Thread: 6.5-284

Hi All ,
I was running one of these in 6.5-284!!

A RPA acton with a Border 26 inch / 1 in 8.5 twist / Border barrel..
Bullets wise , i tried the 140 A-max / 139 scenar / 142 sierra / 140 Berger VLDs - all shot very well but i stuck to the 140 A-max because of good accuracy and expansion!!
Powders i tried was H4831SC , Viht N165 , Reloader 22 , H1000 - stuck to H4831SC as it worked well with my rifle!!
So the load i ended up with was 50 grains of H4831SC with the 140 A-max touching the lands.
This would give me 2800fps and if i went a half a grain up , i would get a sticky bolt showing pressure signs!!
Heres one of the groups from long range testing!!


Now heres a funny thing ,
I now run a Tikka T3 semi custom in 6.5-55 Improved with a 24 inch ( 1 in 8 twist ) Krieger tube.

When load developing with the Berger 140 grainers and Viht 160 i was able to get 2900fps!!
But now have settled for the 123 A-max