What so this illustrious collection of learned ballistic scholars on the 6.5 x 284?

How does it compare to the 6.5 Creedmore or 7mm Rem Mag or .280 Rem?

Who loves it, who hates it, why????

I will be in your debt....

As a former NRA High Power Rifle shooter, where shooting rapid fire represents 40% of the National Match course, I find reliable feeding to be absolutely necessary. Short, fat cartridges with sharp shoulders perform well as far as accuracy is concerned, but getting one to feed reliably is another matter altogether.

The 6.5X.270 and the 6.5X.30-'06, by comparison, have virtually the same case capacity as the 6.5X.284 and are no problem at all as far as reliable feeding is concerned.

The .284 originated as an effort to produce .270 and .280 performance in the short actioned Model 88 and 100 Winchester rifles. In that aspect, it was successful. The 6.5X.284 gained a reputation for accuracy in long range single shot target rifles and bench rest rifles. The slight edge that it enjoys in accuracy does not, in my opinion, outweigh its diminished reliability as a hunting rifle.

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Originally posted by Saeed:
Here is what we got from ours

You're spinning the jackets off.
back in 1966 my Fast twist 6.5X.284 did the same thing with cup and core bullets as heavy as 140 grains. The target at 5 yards looked like it was hit by a shot gun blast. roger

I had a short action Mod 700 set up for it just to shoot the LW bullets. I only used the Nosler 125PT and 120BT, but was able to push both to 3200 with great accuracy. Several powders can get you there. This particular reamer had the shorter throat than those set up for the long match bullets. My loads were always 2.79" with necked down Winchester 284W brass. When the Norma/Hornady/lapua came out later, I could not get that fast in them before primer pockets got loose. My rifle was also a bear to feed, sometimes it would, sometimes it wouldn't. "For a hunting rifle", I agree with the 6.5/270 or '06. I like the idea of the 6.5/280AI but not sure how it feeds. Good luck to you Pard!

I've been shooting the 6.5x284 since it was a wildcat in a Montana model 1999 short (intermediate) action.

Mine's 100% on feeding and I've shot deer, antelope, coyotes, (my best coyote is 732 yards). It regularly shoots 90 - 95% on the 1,000 yard line at our monthly matches in my hunting weight gun. My best 10 shot group at 1,000 yards is 5.2".

I load the 142 grain SMKs to 2850 fps and I couldn't ask for an easier round to shoot at long range.

I used the 6.5x284 for F class shooting. I used several high quality custom barrels and the best barrel life that I got was about 1,100 rds. Set back barrels were lucky to get 900 rds. About that time everyone was changing to .284" and barrel life doubled. The 7mm bullets also were very much more forgiving in the wind. I have a Tacticool chassis gun with a new Bartlein barrel in 6.5 Creed that I want to use for mid-range. I still like my Shehane for long range. With the 180gr. JLK's, it is very forgiving. I guess that that's why they make Chevy's and Fords.