A Rifle In Search of a Bullet

[TXLonghorn]

I have a 1985 Rem 700 BDL Mountain Rifle chambered in .280.
22” pencil thin barrel and according to a person at Remington arms, 1/9.25 twist.
Always shot factory ammo 140’s-150’s. Im going to reload for it now I want one bullet to do all its jobs, Elk on down. What should it be?
Lots of .280 people on this forum, this should be an easy question. Thank you in advance for your help.

 

[noharleyyet]

Here ya go Tex

.284 Cal-143gr Hammer Hunter™ - Hammer Bullets

Recommended twist rate is 1-9.25" or faster Bullet length is 1.40" Bullet weight is 145gr Recommended use: Big game hunting G7-BC=.230 From shot drops

hammerbullets.com

 

[Losing_Sanity]

Just starting to reload, you may find it difficult to get supplies to work with. Hopefully things will change in a few months or so. But I wouldn't count in it.

 

[TXLonghorn]

Just starting to reload, you may find it difficult to get supplies to work with. Hopefully things will change in a few months or so. But I wouldn't count in it.

Just starting to reload, you may find it difficult to get supplies to work with. Hopefully things will change in a few months or so. But I wouldn't count in it.

Just starting to reload, you may find it difficult to get supplies to work with. Hopefully things will change in a few months or so. But I wouldn't count in it.

Just starting to reload, you may find it difficult to get supplies to work with. Hopefully things will change in a few months or so. But I wouldn't count in it.

 

[Ben Lamb]

140 grain Barnes TTSX is my go too for the 7mm Mauser AI, which is essentially the 280. 3050 fps & does the job on pronghorn, so far. I'd not hesitate to use it on elk, or moose.

 

[TXLonghorn]

Sorry Houston we had a problem

 

[TXLonghorn]

Wow press that button ALOT is my motto.
Reloading a long time got all the stuff just never this cal. Honestly I dont own anything else in 7mm.

 

[TXLonghorn]

Going to order some hammers tomorrow. Never heard of those but they have samples!

 

[noharleyyet]

Going to order some hammers tomorrow. Never heard of those but they have samples!

Yep and you can get a human voice if you call, usually the owner. Great company.

 

[ccc23454]

150/160 partitions, simply work

 

[TXLonghorn]

150/160 partitions, simply work

Yes sir I agree with that!

 

[Deleted member 20812]

All you need are some CCI 250 primers, RL16, and some Hammer bullets. I have the same gun, albeit newer.

 

[TXLonghorn]

Magnum primers. I had read some guys using magnum primers in 280.
Got some Fed 215’s they should work

 

[TXLonghorn]

All you need are some CCI 250 primers, RL16, and some Hammer bullets. I have the same gun, albeit newer.

Anything in particular that’s unique to loading Hammer bullets?

 

[shb]

I have a 1985 Rem 700 BDL Mountain Rifle chambered in .280.
22” pencil thin barrel and according to a person at Remington arms, 1/9.25 twist.
Always shot factory ammo 140’s-150’s. Im going to reload for it now I want one bullet to do all its jobs, Elk on down. What should it be?
Lots of .280 people on this forum, this should be an easy question. Thank you in advance for your help.

Sounds like a sweet gun, we need pics.

 

[Dougfirtree]

145 grain Barnes LRX

 

[marksjeep]

Same gun, recut to AI some time back. Been using 145LRX over 7828 SSC ever since it was rechambered. The rifle has taken pronghorn to moose with those bullets.

I wouldn't hesitate to run any hammers, either. Running those in a few other rifles with great results.

Ditto the pics.

 

[TXLonghorn]

Sounds like a sweet gun, we need pics.

 

[TXLonghorn]

There ya go. Gun porn.

 

[.270]

In my kimber 280AI with a pencil thin barrel the 143 HH and rl26 with 215m primers did the trick for me. That rifle didnt like the 145 lrx no matter what I did with it.