I like these, I have one in 308 and 30-06 5.25 lbs for the 308 and 5.5 lbs for the 30-06.
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/775135498
I like these, I have one in 308 and 30-06 5.25 lbs for the 308 and 5.5 lbs for the 30-06.
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/775135498
Spend about 3 extra minutes a day lifting some sort of weight to make up for the extra 1/3 of a pound of the long action and build/buy a 280 Ackley. Kimber has several under 6 pounds.
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The solid soft lead bullet is undoubtably the best and most satisfactory expanding bullet that has ever been designed. It invariably mushrooms perfectly, and never breaks up. With the metal base that is essential for velocities of 2000 f.s. and upwards to protect the naked base, these metal-based soft lead bullets are splendid.
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Forget everything you know about loading jacketed bullets. This is a whole new ball game!
Wow just wow.
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Currently casting and loading: .32 Auto, .380 Auto, .38 Special, 9X19, .357 Magnum, .257 Roberts, 6.5 Creedmoor, .30 WCF, .308 WCF, .45-70.
If using FLGCs I vote would be for the 6.5CM, 260Rem or 6.5Sweede. High BCs for your longish distances, great hunting bullet selection for N.Am. game and realisticly manageable recoil in a light rifle.
"Don't worry what they think. In the end it is not between them and you, it is between you and God."
Je suis Charlie!
"You won't know until you Actually try it"
"The impossible just takes longer."
"Don't let them beat you down with their inexperience."
"You'll never accomplish what you don't try. " - Moldmaker
The solid soft lead bullet is undoubtably the best and most satisfactory expanding bullet that has ever been designed. It invariably mushrooms perfectly, and never breaks up. With the metal base that is essential for velocities of 2000 f.s. and upwards to protect the naked base, these metal-based soft lead bullets are splendid.
John Taylor - "African Rifles and Cartridges"
Forget everything you know about loading jacketed bullets. This is a whole new ball game!
Now to throw another couple into the fray. Have you considered the WSM and SAUM cartridges?
Oh, the nerve of some people recommending new fangled cartridges.
Greg,
I do have some 300 WSM brass dad stashed away that I found along with some dies.....
It's forgotten but don't forget the .284 Win. Better performance than both 7-08 and .308 in a short action.
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True, but where ya gonna find one? Particularly as a lightweight? The only factory .284's I can think of were the Winchester 88 and 100, Ruger 77, and (I think) Browning BLR. None of which have been in production for a really long time. I would bet there are more extant rifles chambered in wildcat variants than the original round.
Currently casting and loading: .32 Auto, .380 Auto, .38 Special, 9X19, .357 Magnum, .257 Roberts, 6.5 Creedmoor, .30 WCF, .308 WCF, .45-70.
Model 70 were chambered in 284 and I think some 700s were. I believe the Kimber and cooper rifles have it as a chambering available also. In a hunting gun a variation of this cartridge might be interesting the 6.5 X 284 it was is popular with the long range shooters for awhile.
For an all around lightweight rifle while keeping elk on the menu I'd suggest a Tikka T-3 lite in 270 WSM. 130 grainers for deer, 150 grainers for elk, and the action is long enough to seat the 150's out where they belong. Triggers are good and I've yet to find a T-3 that wouldn't keep them inside 1 Moa right out of the box. around 6.5 lb and less than $600. If you have the $$ the Finn lite is the higher end version.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |