Thread: advice on buying

Originally Posted by Cartman

Thats what it was designed to do and thats what it does. I disagree that it doesnt take advantage of the action length. It replicates rem mag performance with 20 grains less powder with the bonus of added barrel life. Unless you go complete custom wildcat it would be hard to beat.

The 284 does not replicate 7mm RM performance no matter how much you would like it to.
I am sure you will say that your 284 gets a 162 gn bullet to whatever fps, but a 7mm RM WILL make it go faster for equal pressures.

Originally Posted by Shearer

The 284 does not replicate 7mm RM performance no matter how much you would like it to.
I am sure you will say that your 284 gets a 162 gn bullet to whatever fps, but a 7mm RM WILL make it go faster for equal pressures.

If you say so. Real world tells me my 284 was doing 2950 easy and could be pushed to 3150..rem mag speeds no question.

Originally Posted by Cartman

If you say so. Real world tells me my 284 was doing 2950 easy and could be pushed to 3150..rem mag speeds no question.

Is that the real world according to @Cartmen?
Not sure what bullet weight you are talking about there. Can't be the 162gn I mentioned but you must know a lot more about reloading than Barnes, Hornady, Speer, Nosler and the rest of them.
They all seem to think that the 7mm RM will get 150-250 fps more than the 284 Win if both loaded to max pressures.
Maybe if you rechamber that rifle to 7mm RM you will get 3350fps?
I am not knocking the 284. It is a great cartridge. Right up there with the 270win and 280rem but I will stick by my original statement. The 284 win will not replicate (maximum) 7mmRM performance.