Thread: New build 30/284 Remington

Well i been to the range, and i got a bit of a surprise. The first thing i found was i achieved my 3000 fps goal and then some. From looking at all the forums i could find on the subject about powders and what speeds to look for the general consensus was to use 30-06 data as they are very similar. So i went to the hornady book which suggested reloader 17 was the quickest with 61 grains being the max load for 3000fps in a 30-06. So with that in mind we started at 55 grains and got 3170 fps but the groups was not that flash 1.148 so moving up in half grain lots things got moving till we got to 57.5 and 3220fps and a 0.562 group to say i was rapt was an understatement . I still had few more groups to shoot and try, so seeing no signs of pressure we carried on but the groups started to open up till we got to 59 and i got two to .4 but then i threw the last one to 1.4 and that was at 3303 fps . So with that i mind i have decided to load to 57.5 grains 3220 fps as it shoots at a half MOA and thats more than enough to get me out to 700 which is the the limit i have set myself. The other plus was Phil threaded my rifle to fit one of his suppressors and i tried a couple of groups with and it made the rifle a pussy to shoot . Mind you even without it ,it is still a very easy rifle to shoot. As you can tell i really rapt with my new cannon, and i think even with a 18 ich barrel and a can and the right twist barrel to handle a wider range of 30cal bullets this would make a really good super bushpig . I might have to up grade the Mark 4 next and get some new glass to see how far i can go with this one.