40x in 6-284 question

[ljc300]

I have a 40X in 6-284 with a 22” 10” twist bbl from Remington’s custom shop. I cannot contact the original owner with thix question. I recently chrony’d it and found not too surpringly that it is about 150 fps below all the published load data in all bullet weights I tried. I purchased this rifle mainly for future rebarrelling and its very decent scope/mounts. My question is why anyone in the late 80s timeframe would choose this hotrod bbl-burner then stifle it with a stubby barrel? It does not appear to have been rebarrelled or set back. It is however very accurate...

 

[HTSmith]

Could have been cut off for some reason? Muzzle damage?

 

[17VLD]

Your right it seems odd to have such a short barrel and 10 twist,maybe it was a 244 or 243 earlier and someone wanted more power.Mine is 30”
I have a scope on the way for it and look forward to seeing what it will do to long range ‘chucks.I would try some 87 V-Max’s and see how she does on varmints,if it doesn’t do well I’d rebarrel to a 25/284 or a 6.5-284 with a 30” barrel.Just my .02.Perhaps they subscribed to the short stiff theory and wanted to see how much accuracy a 6-284 could produce with match bullets,although you would think they would have tried that with a 14 twist.
Matt

 

[ljc300]

im trying to recall what the trend in long distance target shooting was back then, which was its intended purpose. 243AI was available then which i think is a more efficient 6mm hot rod

 

[jds holler]

Maybe trying to make weight for Light Varmint category?? jd

 

[KenOath]

Could be any of the reasons stated above or more, good thing is you purchased it mainly for a rebarrel AND it’s very accurate with a good quality set of scope rings... sounds like a win win to me, enjoy.