Malxwal

I can measure the bolt face alongside a T3 308 bolt at my local.

Not much chance of me burning a barrel out unfortunately, although I do love squeezing the trigger ! I know the straight 284 is the preferred option for barrel life, worth comparing ballistics, but I'd be into big heavy barrels to run the high BC bullets and keep recoil and flip under control, and quite frankly, I'm a bit of a woos 😁

Thanks. The rifle will be dual purpose red deer and gong bashing. Not an out and out hill stalker, more of a sitting watching big areas of land on edge of hill and forestry. Probably running a 140gr or thereabouts. May also be trialled with a lighter lead free bullet, although my 270 does that fine. I've had a straight 284, and it was a great thing, but completely biased to prone LR stuff.

Any of the riflesmiths out there, can you advise if a T3 in 6.5x55 would be a suitable action/bolt face to rebarrel to 6.5-284, or are there any particular issues to overcome ?

Two genuine AI mags now purchased. Many thanks for your input folks !

270, Barnes 110TTSX loaded to replicate/better Sako Powerhead 2 factory, so used fast powder, RS52, 53.0gr in once fired cases, produces 3250fps and cloverleaf/thumbnail groups out of my 22" barrel. No issues with accuracy. However, not all barrels are as keen to play ball.

Call Hunters Cabin, pretty sure he has them.

Thanks folks, appreciated. I'll be taking onboard all advice from PSE as to bedding etc, and it will be going to a decent 'smith for the work.

Terry, are those genuine AI mags ?

Soon to have a stock fitted with Atlasworx bottom metal for AICS mags for my 6.5x47, Remmy 700SA. Any advice on which make(s) of magazine will provide flawless feeding, from those who've been here ?

Pm'dyiu Sir.

Selling my .284win. It's a rifle built by Mike Norris on a Remmy 700 action, Jewell trigger, with a Sassen heavy varmint barrel 30", 18x1 muzzle, ASE S5 moderator. Action, rail, barrel and bottom metal are Cerakoted in military green. In a green/tan/black marble Macmillan A3-5 adjustable stock.Picatinny rail fitted, Nightforce rings with bubble, wearing a Delta Stryker 4.5-30x56 LRD1-P ret.Redding FL bushing die, non-micrometer seating die. Plenty brass. Round count would be circa 500, but a video of borescoping could be supplied to any potential buyer.This is a rifle built to wallop steel at 1000yds plus, chambered to shoot 180gr bullets (I'm running 180 gr ELD-M) Mr Norris told me all about it when I bought it, extremely helpful. It's undoubtedly a shooter, but I'm just not getting time/opportunity to use it enough.I'd like to sell the whole setup complete, nothing is for sale separately. The scope has marks on the objective lens although these do not affect sight picture to my admittedly not great eyes.Price for the whole shebang is negotiable, but IRO £2k.Please contact by PM only to ask any questions, request pictures,haggle etc.CheersMalc

Running 140 ELD-M over RS62, velocities circa 2735, 42.0gr 2.825 OAL. 24" barrel. The RS60 is more temp sensitive I found, but would be fine for minute of deer accuracy and give better velocities.

In the process of load development with 180gr ELD-M using N165 out of a 28", 56.7gr with an OAL of 3.370. SD is generally around the 9, 0.3gr more or less same results. Two pals running theres, one ELD-M, one Berger, both getting excellent results with N160.

No, this was tge FFP version, less mag. Really quite impressed for what they cost.

Too late, it's on my rifle (incidentally, the 284 Matthew advertised at the same time.)

Used to love my Altbergs (Gamekeeper Stark Extremes), but first pair leaked within warranty, replacement pair leaked, now rebuilt and still leak. Perhaps buying their more traditional leather options may be better.

PJS by Forfar, will get it done quickly and at a very fair price. I think you'd be waiting a while to get Callum to attend to it. Or, Eric Burnett, who I think is still working outside Mintlaw for Buchan Guns ? Grant Taylor on the edge of Dundee also would do a proper job.

Surely "commercial" covers a broad spectrum, from the estate shoots run as described by Drum, to the big money stuff run by specialist companies or the big game rearers. Commercial would generally refer to where a keeper/keepers aare mployed full time and some days are let ?

Personally, a 150 bird day about twice a year is my stretch. I beat a lot more, and at that shoot the surplus is breasted out and the meat used in pies to feed the guns and beaters. But if other folk can afford to pay to shoot 500 or 1000 birds in a day, I have no problem, as long as the meat goes into the food chain. I really cannot see the pleasure in such a day myself, as I cannot imagine the birds would be presented as fair or challenging ? Lets not get into the politics of envy, if it were not for the great capitalist world we live in, we would all mostly be getting hung as poachers for the taking of any of the Kings game. Always seems to be the middle classes who come away with the left wing holier than thou attitudes regarding the rich and what they get up to with their millions, when in fact they're not doing too bad out of the system.

We all need to stick together on all aspects of shooting. Those who are blinkered enough to think that a ban on game shooting will not in any way lead to a ban on them playing with their black rifles or their ten different guns at the range are in need of a reality check. Yes, there are issues within driven pheasant and partridge shooting, but they lie in getting the game to the table, the actual numbers shot on a day are irrelevant. The releasing of reared birds is no more harmful to environment in the greater scheme of things than a poultry farm, where the birds live in much worse conditions, even free range.

Interests...most things shooting...but not in a positive way by the sounds of it. More raptors are killed by wind turbines and silly birder tags than by rogue keepers.

You cannot artificially raise grouse. All you can do is manage the habitat to encourage their breeding success, which in turn benefits many other species. And the article is in a Nationalist left wing rag, SNP propaganda rubbish.

6.5x47L, 6.5 Creed. As JCS says, bear in mind the ever increasing likelihood of a lead ban.

.223 or 22-250.