May 22nd, 2022Sunday gunday:.284 Shehanes F-Open Competition7mm (.284) is still the best caliber in F-Class Open Division. However, some shooters have had success shooting.30-Cal magnums. A.284 Winchester standard or a.284 Improved can drive high-BC Berger 180gr or 184gr bullets at competitive velocities. It is capable of winning F class matches. It can’t push the 180s at 2900-2950fps velocity levels in most barrels. Many barrels will reach speeds of 2850 fps. The.284 Shehane is a modified wildcat that retains the 35? The parent case is the shoulder. The.284 Shehane can pick up about 3.3 grains more case capacity by blowing out the sidewalls 0.010? This enhancement makes a huge difference. The 180s can be driven at 2900-2950 fps using the extra boiler room. barrels using Vihtavuori n560 or Alliant Reloder 16. This is with a fairly fast barrel. Some barrels are quicker than others. Norm Harrold won the 2018 F-Class Open Division Nationals with a.284 Shehane rifle
Norm Harrold (above), won the 2018 USA F-Class Nationals with a.284 Shehane. Norm’s F-Open rig has a McMillan Kstros ZR stock, and a Bartlein barrel that is chambered for a.284 Shehane. This barrel has a bit more capacity than a standard.284 Winchester. Norm loaded Berger 184gr 7mm rounds in Lapua brass. Erik Cortina YouTube Video shows Norm loading Berger 184gr 7mm bullets in Lapua brass. Ryan is using 54.0 grains as a fire-forming load. A typical load for a Shehane would be 57.0 grains of HodgdonH4831SC. The.284 Shehane can pick up 3.3 grains more case capacity by blowing out the sidewalls 0.010? This enhancement makes a huge difference. The 180s can be driven at 2900-2950 FPS with H4831sc with long barrels. Jim Hardy, a Forum member, has shot the.284 with great results. He says that the.284 Shehane long-range round is “in my humble opinion the best balanced.” To equal the performance of most 7mm chamberings using the 180 Berger VLD, you will need to shoot a 30 Cal Magnum loaded with a 240gr bullet. The.284 Shehane has a.308 bolt head, medium action, as well as Lapua brass. You fire-form with less powder than the 7 mags and you have greater accuracy and ballistics. The.284 Shehane shoots within the 6.5 and straight.284, the Straight.300 WSM and the.300 Mag with less recoil. There is nothing to love about the 284 Shehane. It’s a great choice for long range shooting — F-Class, Prone, or 1000-yard Benchrest. “Amazing Accuracy when Fire-Forming.284Shehane” This was shot with heavy 180gr Berger Hybrid bullets, and the.284 Shehane. This impressive sub-quarter MOA group was actually shot while fire-forming with an extremely well-worn barrel. Ryan Pierce, a gun builder at Piercision Rifles, explains: “Here is a 5-shot 0.91? My.284 Shehane fireforming loads and a group at 100 yards. This barrel has 2200 rounds. It had 2000 rounds through it as a straight.284 Win. I then set it back to.284 Shehane for brass. The load consisted of 180 Hybrids and 54.0 grains H4831 SC. “Scotland’s Grant Taylor. The.284 Shehane was used by Grant Taylor to finish third at the 2009 F-Class Worlds in England. He said that the.284 Shehane is very accurate and has excellent vertical spreads at 1000 meters. This caliber… is extremely accurate. With spreads in the 3-5 FPS range, I get 2930-2950 fps. I use Hodgdon H4831sc powder, CCI-BR2 primers, pointed 180gr Bergers, and Hodgdon H4831sc Powder. “.284 Shehane Showcase — Two Special F-Open Rifles
Jason Cohen’s patriotic.284 Shehane F Class rifle. This rifle won second place in its first match, a 3×20 at 1000 meters in Wyoming. Jason Cohen, the owner, explained why he chose a.284 Shehane chambering. “The.284 Shehane is a proven track record of accomplishments and that’s why I chose it. I use Lapua brass (6.5-284 necked up), CCI BR-2 primes, Hodgdon HL4350 powder and Berger 184gr Bullets. This combination has been extremely successful and has always worked flawlessly. The barrel is a Blake Machine 1?8?-twist, measuring 32 inches. Dale Woolum of Woolum Accuracy fitted it to my action. Dale also threaded a barrel for a Woolum Acuracy tuner. This has been a valuable tool in load development. The rifle was originally a Will McClosky Cerus stock. This was sent to Bryan Blake at Blake Machine. Jason noticed that Bryan had been adding aluminum rails at the front of Cerus stock to lower the center gravity and improve tracking. Jason asked Bryan for help fitting the stock with the forearm rails shown in the photo. Bryan did all the stockwork and fitted the action and rails as well as the RAD recoil pad.
The.284 Shehane – Accurate and Forgiving Wildcat
Jason explains why he chose the.284 Shehane chambering. Straight.284 Shehane or Shehane — it’s impossible to go wrong. I shoot a 184gr Berger at 2850 FPS and get great brass performance in my other rifles. After 15 firings, I start to think about tossing the brass. Primer pockets become looser, and brass seems to require more sizing than newer brass with fewer firings. “.284 Shehane Load Development
Each new barrel is the beginning of load development for me. I screw on the barrel, fire 25 rounds of whatever I still have, and then clean it. I push out to 600 meters and perform a round-robin ladder test. I start with 0.6 grains less than the last charge that worked. I increase the charge weight by 0.3 grains. The rest is revealed in the paper. Once I have something that works at 600 yards, I go back and work around that by 0.1 grains. After that, I adjust the seating depth to see if there is a better fit. I may occasionally tweak the tuner and tighten it up if necessary..284 Shehane Raffle Prize rifle for Team USA. This stunning.284 Shehane rifle was made as a raffle prize for Team USA members who are preparing for F-Class World Championship. Blake Barrel & Rifle in Arizona created this eye-catching F-Open rifle. This prize rifle includes all top-of the-line components: Borden BRMXD Action and Cerus multi-laminate Stock with forearm extension. Recoil reduction system (hydraulic -damped buttpad), Bix ‘N Andy trigger and Nightforce Competition scope. The stainless Blake barrel is chambered to the.284 Shehane wildcat and has an F-Class Products tuner at the end. Henry Pasquet won in 2013 the IBS 1000-Yard Nationals with a.284 Shehane. Below is Henry’s Championship-winning Rig. The 5?-wide fore-end is not legal for F Class. Henry also has a combo tuner/muzzle brake. *Exceptional barrels that are chambered in straight.284 win can reach 2900 fps when combined with the 180s. Ryan Pierce has a 32? A Brux barrel is producing 2900 fps when using the straight.284. Ryan admits that Ryan’s velocities are not common. “A lot of barrels with.284 Win top out at around 2850 FPS with the 180s,” he said.
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