Thread: A quick 7mm - scratching an itch.

Good work Chainsaw.
.284 Win is by far my favourite chambering. I had knee surgery when living in the US and was bed bound for 3 weeks, during which I read everything I could about possible options for an all-round rifle for NZ. I wanted good velocity, 160ish pills, a shortish barrel and a build on a T3. .284 was the answer, and my .25-06 barrel was sold, I bought a 7-08 unused barrel and had it reamed to .284 and it’s my go to rifle for about everything now. I’m using 162 ELD-X and 2213sc in necked up Lapua 6.5-284 brass for a mild 2740 fps. Not the velocities you are chasing, but well sub-MOA groups and drops everything out to 400 which my Z6i is set for. Plenty of spare room in the magazine, too.

My rifle has an integrated recoil lug with a profile to match the receiver. I had about 100 thou machined off the receiver face to remove the small transition so the lug has a good mating surface.

Didn’t mean to hijack your thread - just underlining what a great choice you made. Got me thinking about more velocity. I have some RE26 tucked away so might see what it can do.