Thread: 284win Re26/162gr Amax ladder test.

Originally Posted by chainsaw

Nice, gotta like that. RL26 fairy dust seems to work real well in a range of calibres.
Interestingly i got pretty similar results with RL17 & 162AMAX in 22in bbl 284. Got up to ~3040 fps but that load was getting"warm", backed off ~1gn for 2980fps and nice tight grp

The old 284win sure seems to perform above its case size would indicate. Great velocity for the charge weight compared to 7 Saum or Rem Mag etc.

You can see why so many F class shooters use the cartridge, it seems a really nice balance of powder capacity, bc, recoil, velocity and obvioulsy precision.

Originally Posted by GWH

The old 284win sure seems to perform above its case size would indicate. Great velocity for the charge weight compared to 7 Saum or Rem Mag etc.

You can see why so many F class shooters use the cartridge, it seems a really nice balance of powder capacity, bc, recoil, velocity and obvioulsy precision.

You would have to be a velocity hound to go a magnum over that 284W performance

Originally Posted by Mathias

You would have to be a velocity hound to go a magnum over that 284W performance

The reason a lot (most?) of the top F Class shooters went 7mm SAUM over 284W was with the velocities they were pushing 284s the primer pockets were getting sad after a few loadings. Using the SAUM got the top end 284 velocities without stress plus the tuning of the loads in the SAUM are usually easier.

Then the NRANZ imposed/enforced the range energy limits which meant the SAUM had to be throttled back like driving a Ferrari in a 50 kph speed limit. This makes the 284W a viable proposition again.

With my 284 I was fortunate in that it had a "fast" barrel and my loads were stress free with a 180 gr Hybrid doing 2815 fps, right on the energy limit.