Thread: 6.5-284 barrel length

Originally Posted by Tentman

My 6.5-284 should have been out on the hill this week but a fractured foot is cramping my style somewhat . . . . My one is built on a Savage action using a Bartelin featherweight barrel finished just shy of 25" - all Greg could get out of the blank. It's quite long with a muffler on but as a "big country" rifle where the worst is to have to push through a bit of scrub (as opposed to hours of bush bashing) it's all about a bit of self discipline!

Mine is poking out 130s at 3180 ( Norma factory stuff) so I'm hoping it'll get into the high 2900s with 143s/147s and not far off that with 156s - that's a lot of energy delivered out a long ways with very moderate recoil etc.

WOW, that's incredible speed @Tentman Especially with the factory rounds. What twist barrel did you go for? 1-8 would be good for stabilizing the heavy pills, but I would've thought it would slow them down a bit too.
I'm back down to Invers this week, I might call in to see Greg and see what he can do for me!

Cheers