I’m looking at building a 2nd rifle and I am hung up between going with defiance/Zermatt medium length action or standard long action. I’ve looked at Defiance, terminus, Zermatt, and WTO actions. Need some input on this. Thanks
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If you’re going to be using heavy/long bullets, just do the long action.
Medium would probably be ideal for the 284, but long works fine too (provided it is tuned well to feed the rebated case, or have a Mauser type extractor) had tikka with 3.5” mag length (no problems), mausingfield la cip length (no problems) and archimedes la (occasional feed issue). The coal in the different 3 barrels ranged from 3.18-3.255 so realistically the medium is probably a better fit if you can find a chassis you like and get the xm magazines
If you’re only going to shoot factory ammo
If those factory rounds fit in a specific sized magazine
If this rifle will only ever be used for that purpose
If you need this to get under a weight limit
If the response to all of those statements is “yes”, then choose one of the medium length actions
If your response is “no” to any of them, a long action is more versatile and probably makes more sense
If those factory rounds fit in a specific sized magazine
If this rifle will only ever be used for that purpose
If you need this to get under a weight limit
If the response to all of those statements is “yes”, then choose one of the medium length actions
If your response is “no” to any of them, a long action is more versatile and probably makes more sense
Mdt xm mag takes a COAL of 3.2". Is that long enough for you? If not, long action.
Found this while researching for my 284 build. I had one around 2010 built on a LA but I had to make mag spacers (much like the Dasher kits for SA) even with a long freebore. I've got a TL3 medium coming and I'm hoping it'll be the ticket. Just really bumping this to see if anyone has built a straight 284 on the newer medium actions out now.
I have one in process, need barrel still but magazine’s are long enough and test feeding works fine.
My advice and 1.80 USD will get you a soda.
Since you are doing .284 Win, I would suggest standard long action. That way, if you ever decide to go 7 mm PRC, you are ready to go, just swap the barrel. Which you could also do with a .300 WM.
Since you are doing .284 Win, I would suggest standard long action. That way, if you ever decide to go 7 mm PRC, you are ready to go, just swap the barrel. Which you could also do with a .300 WM.
Following. Any updates on the build
