Dear Sirs:

I own a win 70 on 243 win, and I want to rebarrel it to 6.5-284. I intend to use it with light bullets (less than 129 grs).
Is it possible to do without big feeding problems?

Best Regards

I never build 6.5x284s on short actions. 6.5 mm bullets are long & you need all the magazine length you can get. Don't restrict yourself to the limitations of a short actions magazine length.

I've done several 284 based cartriges on the M70 short action and used the WSM box mag and shortened the bolt stop which will give you a 3.050" mag length. It worked very well, but this was with the new CRF actions from FN.

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Originally posted by matt salm:
I've done several 284 based cartriges on the M70 short action and used the WSM box mag and shortened the bolt stop which will give you a 3.050" mag length. It worked very well, but this was with the new CRF actions from FN.

+1. Matt hit the nail on the head. WSM mag box and shortened bolt stop are key. My 6.5x284 is built on what was once a SC M70 7mm-08, using a Rock Creek 26" fluted #3, 8.5 twist barrel.

I'll add that the WSM follower cleared up feeding issues, even though I used the WSM mag box to start with.