handlerer2
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I was tired of the pounding that reloading and playing with WBY magnums was issuing, so I convinced my wife that I needed a more moderate, sensible rifle in a gentle, yet ballistically familiar chambering.
So we found a Cooper MDL 22 VLM, 6.5-284, 26". 1/8. A varmint rifle that could easily kill a moose.
If your familiar with the Win 284, it was a rebated rim cartridge, with the same case capacity of a 30-06 in a 54mm case.
Point is Norma marketed a wildcat that was by many criterion superior to 06 based equivalent in efficiency, and accuracy.
Mine is a single shot so COAl isn't a real factor, just find the lands and like the guys in Stevens said shoot out this barrel we'll make another, and send it back for shipping.
I like this rifle shooting is fun again, in my retirement. It's very accurate and recoil is less than most 308's.
So we found a Cooper MDL 22 VLM, 6.5-284, 26". 1/8. A varmint rifle that could easily kill a moose.
If your familiar with the Win 284, it was a rebated rim cartridge, with the same case capacity of a 30-06 in a 54mm case.
Point is Norma marketed a wildcat that was by many criterion superior to 06 based equivalent in efficiency, and accuracy.
Mine is a single shot so COAl isn't a real factor, just find the lands and like the guys in Stevens said shoot out this barrel we'll make another, and send it back for shipping.
I like this rifle shooting is fun again, in my retirement. It's very accurate and recoil is less than most 308's.