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280 rem in 280 Ack #11374372 08/15/16
Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 80 P plumashntr OP Campfire Greenhorn
OP plumashntr Campfire Greenhorn P Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 80	Cant find any 280 ackley ammo, i dont reload so was thinking of grabbing 280 rem and sight it in for hunting. Anyone know if the accuracy will be shaky with the 280 rem?

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Re: 280 rem in 280 Ack plumashntr #11374555 08/15/16
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Bugger Campfire Outfitter Joined: May 2014 Posts: 10,417 NE South Dakota	Accuracy should be OK. Only one way to find out though. I prefer classic. Semper Fi I used to run with the hare. Now I'm envious of the tortoise and I do my own stunts but rarely intentionally

Re: 280 rem in 280 Ack plumashntr #11374591 08/15/16
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,119 Banana Belt, Montana M Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna
Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna M Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,119 Banana Belt, Montana	Depends on the ammo and your rifle, but in my rifles chambered for various improved cartridges (including one .280 AI) accuracy of factory ammo has always been good enough to kill deer out to 300-400 yards. “Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck

Re: 280 rem in 280 Ack plumashntr #11374598 08/15/16
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 18,917 Missouri 1 10gaugemag Campfire Ranger
10gaugemag Campfire Ranger 1 Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 18,917 Missouri	An AI and you don't reload?? The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!

Re: 280 rem in 280 Ack plumashntr #11374605 08/15/16
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10gaugemag Campfire Ranger 1 Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 18,917 Missouri	https://hendershots.net/product/280-ackley-improved-extreme-custom-ammo/ The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!

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Re: 280 rem in 280 Ack plumashntr #11374962 08/15/16
Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 8,007 Michigan K KenMi Campfire Outfitter
KenMi Campfire Outfitter K Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 8,007 Michigan	NICE selection of bullets available in custom "factory loads" at the above link. The one I'd recommend is the 145 LRX. But, at that price, you will probably want to get started loading really quick.

Re: 280 rem in 280 Ack plumashntr #11375824 08/16/16
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 7,003 Southern Kolorado B Bighorn Campfire Tracker
Bighorn Campfire Tracker B Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 7,003 Southern Kolorado	Originally Posted by plumashntr Cant find any 280 ackley ammo, i dont reload so was thinking of grabbing 280 rem and sight it in for hunting. Anyone know if the accuracy will be shaky with the 280 rem? I have a custom .280 Imp. (RCBS version), that I have been shooting .280 Rem. ammo in exclusively. Last week, I chronoed an old supply of Federal .280 Vital-Shok ammo, with the Nosler Accubond 140 gr., that went 3112 fps. I shot two, three-shot 100 yd. groups measuring .85" out of my Ruger #1, which makes me very happy, accuracy-wise. About the best I have been able to do with this rifle, and fire-formed handloads with this bullet, is 3175 fps. For me, the answer is pretty easy- shoot the factory .280 stuff! I'd rather be a free man in my grave, than living as a puppet or a slave....

Re: 280 rem in 280 Ack plumashntr #11376283 08/16/16
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vital_kill Campfire Regular V Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 568	You are going to have to reload, and even at that, nosler .280 AI brass is no where to be seen either. But fireform away.

Re: 280 rem in 280 Ack plumashntr #11376702 08/16/16
Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 2,579 SW PA T tarheelpwr Campfire Regular
tarheelpwr Campfire Regular T Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 2,579 SW PA	I have not confirmed in my 280AI, but generally what I've seen quoted on here is about 100fps loss when using standard in an AI rifle.

Re: 280 rem in 280 Ack plumashntr #11376742 08/16/16
Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 32,044 Kpt.,TN , Montgomery, Co, VA bea175 Campfire 'Bwana
bea175 Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 32,044 Kpt.,TN , Montgomery, Co, VA	you should have no trouble selling the brass after you form it in your rifle A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.

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Re: 280 rem in 280 Ack plumashntr #11394233 08/24/16
Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13,404 Texas R rickt300 Campfire Outfitter
rickt300 Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13,404 Texas	Very easy to make 280AI brass from 30-06 brass. Shooting 280 ammo works too. Dog I rescued in January

Re: 280 rem in 280 Ack plumashntr #11394342 08/24/16
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 25,102 South Carolina MadMooner Campfire Ranger
MadMooner Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 25,102 South Carolina	I never chrono'd factory loads in my AI, but have fired a couple boxes of it. Accuracy was good. “Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”

Re: 280 rem in 280 Ack plumashntr #11398109 08/25/16
Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 2,654 BOI T Taco2fiddy7 Campfire Regular
Taco2fiddy7 Campfire Regular T Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 2,654 BOI	Chrono'd three Nosler factory loads at the range. Was only 34 degrees with a PA of about 60 feet. Have read velocity slows between 2.5 - 4 fps per 1.8 degrees so that factors in. ...............Claimed.....Actual avg.....spread..... diff 140 ABs........3150........2983............49.........-167 150 LRABs....2930........2904............10.........-26 160 NPs........2950........2736............31.........-214 I would expect a difference with the cold temps, but a 214fps difference? Claimed looks real for the LRABs

Re: 280 rem in 280 Ack plumashntr #11407422 08/30/16
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 111 S Stadle01 Campfire Member
Stadle01 Campfire Member S Joined: May 2009 Posts: 111	My 280AI shoots bugholes while fire-forming 280 brass with both 150 scirocco's and 150 BT

Re: 280 rem in 280 Ack plumashntr #11413862 09/02/16
Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 404 Wyoming C cecilb Campfire Member
cecilb Campfire Member C Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 404 Wyoming	My Kimber 280ai shoots Remington 150 grain corelockt 280 ammo under an inch at 100 yards. I chronoed them at 2800 with a magnetospeed.

Re: 280 rem in 280 Ack Taco2fiddy7 #11413877 09/02/16
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 35,900 B BobinNH Campfire 'Bwana
BobinNH Campfire 'Bwana B Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 35,900	Originally Posted by Taco280AI Chrono'd three Nosler factory loads at the range. Was only 34 degrees with a PA of about 60 feet. Have read velocity slows between 2.5 - 4 fps per 1.8 degrees so that factors in. ...............Claimed.....Actual avg.....spread..... diff 140 ABs........3150........2983............49.........-167 150 LRABs....2930........2904............10.........-26 160 NPs........2950........2736............31.........-214 I would expect a difference with the cold temps, but a 214fps difference? Claimed looks real for the LRABs Is that 34 below zero? Or 34 degrees F? I agree that's pretty bad. 34F is NOT cold. I have never loaded a cartridge that lost 160-214 fps going from 75-85 degrees to 34F. Thats also pretty pathetic for factory ammo for a case thats supposed to be so "cutting edge". The 280 Remington is overbore. The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.

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