Thread: 2208 in 284?

Again not 2208 but I have a 16" barreled .284 tikka and have been using 53.5 of rl17 with 150 gamekings @2730 for the last year. Have shot a few deer an bull tahr out past 400m with it and it seems to have enough grunt. The one deer at 611m i shot didn't go so well and needed another shot to sort it out. So i limit my range to around 450m. as also mentioned above I tried 2209 and it did group slightly better but the 17 gave me more fps for the same powder weight. I'm about to try out some 150 accubonds with 17 and 2209 hopefully over the weekend.

Originally Posted by tonyd

I'm about to try out some 150 accubonds with 17 and 2209 hopefully over the weekend.

Good luck with those as i found them to be an expensive projectile. I ran them in a .280 Rem and on the two sika stags I shot they just pencilled through and needed finishing shots. I shot my first bull thar with the same rifle and load and it needed four shots all in the chest.