior to now; a 257wby with a #2 contour that I kick myself for selling everyday, snd a 270wby that is collecting dust in the back of my gun safe. I’ve shot both rifles, and the 270wby with a #2-1/2 contour is an absolute tack driver. The .257wby shot well under 1/2” too but I decided to hang onto the 270wby knowing it would get shot. I contacted Melvin today and he will be putting a new #2 contour 24” .257wby barrel on my current 270wby.

As for the 284win, I’ve got my basis covered now with a #2 stainless Douglas @ 22”. Said and done, now the wait begins once I send the 270wby back.

I bet you’ll like the 22” no. 2.

Stripes or no stripes?

Also, I bought that .270 of yours cheap about a decade ago. Somebody had floated it at some point and someone posted it on here saying it wouldn’t shoot. I sent it back to Melvin and he repainted the stock and bedded it and turned it into an absolute tack driver. Melvin said he had a paint idea he thought I would like. My favorite NULA paint job ever.

I had a 100 day turnaround this summer on a CLR upgrade. Melvin was a pleasure to do business with. If the opportunity arises, I will do another rifle with him.