Swamp, what is your def. of medium to long range. Most guys on here think long range is over 300 yards, other guys on different boards say long range is 1000 yards. Medium being 500 yards also. I also was tossing around the same ideas you are. The 6.5-284 has been popular recent with a lot of the 1k BR shooters. I went with the 25-284 because I wanted to use it on varmints as well as big bodied mule deer. I had it designed to shoot the 110 Accubonds on deer to medium (500) range. I hope that helps some.