Thread: .284

Originally Posted by Kaimai Views

I thought those dpt have a lifetime warranty?? Surely if the baffles are stuffed after only 200 rounds it should be replaced for free under warranty. No way should you have to pay to replace manufacturers faults. That's what warranty is for.

No manufacturer in his right mind would offer a lifetime guarantee when every tom, dick and harry fire a variety of projectiles, some at absolutely insane loads down a can. DPT offers replacement baffles at a reasonable price, doubt you'd need to replace anything other than the first one. Also, if you're going to be firing high volume, a light weight modular can is probably not the best option.

iirc its 2000 rounds for a dpt

Originally Posted by ebf

No manufacturer in his right mind would offer a lifetime guarantee when every tom, dick and harry fire a variety of projectiles, some at absolutely insane loads down a can. DPT offers replacement baffles at a reasonable price, doubt you'd need to replace anything other than the first one. Also, if you're going to be firing high volume, a light weight modular can is probably not the best option.

Quote from their ad in NZ Guns magazine: " DPT suppressors come with a lifetime warranty ".

That ad has been running for a year or more, so it is reasonable to assume that anyone who has purchased one of those suppressors has the right to expect a lifetime warranty to be honoured.

I have a t3 284 , had Abe ream out a t3 7mm08 fit a long action mag and bolt stop, shorten the barrel to 19" and fit a second hand, barely used Hardy 7mm gen 4 magnum can. Im shooting the 150 LR Accubonds at 2960 with a mild load of R17 hot load pressure was 3gr higher . Shoots well .4 most days.

Where are you sourcing your 150 LR Accubonds from? Hard to find....

Cheers

J

A life time warranty is for machining and component quality not for abuse of the product, which I believe I'm doing with a 16" barrel and max loads probably 65000psi loads. The product is top quality lightweight, works bloody well and it's priced very well. My .223 DPT is like new inside and fired thousands of rounds. Come on get real.

yep, wear and tear is not warranty.

Originally Posted by jasec

Where are you sourcing your 150 LR Accubonds from? Hard to find....

Cheers

J

Hi Jasec, I got tui_man2 to get them for me, he might have a few left, might pay to PM him.

Originally Posted by von tempsky fan

Hi Jasec, I got tui_man2 to get them for me, he might have a few left, might pay to PM him.

Cheers mate. Dies arrived today. Should get to the range next weekend to see how she runs.

284s were its at. Mine was outdoing 7mm mag performance with 26 inch barrel and the amax. For a point and shoot load the 120 ttsx goes real well too.

Finally got to the range this arvo.

18 inch tube with hardy can.

Main load for getting out there is 162 Hornady Match projectile. Went with these as A-Max are hard to source. Started with ADI minimum load of 50 grains 2209 for 2500 out of the 18 inch tube. Worked up to 54 grain for 2700 which is pretty good for the barrel length. No pressure at all but at 55 there was a slight ejector mark on the case.

At 2700 a 3 shot group were all touching. Haven't measured it but it would be 15 mm or less. Ran the numbers through the computer and validated the drop to 390 yard. Too easy with the CDS.

Gun wasn't fussy at all - Hornday e tips almost touching, reduced load for the boys with 120 ballistic tips were touching at a hundy.

Great job Abe, works like a dream.

Now to find some donks to give it a real trial run.

Cheers

J

Did shot the Hornady Match as well on my 7mm Mag right after I shot he Amax's, pretty much the same POI and velocities.
Knowing they have different BC's just for a fun targeting shoot I will maybe keep sourcing the Match projectiles and the Amax's for serious game.
I will do some load for my 7-08 with the match pill and see what I can get.
Good stuff, all the best!

Bump from the dead I know, but. What's the case capacity difference between say a tikka 7mm08 with a throat long enough to have the 162amax base seated at the neck junction vs a 284 like @GWH has (base seated at neck junction)??

Edit: I guess it's similar to factory? so 56 for the 08 and 66 284

Originally Posted by Timmay

Bump from the dead I know, but. What's the case capacity difference between say a tikka 7mm08 with a throat long enough to have the 162amax base seated at the neck junction vs a 284 like @GWH has (base seated at neck junction)??

Edit: I guess it's similar to factory? so 56 for the 08 and 66 284

@Timmy

Sorry finally got round to having a look at this for you.

As per QL, see the usable case capacity as marked in red. This is with the bullets seated in both cases as you described above.





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I have had several 284's and 30-284's over the last 40 years or so.
The early ones were on Remington 600's but those actions are really too short to work properly with the 284 case and feeding was problematic.
The last 30-284 was on a rechambered 308 T3 with long mag & bolt stop, excellent gun, accurate plus feed and function were perfect.
At the moment I have a 18" T3 in 308, a new 30-284 Win reamer and a new set of dies.
I want to use Winchester brass rather than neck up 6.5 x 284 Norma or Lapua brass as the Winchester brass measures slightly smaller in the base than the Scandi cases and my reamer was made specifically for 284 Winchester brass.
Anyone with spare 284 brass PM me and I'll likely buy it
Cheers