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I agree that 284 is a step up in performance from the 260, but it appears that squishing it in a short action limits it a reasonable bit.
Whereas the 284 needs bullets seating deep in the case in a...

I'm a 260 lover and thinking of making the jump to the 284 also.
Was wanting to run the 284 on a short action to use Tikka CTR magazines, but running the numbers is appear that the performance of a...

Agreed, my mate is just a touch over 3000fps from a 28" barrel using RL17.

It's because only fudds are interested in the 270 and AIing a cartridge is beyond them.

Thats just what I wanted to hear. :thumbsup:

I think sticking to 162gr would be the way to go rather than trying to stuff a 180gr into the short magazine.

2.980" from memory, just under 3".

GWH has a few 284s built on Tikkas and has had great success.



I take it you are using it as a long action rather than short action (I know tikkas are only one action length)?
I'm thinking of...