I got a nice Springfield chambered in 280 AI in trade a month or so ago. It came with dies and a bunch of fireformed and standard 280 brass. And 15 or so loaded rounds. Yesterday I shortened the 26 inch barrel to 22.5 inches and crowned it. Today I inspected all the fired fireformed brass to find most had begun to split mid body. The loaded rounds had the 150 gr. Ballistic Tips seated way to far out to be fed thru the magazine. This I think an attempt to hold the case against the bolt face during firing. A standard 280 case offered no resistance to being chambered. Drat so I find some once fired 30-06 cases and size them until the bolt closes with a very snug feeling. I fired 5 shots using 52.0 grs. of H414 under a 140 gr. Hornady Spire point and the brass looks just fine. Just wondering how many 280 AI shooters have to do this.

Dog I rescued in January

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