Sitka Gear Turkey Tool Belt

280 Remington

Great caliber!
Mine is a stainless 700. It only has a 22” barrel. I bought it used on gunbroker, it came with a brake which it doesn’t really need and a great trigger. I’ve shot my last two antelope and muleys with it.
I scored some Nosler etip ammo on sale last summer and got 4 boxes, 140’s... they shoot great. I also handload a 120 ballistic tip that I use for eastern whitetails and coyotes....h4350. I love big magnums but I love shooting and carrying this gun and although I haven’t tried it on an elk it has killed everything I have shot it with dead-dead.
 
I keep trying to replace my Browning A-Bolt Medallion 26" .280 to save a pound or so, but always go back to it. My first handload with RL 19 and 140gr Accubonds shot under an inch and reached over 3000fps. It hits like a freakin bolt of lightning on everything from elk on down.
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I’ve been wanting to buy another rifle but when it comes down to it there is nothing my 280 can’t do. It is sub 8 pounds and I have no problems using it on everything I want to hunt in North America and can do it easily at my max range of 300 yards.
 
My first hunting rifle was a 280, and I took my first deer and elk with it, and numerous animals after that. Then I got drawn into magnums. Been thinking about bringing it out of the safe and resurrecting WY antelope this year.
 
Good cartridge. What killed it I think is Remington downloading it. Ran at same pressures as the 270 it is a great round. About 75fps behind the 280 Ackley when ran at equal pressures
 
I like it so much, I have 2. Both shoot really well, with both 140s and 160s. Easy to load for, and lost of options for powders to chose from. If I could only have one rifle it would be in 280rem, luckily I don't' have to chose.

I've got two as well, plus an AI...

Great round.
 
I had one in a Ruger 77. Shot GREAT. Just about anything I loaded (115 gr to 175 gr bullets) would be on paper with minor scope adjustment to fine tune for different loads.
 
Its a great cartridge! I shoot my Remington 700 Mountain Rifle action thats on a Christensen Arms stock, pillar & glas bedded, with a Leupold VX6 2-12 with the B&C reticle. I love that gun! I load 160 Nosler Acubonds with 50.5 grains of H4350 powder and CCI-200 primers. The gun can shoot sub 1/2" if I do my part.
 
Its a great cartridge! I shoot my Remington 700 Mountain Rifle action thats on a Christensen Arms stock, pillar & glas bedded, with a Leupold VX6 2-12 with the B&C reticle. I love that gun! I load 160 Nosler Acubonds with 50.5 grains of H4350 powder and CCI-200 primers. The gun can shoot sub 1/2" if I do my part.
Would you mind post a photo when you get a chance?
 
How good is 30-06?
How good is 270 win?
280 is essentially the same case as those 2 old soldiers, and duplicates their excellent performance. Looking for bullet weights 165 gr. and up, or .308 cal? Choose '06.
Prefer .277 cal, bullets 150 gr. or less? Go w 270 win.
Like the middle ground, .284 cal. w bullet weights that overlap the other 2? 280, baby.

All these have lighter and heavier bullets available, I listed here the conventional-wisdom sweet spots for big game bullets in each caliber.
 
The 7mm-06 is quite superior to the 7mm-08(and the 7mm-08 is excellent)

Just run Lapua 30-06 brass through a .280 full length sizing die(set to size for correct headspace for your individual gun) and you’ll have some of the best brass available. I have a healthy stash of RWS and Norma in 7x64 that might be a tad more uniform, but not quite as durable.

Don’t chose a .30cal just because you want to shoot bullets over 165gr. It’s bullets over 165grs that let the 7mm really shine. The .280 drives them better than the 7mm-08 does.
 
How good is 30-06?
How good is 270 win?
280 is essentially the same case as those 2 old soldiers, and duplicates their excellent performance. Looking for bullet weights 165 gr. and up, or .308 cal? Choose '06.
Prefer .277 cal, bullets 150 gr. or less? Go w 270 win.
Like the middle ground, .284 cal. w bullet weights that overlap the other 2? 280, baby.

All these have lighter and heavier bullets available, I listed here the conventional-wisdom sweet spots for big game bullets in each caliber.
I picked the 280 because I wanted to be different. I fell in love with the round because of what it can do. I will always have a 280 or 280AI in the gun safe.
 
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Don't need it for lopes, but I bet the 7mm Sierra 165 grain TGKs would do purty darn good on an elk.
 
I put together a 280 rem on a savage action. I did some research and the AI version with the 2 different specs turned me off. I never had issues finding brass for it and if youre motivated you can make it pretty easy. I shot a tree at 300 yards during load development and the accuracy node with 5 different loads had a vertical displacement of about 3 inches. Id get a barrel capable of handling heavy bullets and run a heavier monolithic.
 
I think a 280 with the magazine space and twist rate to handle some of the sleek 180gr bullets on the market would be a fun one to wring out and hunt with.
 
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