My last .284 Cat......

[Fuj]

I was going to move on, but the pot got stirred. So with 300 new pieces of Peterson 284
Winchester brass, I took a look at doing an all purpose cat that I could go from point blank,
to killing steel coyotes out to 1000 yards at Ridgway. I'm retiring my SA284. and my much
shorter 284-ELF......Not a big fan of the 6.5's but Dave Zimmerman was able to win the two
day Ridgway Pa, VBR Championship (850 to 1000 yards) with a "6.5 GT" cat of his. Keeping
this in the back of my head, but wanting a larger boiler room, I started looking between the
lengths of the 6.5x47 and 6XC, and bring the .284 case down to them, and keep it's 35 degree
shoulder as I always do.......I have the final push to the shoulder done, and trimmed. I'm going
to leave the neck a bit long for this project for a reason......So at this point, it's no longer in the
feral stage, and I can get on with chambering up a mule barrel for fire forming.......Digging thru
my reamers, I came across a .284 no throat reamer Danny Biggs sold me a couple of years back.
I'll put it to use.

As it is, I scrounged a 6XC case that was necked up to 6.5 for the dog and pony show pic. On the
right is the new .284 ???. I'll come up with a name, but that's not important right now. Hope my
son does'nt have the lathe tied up......

 

[X Count]

.284CHB . . . .Its not fat, but it is chubby. Everyone else can be chubby chasers?!

 

[6ShotsOr5?]

It’s only chubby on the back side, BAXC for big a**?

 

[Fuj]

Had a hilarious PM from a fellow co-conspirator. I had to go and
do a simple pre fire form capacity check. New cat is is .110" shorter
then a 7-08, and yet holds about a 1.25 grains more. Maybe name
it the "284-OB". It's a private joke, but guessable......

 

[kojaone]

So, it is a 284 win with rebated rim,shorten, correct? What was the 284 elf.

 

[Fuj]

So, it is a 284 win with rebated rim,shorten, correct? What was the 284 elf.

The ELF was the shortest I ever went with the .284 Winchester case. It shot
in the low 2's with the no longer made 130gr Sierra and 39 grains of Varget,

Pic shows, the .284 Winchester, then my SA284, then my ELF. The new cat
will somewhat be in between the SA284 and the ELF. Instead of bouncing
back and forth between the two, I'll just do all the development with just
the one package and see where it leads.

 

[JEFFPPC]

Fuj, your a great guy but what goes on in your head scares me. Tell Zac Merry Christmas. Good luck with your new project.

 

[kojaone]

The ELF was the shortest I ever went with the .284 Winchester case. It shot
in the low 2's with the no longer made 130gr Sierra and 39 grains of Varget,

Pic shows, the .284 Winchester, then my SA284, then my ELF. The new cat
will somewhat be in between the SA284 and the ELF. Instead of bouncing
back and forth between the two, I'll just do all the development with just
the one package and see where it leads.

Awesome,
Are you left handed ?

 

[JEFFPPC]

Awesome,
Are you left handed ?

Maybe left brained?

 

[Evlshnngns]

Very cool. Let us know how shoots.

 

[Fuj]

I don't know about whether being right or left brained but, my
sister used to tell me my head was a bag full of cats !! Hell, what's
one more ??......LOL

300 pieces on Peterson brass ready to get fire formed. Couple of
weeks away on that......