284win in short action

[robtan]

Hey everyone,

I had built out a long range 284 built on a savage long action. However, I’m just not shooting it much. I am going to be throwing a 300wm barrel on that and selling that build off. I’m a little reluctant to let the bullets and brass investment go to waste.

I am going to be scooping up a Bighorn action for a Jack of all trade rifle. I figure I will have more than one shouldered prefit for it. One of which being a 284win barrel. I wanted to get some opinions on running this cartridge in the short action under the assumption I would mag feed 168gr bullets at 2.9 oal (acis without binder plate) and single feed the 175s and above. Anyone have experience with this?

My current 175smk load is set to about 3.1 oal if that helps.

Thank you

[Fjold]

The short action will not eject a loaded 300 Win mag cartridge.

If you're going to single load a do it all rifle buy a Ruger No. 1. I don't know what a Jack of all trade rifle is because none of my rifles will do everything that I use rifles for. My 375 H&H comes close except for the colony varmint shooting part of the job.

[robtan]

The short action will not eject a loaded 300 Win mag cartridge.

If you're going to single load a do it all rifle buy a Ruger No. 1. I don't know what a Jack of all trade rifle is because none of my rifles will do everything that I use rifles for. My 375 H&H comes close except for the colony varmint shooting part of the job.

[ar15barrels]

A short action won't feed a factory 300wm cartridge from a magazine nor will a factory short action magazine fit a 300wm cartridge.
Is your action is a single shot without a magazine well cutout?

[ar15barrels]

I don't know what a Jack of all trade rifle is

A jack of all trades is a master of none.
A jack of all trades rifle is a rifle that does everything poorly and nothing really well.

[ar15barrels]

Realized my initial post was unclear.

Indeed.

For backstory I mentioned that the savage long action

No you did not:

I had built out a long range 284 built on a short action.

[robtan]

Indeed.



No you did not:

[ar15barrels]

You might want to tone it down on rapid fire posts. You know how to do multiple quotes in a post yet you cluttered a thread just about as bad as I cluttered my initial post.

Each response post was to a different post.
The response with a two part reply was your post split in half to address two specific different statements so as to be more clear with the response.

[robtan]

Each response post was to a different post.
The response with a two part reply was your post split in half to address two specific different statements so as to be more clear with the response.

Yet still no answer to the inquiry of post three as I will concede that the original post was a cluster. Mind you, you did enter this thread post a clarification. While in one post you sought further clarification in another you thread crapped a bit.

[ar15barrels]

Yet still no answer to the inquiry of post three as I will concede that the original post was a cluster. Mind you, you did enter this thread post a clarification. While in one post you sought further clarification in another you thread crapped a bit.

I answer posts in the order they are posted.
I don't read through a whole thread before posting.
So read my replies in the order they are posted based only on the information available to the point of the post being replied to.

Very few people mag feed the 284 with VLD's from short action mags because the bullets have to be seated so deep into the case.
The jump to the lands is crazy long with VLD bullets seated so deep that some of the ogive is inside the case neck.
Most people shooting 284 with VLD's are either using a single shot action where the OAL does not matter or they are using long action magazines.

If you want a 7mm short action cartridge, get a 7-08 barrel for the new reciever.
It will fit wonderfully in short action magazines.