Thanks for the comment Third! Wouldn't that be awesome, even if it was a "new" updated version. Couldn't agree more about the 350 Rem mag and the 6.5. Thanks for watching, Have a good one!

Really!? I have never seen the 125 grain. I would like to try that. I'll keep an eye out for them. It seems like everything on Gunbroker is ridiculous these days, I see the 150 grain 284's for 100.00 and up a box! Have a good one Mark.

@@leverbolt7699 Yeah, most of the 125s you'll find will be in the old yellow box, but the load did survive into the early "white box" era. Probably went the way of the dinosaur in the early '80s. BTW, the deer I have shot with it died in their tracks. The shock of that fragile bullet moving at 3200 is immense, but I have never had one exit. Also, HSM is now loading the .284 with the 160gr Sierra Game-King.

Thank you Marc, I appreciate it! If you have any ideas on a cartridge or rifle you'd like to see, let me know and if I have something that will work, I'll make a video on it. Thanks again, have a good one.

@@leverbolt7699 well I'm on my way to getting one of every caliber. I missing a few but the one I really want is the 375. Not very many out there they didn't make many.

@@marcrussell3669 It took me over 20 years to find a .375. Mine is the "Brush Gun" and has some of the nicest wood I've seen on a "modern" 99.

Thanks John, I just put out a video this morning on the 358 Win and that is exactly what that rifle did. I tried to let the barrel cool enough but due to the rain and trying to get the video done, did not wait long enough. When I finally called it a day, I was almost 2' high and 2' right at 400 yards. I have noticed this habit if the 99's more pronounced with the thinner feather weight barrels as well. Thanks for watching, have a good one.

Interesting, my dad gave me one, I'll have to keep that in mind when I go see how it shoots

@@nolansmith1211 Good luck with the range tests. Technique is major part of bench testing guns. Hot barrels should be avoided. Give them time to cool down. And resting the fore end on your supporting hand is also important too. A hard or solid support contact sometimes causes issues with 2 piece stocks on lever guns. They print differently. 99 Savages can be "bolt action accurate" but they will not tolerate heat or hard contact front support like a bolt action sometimes does.

Does the model 88 heat walk like the 99, or how many rounds before you start seeing this occurs?

@@anonymousf454 Savage 99s will show heat walking in 3 shots. Its not enough to matter in hunting. Like 3 or 4 shots at a running deer. On the target range you can see things that really matter only in targets shooting. 88 Winchester is not stocked or bedded like a 99 Savage, so it would very likely be different. If a rifle has tension on the barrel bedding, heat expansion changes the pressure as the barrel expands. This applies to any rifle including bolt actions. S

Hey Bark, that 358 Win is a good one for sure. I will be doing a video on it pretty soon. I was thinking about doing the 25-06 next and then the 22 mag and LR. After those two I'll get the 358 done. Have a good one.

Thanks Sunday, that's a great idea and I will do it. However, I am having trouble finding cartridges in 7mm 08 at the moment. I am trying to get enough variety together to do a comparison video with it.

HaHa! Great story Michael! Wow, have times changed. Can you imagine that kind of thing today? DOW would have half the town fined and/or in jail. The newspaper article would probably read along the lines of "Murderous ranchers kill defenseless Cougar." I don't know about where you live but we have got a serious lion problem in this area and it just gets harder and harder to hunt them. Anyway, I had an uncle growing up that had a 284, almost identical to the one in the video. He wasn't the best "hunter", kind of a "city guy" I guess but he got a buck every year with that thing. Usually with one shot. As a kid, I always figured that rifle was almost like magic, IT never missed. HaHa!

How did you like that round. I've never had one but have been pretty curious to get one. I don't even know anyone who has one. What grain bullet did you use. I would like to know more about that one! Thanks Skunk

@@leverbolt7699 at the time I had my friend start ordering the parts to build the rifle, we had discussed the cartridge, I basically built the rifle around the cartridge and at that time it was still a wildcat cartridge, I used a 142 grain sierra hpbt matchking, I had a 30 inch Krieger barrel and a RPA quad lock single shot receiver and McMillan sillouette stock, and a black diamond Burris scope, all the necessary reloading equipment and used varget powder, I basically only got 62 rounds fired through it before I became totally and permanently disabled, my friend who built my rifle shot P.A.L.M.A. matches and after attending one of those matches I became interested in Long range target, he had received the distinguished rifleman medal shooting a M1 garand 3006 standing, sitting and prone at 300, 600, 800, 900 and 1000 yards, these days I shoot from a bench and at the moment have built my first rifle stock for a model 54 anshultz 22 caliber, just went out the other day and shot it at 300 yards, basically I just shoot for the fun of it these days, the 6.5 284 went on to become one of the cartridges for long range competition because of it's capability of holding as much powder as a 30 06 in a short action cartridge,used by many professional long range shooters, if you would like to see my hobbies including my 22 rifle visit my KZfaq channel @ Skunk Works Rifle 😎👍🇺🇸

@@skunkworksrifle3443 Thanks a ton for all the info, I will definitely go to your channel now and check it out.

NO! 7mm is 284 caliber!

Your Midland rifle is marked 270 Winchester?

The correct diameter for .270 caliber cartridges is .277.

Thanks

Thanks a lot

Kerry, I think a lot of people are late to the party. That's the point. I have known about the 284 since I was a kid. It's just never been very popular. Why? It's a great cartridge! Was it just never offered in the right rifle? It seems to be gaining a bit of popularity over the past few years, I would like to see that continue before it disappears forever.

HaHa! I would have to agree Mike, for the most part. Especially in Colorado, any of those will do just fine. Although I do like some of the larger magnums. Funny thing is, I never take them hunting, so I guess that's more of a want than a need. HaHa!