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I have a 6.5x284 with a Hart 30" barrel.

I have been following the advice and suggestions of different combinations - h4350, h4831, Fed gm210m, cci BR-2, etc..

The gun shoots respectable - 3/4" at 100 yd - just not really good..

Any suggestions on a drop dead great accurate load..??

Would like to shoot a 140 gr bullet that could execute good killing power at 600 yards +++..

H-1000 and a Berger 140 may do the trick.

Each gun is its own entity. I recently found that my 6.5 really liked 140 Amax bullets. I pushed them with Mag Pro and R17. I have a 25" barrel so I was using the 'modern' powders to get the velocity I wanted. You are not so handicapped with that 30" barrel.

I am using Wolf or BR2 primers, Lapua brass and weighing charges.

That said, I am sticking with 130s to get the velocity I want.

what twist? i have shot 139 scenar and 123 scenar and 120 baltip. mrp-2 , mrp and h4350.

IF YOU GO 6mmbr.com there is a bunch on the 6.5-284

Yes, but it is all with ancient powders for shooting targets with no consideration to velocity. If you really want to make a 6.5-284 shine, you have to dispense with the standby powders like 4350 and 4831.

You can really wake it up with Mag Pro, R17 and Magnum. If you want ho-hum velocity and loads for 1000 yd BR, go ahead and use H4350.

Just saying...



I like the ability to get 3000 fps with a 25" barrel and I can't do that with 4350.

With your longer barrel, you probably can though.

How straight are your cartridges?

Are you a 1/2" or less shooter with other rifles?

what mathman said.

have you checked bullet runout?
How anal are you when you reload your cartridges?

I shot the 6.5X284 in 1k BR for a bit. I was getting aggs of 8" with RL 22 and the 139 scenar. I also had great results with the 140 gr berger over RL 22

Someone else's magic load may not be yours though.

I'm shooting 140 Accubonds with my Sako A7 with a Hart barrel. I'm using H414 and it shoots very well. 1/2 at 100.

WOW, H414.

I used to use that but it is too unstable for my AZ hunting uses.

I mostly used VV N160 when I shot 1000 yd BR. I don't use V V powders anymore though. I need to try H100V or whatever it is called. Have heard some good things about it.

I have built many 6.5x284's. All have 8 twist barrels around 26 inches. Most all that I have built including mine that is strictly for 1000yd, shoot half moa or less. Most all are using H4831 CCI BR primers and about 50-52 grains with Berger 140's. I shoot 51.5 with velocity around 2950fps.The reamer I use is a Norma Match from PTG. It has a .188 freebore. The ones I worked up loads for did not shine until near max pressure. This load is not maxed out in my rifle.

Billy,

I have a hunting weight 6.5-284 with a 26" med. wt. Krieger sporter on a blueprinted pre-64 M-70 action with Borden's bumps in a Boyds, Jon Sundra laminated sporter stock, pillared, glassed, torqued and freefloated. It wears a Swaro Z5 3.5-18x44 BT with Outdoorsmans turret and has a Jewell trigger.

Best hunting load is 140 gr. SST's at 2,950 fps using Vv N165 powder. On a bench, it will shoot 4 1/2" at 600 yds. with progressively smaller groups back to teens and twos at 100 yds. I can get 3,000 fps, easily with RL-17, but the N165 loads are slightly more accurate with low S.D.'s. With 50 gr. RL-17, it will go to 3,100 fps, but groups open up to 1 1/2" at a hundred. With the Swaro turret, I need accuracy a lot more than an extra few fps., so I stick with N165.

I killed an antelope in NM this past August, one shot in the chest, DRT at 200 yds. I killed a 300# boar hog in Louisiana, last year, one shot behind the ear at 225 yds. Bullet was in and out, hog was DRT. I like the accuracy of 140 gr. SST's, and at 2,950 fps, they perform perfectly.

DF

That is good velocity with R17, I get just under 3200 with 50.5 grains with 130s. I would lock my bolt up with 50 grains behind a 140!! I am getting just under .5 MOA with the R17 load which is plenty good for a hunting rifle and those 130s really sing!

With RL-17, 3,000 fps was pretty comfortable and it would shoot 1/2"-3/4" groups, not teens and twos. At 3,100 fps with 50 gr. of RL-17, pressure signs were starting to show up but I could open the bolt without a mallet.

In my rifle, Vv 165 is the most consistent, accurate powder and the one I use. I worked with progressive powder charges until I found an accuracy node. My scope turret is calibrated to this load.

I tried 130's but they weren't as accurate as the 140's.

DF

57.5 grns retumbo seated to 3.10. Norma brass n cci 250 primers

Sorry 140 Berger vld

1/2 inch at 200 yards

i didn't know you could get 57 grains in there!

200 meters, Lapua brass, 142SMK,CCI, 4350, 2875 fps. Working up loads still on this rifle. 12F Savage-SS tube 30 inch, NF scope. Brand new brass never fired. Once fired should improve. Holes on right are my 338/378 Acumark with 300 grain SMK. Same scenario concerning brass.

i have a 6.5-284 as a hunting rifle . i had it built about 12 years ago and to this day it has never shot a good group at 100yrds ever. but it will shoot 2,3,4,5,6, and out to 1000 very well. i load 50.5 RL22 with 140 gr, noz,barnes,amax and 130 scirroco . my best group is .006 at 200 yrds