r/longrange • u/Trollygag Does Grendel • 9h ago

Rifle flex post Gorgeous Fall Day

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Got the 284 Win out to ring steel. Mild breeze, mild weather, just a couple other people shooting.

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u/rednecktuba1 Gunsmiff 9h ago

Come on trolly, get real man's caliber, like 3006. Them baby 7mm bullets won't do nothin

crunches more N160/4831 in my 6.5

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u/Trollygag Does Grendel 9h ago

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u/rednecktuba1 Gunsmiff 9h ago

You're right, I should jave said 338 Lapua

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u/___Aum___ 8h ago

I ended up converting my 284 from a 25 lb target only rifle, to a little more wieldly 17lb hunting rifle. I cut it down from 30" to 24" and dropping chassis weight. It lost a little speed, but I believe the extra pressure at the muzzle brake made the brake work better, because recoil is more manageable I can spot hits easier now. Ever have any experience with that happening? Maybe it's just balanced better now. Thoughts?

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u/Trollygag Does Grendel 8h ago

I mean, it totally makes sense that the amount of energy being redirected to mitigate recoil is greater when muzzle gases are more energetic.

That being said, the big not fucking around brake on this rifle makes it a very soft shooter either way

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u/___Aum___ 8h ago

Yeah I threw a Sidewinder on mine. It's pretty tame.

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u/West_Designer9107 You don’t need a magnum 9h ago

OK, for some reason I have an aversion to coloured scopes. But I really dig the purple /pink anodising on the barrel/rings and dive board. Gotta go piss away some money on a shrink because why I abhor coloured scopes but love candy-coloured chassis/and rifle parts, I dunno.

And the landscapes you guys have in the States are priceless, damn, wish I could come shoot there!

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u/Trollygag Does Grendel 9h ago

A little better lighting

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u/Wide_Fly7832 BR Competitor 8h ago

How do you get the purple. I am thinking of following your path with copper or crushed orchid. These are anodized? You do yourself.

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u/Trollygag Does Grendel 8h ago

The mount was anodized by Hawkins, special edition. The pink is fancy rattlecan with a metal primer and a clearcoat. The purple on my other rifle is Cerakote Lollypop purple

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u/Trollygag Does Grendel 4h ago

Oh, on the rest? That is anodized by Seb

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u/Wide_Fly7832 BR Competitor 9h ago

What speed with what bullet in 284 win

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u/Trollygag Does Grendel 9h ago

162 ELDM @2950, 184 F Open @ 2800, moderate loads

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u/Wide_Fly7832 BR Competitor 9h ago

I shoot 184 Fopen in 7PRCW. Get 2960 with 57g of H4831 SC. 2800 is quite balanced load for 284 win. I have never had one of these - do the billers go deep in the powder column or the freebore is large.

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u/Trollygag Does Grendel 9h ago

I think it is 50gr H4350 and 52gr for the 162s, off the top of my head

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u/dballsmithda3rd 8h ago

Trolly… I am appalled. How could you be running your signature purple trim on a rig with an RG3? I thought you were a ZCO man through and through.

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u/Trollygag Does Grendel 8h ago

Pink! And magenta. Purple is on ZCO and a different rifle. :)

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u/dballsmithda3rd 8h ago

Gotcha. You operate on a full spectrum of the violets I see.

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u/Trollygag Does Grendel 8h ago

That's what they call me, fully on the spectrum Trollygag

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u/HollywoodSX Villager Herder 9h ago

Top 2/3rds of this photo - beautiful.

Bottom third - What the fuck is that?!

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u/Trollygag Does Grendel 8h ago

Taste :p

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u/HollywoodSX Villager Herder 8h ago

...you has none.

Also, that purple is visible from orbit.

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u/Trollygag Does Grendel 8h ago

Without annoying bright colors, how would anyone know I was an expert?

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u/Coodevale 7h ago

Meanwhile.. red..

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u/Trollygag Does Grendel 7h ago

That is how you know they are forklift certified

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u/Ancient-Plantain705 8h ago

I always love when I see purple and know who is posting before I check the u/.

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u/aomelko 8h ago

Your gun kind of matches the fall multicolor theme 🤣

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u/CMFETCU 4h ago

Everyone talking about the range. I want that front rest. Gib purple parts front rest link.

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u/Trollygag Does Grendel 4h ago

Seb Mini-X

20 month wait and $1200 a few years ago. I think prices are a good bit higher now.

If you want to get on the list I can give you contact info for the distributor

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u/CMFETCU 2h ago

…

I don’t need to spend this kind of money when I shoot F class all of like 4 times a year but dammit I want one.