ORIGINAL: jeepkid
I'll have to contact my gunsmith about the re-chamber. It just looks too long to fit in a regular short action. If it is possible to doa simple ream job then that would be sweet
. What about the brass, I looked in Midway and they didn't have any.
Would I just by the 6.5-284 brass and size it down to 6mm?? What are the smallest bullets that can be reloaded for it?
Yes, use 6.5X284 brass necked to 6mm. The 6mm-284will use
any bullet that a .243 Win. canuse.
The 284 Win's max o/a loaded length is 2.80", same as for the .308-both are short-action cartridges!
If you rechamber a .243 Win. to .243 AI, it is likely that the barrel will have to be set back one thread to get a good chamber. You'd have to do the same with the 6X284 to clean up the .243 chamber. But there would have to be some magazine rail work done to let the fatter cartridges feed correctly - if you don't use it as a single-shot, like I do with mine (an FN Mauser action).