Anyone have experiance with this caliber? I am starting another Savage build in a couple months and have been kicking around the idea of 260 Rem, 6.5x47, and 7mm-08. It would be for target shooting mainly, possibly a little yote hunting here and there but not enough to take that into consideration when it comes to caliber or componet selection. There is limited info on the 280 that i can find. How is the barrel life on it? any help is appreciated, all I can find are some threads on different websites where the caliber is used in hunting rifles. Thanks!
280 Rem
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Re: 280 Rem
I have one in 280ai. Mine has a 28 tube but it will run 162s at really good speed. I am not going to say how fast but they are so hard to beat with the bullets you can get. 162 amazes are pretty hard to beat. Here are pics of mine. http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthre...134#Post1778134
I have one in 280ai. Mine has a 28 tube but it will run 162s at really good speed. I am not going to say how fast but they are so hard to beat with the bullets you can get. 162 amazes are pretty hard to beat. Here are pics of mine. http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthre...134#Post1778134
Re: 280 Rem
+1 on the 280AI, I had one built as a hunting rifle and would take it shooting to 1k with me. It did well enough I am having another one built as a dedicated LR rig this trip out. I dont have the numbers in front or anywhere near me but its worth a look.
+1 on the 280AI, I had one built as a hunting rifle and would take it shooting to 1k with me. It did well enough I am having another one built as a dedicated LR rig this trip out. I dont have the numbers in front or anywhere near me but its worth a look.
Re: 280 Rem
If I went with a 26 or 28 in barrel and planned on throwing the heavy Amax's at max velocity what should I expect for barrel life?
If I went with a 26 or 28 in barrel and planned on throwing the heavy Amax's at max velocity what should I expect for barrel life?
Re: 280 Rem
I would definitely recommend the Ackley. 7mm Mag-ish ballistics without all the bang and recoil....
I would definitely recommend the Ackley. 7mm Mag-ish ballistics without all the bang and recoil....
Re: 280 Rem
My vote would be for the 284 Winchester or the Shehane version shooting 180g Bergers either VLD or Hybrids.
I like the case shape better than the 06 based cases.
Barrel life for Fclass precision should be around 3000 rounds.
My vote would be for the 284 Winchester or the Shehane version shooting 180g Bergers either VLD or Hybrids.
I like the case shape better than the 06 based cases.
Barrel life for Fclass precision should be around 3000 rounds.
Re: 280 Rem
I have a 7mm-06 that was a result of holding a 280 Reamer 50 thou short (not on purpose, I didn't read the print and used the -06 headspace gauge). Performance-wise, you'll likely see no difference.
I get a nice soft load of RL-22 to put a 180 VLD at 2800fps, with RL-17 it is around 3k with a 28" barrel. With 162's I push them around 3000 for the best results, but they can go hotter, the fastest I got was 3100.
The water capacity of the cases is in the same league as a 7mm SAUM, around 70-74gr of water.
The 280AI would be a step up, but you either buy expensive Nosler brass or have to fireform.
Barrel life should be between 2500-3000 rounds if you're ringing the snot out of the cases.
I also have a nice, light bullet load. 49.5gr of BLC-2 under a Sierra 120gr Spitzer will shoot very sub-moa loads and makes a great g'hog bullet for several hundred yards with practically no recoil.
If you have a long action with a STD bolt face this is a dynamite round. I've taken it to around 1700 yd with good success including first round hits over 1000 on steel.
I have a 7mm-06 that was a result of holding a 280 Reamer 50 thou short (not on purpose, I didn't read the print and used the -06 headspace gauge). Performance-wise, you'll likely see no difference.
I get a nice soft load of RL-22 to put a 180 VLD at 2800fps, with RL-17 it is around 3k with a 28" barrel. With 162's I push them around 3000 for the best results, but they can go hotter, the fastest I got was 3100.
The water capacity of the cases is in the same league as a 7mm SAUM, around 70-74gr of water.
The 280AI would be a step up, but you either buy expensive Nosler brass or have to fireform.
Barrel life should be between 2500-3000 rounds if you're ringing the snot out of the cases.
I also have a nice, light bullet load. 49.5gr of BLC-2 under a Sierra 120gr Spitzer will shoot very sub-moa loads and makes a great g'hog bullet for several hundred yards with practically no recoil.
If you have a long action with a STD bolt face this is a dynamite round. I've taken it to around 1700 yd with good success including first round hits over 1000 on steel.
