bragabit, the 6.5X284 was made famous bu Chuck Norris. They say that when he was born, there was already a rifle of that caliber waiting for him at home in his crib. At 5 years old, Norris shot a record 17 blackbirds with one shot at over 600 yds. At 8, he took his first Mule deer, a 200" net typical, as the buck crossed over a ridge more than a mile away. Some claim that buck had already crested that ridge and the bullet bored through the earth and took the buck clean as it came out on the other side. Chuck was so familiar with that rifle by his adult years, he no longer needed to aim or even point it in any particular direction. All that was needed was to pull that trigger and the bullet would all by itself, seek and find the biggest and best trophy animal on the mountain.
By far though, the most impressive proof of chucks incredible marksmanship with that rifle was when he was in Hollywood filming one of his Kung Fue movies. He had an elk tag for the country around Ely Nev but couldn't get off the film shoot to make the hunt. One day he pulled out that ol 6.5X284 and took aim just above the ridge line due east and a bit north of his location. He steadied, fired off one shot, put the gun back away and then got on the phone to Nevada telling his guide that he had just shot a big bull and exactly where the guide would find it.
I'm told this is all true but don't know any of it fer fact.!
Joey
