[Dick284]

I read too much and I suffer from bad G.A.S.
That’s why I have bought, had built and sold too many rifles(yes this is a vice)
Currently my sweet hearts are a .280AI, 260Rem, and a 7x57
My 25’06 and .284Win are rather dusty right now, but I’m not selling this two beauties.
The .284 was an itch from way back, I was working retail sporting goods and a fellow came in with a Ruger Model 77 in .284Win, I sold him a scope and mounted it for him, and sold him some ammo, I was a bit curious as to this slightly obscure cartridge so I did some reading and researching, the fact you can get the velocities with 7mm bullets you can from a short action just turned my crank I guess, so I built one on a Rem 788 Left Hand and well I’m on my second barrel if that says anything....
The 25’06 was a wet dream about pounding coyotes on fence lines 440yds to 880 yds away, a left hand Sako AV in 30’06 fell into my possession and well it was a boring old 30’06 so I had an RKS gain twist 1 in 11.5” final twist tube fitted, those 85 gr Ballistic Tips sure did pile up the song dogs, a bit tough on pelts, but they died in a spectacular fashion none the less. Of course more reloading and experimenting found that 100 gr Partitions and later TSX’s were pretty damned good on deer, moose and elk as well, hell I even took a stud antelope with one of those 85’s too. But a peek with a borescope showed some fire cracking in the throat so that rifle is getting nursed along these days.( I really should get a spare RKS tube)
The rest is idle hands and too much reading, wanting, and lord knows some sort of affliction Freud would laugh at.