What next?

So I built my PRC and I have a bunch of spare parts left over and I'm thinking of building something new. The parts:

Manners T4A LA 3.75" Mini-Chasis
Defiance Tenacity Gen2 LA Magnum
Jewell Trigger

Basically all I need to do is pick a cartridge and buy a barrel and off she goes to the 'Smith. Considering that I have a veritable menagerie of 30 cal rifles, I'm thinking of a 284 cal build. I have the dies and components for a 7 Rem that I no longer own but I have been looking at the 28 Nosler for high BC screamers but I'm not sure that I want to rebarrel every 8 months. The limiting factor for this set-up is going to be fitting a standard long action AICS magazine and the magnum bolt face.

What would you do?

troy fairweather said:

7mm lrm

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I thought that was vaporware, I'll have to look into it.

Nature Boy said:

A straight .284 win. throated to shoot the 180g bullets. Peterson is making high quality brass for it.

The .284 dominates the 1,000 yard F Class line

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Doesn't that have a standard bolt face?

js8588 said:

7MM STW

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3.78" coal is too long for my magazine.

Gun Santa showed up today.

It's the above components with a Proof Heavy Palma 8 twist cut to 24" and chambered in the boring ol' 7mm Rem. The scope is absurdly high because I pulled the AMD mounted scope off of an AR and both the mount and rail have 20 moa slope. Thank goodness for the adjustable cheek piece.

I figured I've already got an "All Continent" exotic rifle in the PRC, might as well have one that is also a mainstay... you know, for plan B.

@horsemen61 Thanks!

I've got a few bullets to tinker with: 162 ELD-X, 168 Berger VLD, 175 Berger Elites. Powders ranging from H4350, RL26, H1000, and Ramshot LRT.

Hopefully I find something worth bragging about.