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Looked at 6mmai and 243ai . I didn't want any fire forming so am going 6x47 . Get to use my favourite Lapua brass

Atb Steve

 

Steve

 

Not sure I follow your comment re the 243 Ackley. When I got my 243 Ackley I immediately went stalking with factory RWS ammo. I also worked up a load with Lapua brass for fire forming and then used it for stalking too. Once I had the fire formed brass I worked up another load for stalking.

 

The issue I see with the 243 Ackley is getting a set of dies that match the chamber. To address this, I've had a custom Hornady full length re-sizing die made from twice fired Lapua brass.

 

Regards JCS

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Anecdotal, but I knew several shooters who used the 6-284 for long range antelope hunting and they loved it. This was back in the early 1980's. There was a gunsmith named Diminichi at a gun shop in Albuquerque, New Mexico who began wildcatting the 284 as soon as it hit the shelves. By the time I moved there in 1980, his 6-284 was already one of the region's favorite wildcat cartridges.

 

Just in case you thought this cartridge was something new!~Andrew

 

(Proof again that there is little 'new' out there!)

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sorry for the late reply mr wabbit been off the air a while , I do indeed run a 6-284 built by Callum fergusson , all I can say is it's staggering , initially throated for the 87 gr vmax i settled on a load that ran them at around 3600fps easily doing 1/4 moa and startling on foxes then tried the 105 amax and has been said earlier in the post it came into its own , running them at 3400 fps it's quite remarkable , very accurate around 1/3 moa but retains this way way out there , we all know how the amax perform on harder targets and to press the longest rabbit taken is 805 yards, barrel life won't be that sparkling but that's life . good starting brass ( lapua) doesn't seem too powder fussy , rl22 h 4831sc both do very well , devastating on quarry what's not to like laugh.gif a little barkie but bloody good fun .

Hi Smokin, thanks for this, great to hear from someone that actually has one.

 

I am going to throat for the 87grn vmax as well, this would be my ideal bullet but would be nice to throw the amax if needs be. Can I ask you where you got the reamer from? There are a couple about but not yet found one for this particular pill.

 

Thanks in advance.

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The standard reamer will be optimised for bullets around that weight. Mine is.

Dave Kiff knows what people tend to do with most cartridges. ;)

Not a difficult job to push the throat out a little more however.

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Not a difficult job to push the throat out a little more however.
It will probably do it on it's own after a hundred rounds or so.

It will be great fun though. I run a 6mmAI and it will push 107 Sierras to 3400 easily!

Enjoy it

Cheers

Dave

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