7mm-08 or .284??
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dropmdead
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I have owned a 284, 7wsm and 7-08, and for simplicity of reloading, components, factory ammo and rifles, the 7-08 ticke every box easily.
I am an avid reloader, but understand that not everyone is like me, the comfort of access to factory ammo is nice to have (even just the one box).
As this is all about deer and stalking, I would recommend the 7-08 every time (as a fan of the 7wsm)
I am an avid reloader, but understand that not everyone is like me, the comfort of access to factory ammo is nice to have (even just the one box).
As this is all about deer and stalking, I would recommend the 7-08 every time (as a fan of the 7wsm)
triggersqueezer
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well i'll go against the trend ,i shoot .284 shehane and its by far the most accurate reliable easy to tune calibre i have owned.
berg
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I might be selling my 7mm08 begarer barrel fully adjustable stock in laminate green tikka m595 act
I might be selling my 7mm08 begarer barrel fully adjustable stock in laminate green tikka m595 action less than 200 rounds
Thank you.
I do have a GRS stock, which is going to be used for my .243, which I plan to use for fox and munty/roe. Then the stock from my .243 will be home to the new rifle, which I'm going to ask Mike Norris to make for me.
Neither. Taking into account the current constraints on ammunition and components, as well as the move to non-lead ammunition, it's hard to see past a 308 Win.
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JCS
Roestalker39
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Don’t move to none lead Ammo ..... problem solved
If that's the case, from what I've seen, recommendation is 20 grains lighter than lead, if using copper. That'll still be ok with a 7mm 08. Or am I missing something?
long_range_rob
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7mm08 for me. Whilst not a massively common cartridge you are more likely to find a box in a Uk gunsmith than the .284.
long_range_rob
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I have 7mm/284 on my FAC and a very reputable dealer has ordered me a 7mm-08 on the strength of it. I'll put a few thousand rounds through before I decided whether or not to have it re-barreled to 284.
I know someone who shoots very accurately with a 24" barreled .284.
I think the 284 was designed to compete with a 270, but with a short action.
enfieldspares
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Yes.
In that Winchester having probably decided they wanted to offer in their lever action Model 88 a cartridge that would compete in ballistic performance with Remington's pump action 760 (and later self loading Model 740) that chambered, amongst other cartridges, .280 Remington and .270 Winchester. The problem for Winchester was that the Model 88 (and later self-loading Model 100) was designed for "short action" cartridges of .308 Winchester length unlike the Remington 760 that was designed for cartridges of full .30/06 length.
So what to do? If you couldn't get longer to get that extra powder in? Then get "fatter". Thus the larger diameter cartridge case of the .284 Winchester. Nowadays with European powders and also double base not available to reloaders in those past times you likely will get the same real world performance anyway with the 7mm-08. But as the 7mm-08 as a "wildcat" wasn't a standardised (ironically by Remington) SAAMI cartridge until 1980 even though it was around back in the day Winchester chose (for whatever reason) not to offer it as a chambering nor to bring out a standardised version.
There are some good videos on You Tube of the Winchester 100 and/or the Remington 740. Worth a watch to see what back in 1988 Mrs Thatcher decided we could no longer be trusted with as British citizens. But as in my earlier post the .284 Winchester was designed to fulfill a specific role. It did that excellently. But had the 7mm-08 and today's powders been standard back in that era of the Model 88 and Model 100 I doubt it would have ever seen the light of day.
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Woodsy
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Another vote for 7mm08. Mines a Shultz and Larsen Classic. It shoots factory PPU 140’s very nicely. (Roe and fallow with occasional red deer.) I had a .243 but sold it. The .243 was good but did have occasional odd things happen with bullets changing direction ie in behind shoulder and out through back, turning 90 degrees. The .243 bullets would sometimes not pass through with sorrels. I recovered several bullets lodged under the skin on far shoulder with chest shots but this hasn’t happened with the 7mm08. Straight through both shoulders. A friend has a 6.5x55 and we took turns to shoot that and my 7mm08 and both agreed that recoil was very similar. I’ve never shot a 284 though...
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