Got a spare long action and have been wanting to do something in 7mm. Been hearing good things about the 284 Shehane. Been trying to find a supplier of reloading dies for this caliber. Anything out there?
Re: 284 shehane?
One of the other changes to the SH version is that the throat is pushed out rather long on freebore. This tends to hinder barrel life even more because you run out of room to chase the lands with the fussy VLD's.
If you want speed for 1K matches run the 284SH or go to a 7 SAUM, if you're just running on steel and steel matches the 284 is an excellent round.
If you're having the reamer made shoot me a PM and I'll give you the details on the striaght 284 reamer that I've had made up for a buddy that is shooting 175 SMK's and 180 VLD's. It seems to be doing very well.
I do not have a shehane reamer. I still have a LA 284 reamer, I used it 2x in the past 3 years. No business case to keep a Shehane around.Josh, I know this is an ancient thread, but do you still have access to a Shehane reamer? If so, what is the freebore? I was thinking about having a barrel made for my Tikka throated Short Action-length for mag feeding.
I see. Thanks for replying. I know there is definitely a limited market for it—Do you think it’s not worth the trouble to go Shehane over .284 win at this point? I was thinking of using it for a tactical hunter type of rifle build, so I thought having it would help offset some of the room the bullet was taking up if done SA. I’d consider 7SAUM too, but I like the idea of staying .308 boltface on my Tikka and Lapua brass is usually plentiful where I’m located.