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In my old, now sold Sucks with a 24"bbl, I ran 59grs R-19 with a 139 Hornady at 3150. Was very accurate and great on deer.

Ran 154 Hornadys with 58grs H4831. In that gun they ran 2950ish. Also was very accurate and tough on deer.

Current .280 is a new custom job from Hill Country Rifles that I don't have much data with yet. Im currently shooting 58.6grs H4831 and 150 Nosler Partitions. Running 2870ish. (The last load I chrony'd was 58grs at 2825, so I'm guessing a little at the velocity) Accuracy is good at MOA, but not quite what I'd expect from a custom rifle. My brother convinced me to come off the lands a little from the test loads HCR did, and I worked up about 4 or 5 grains of powder too from their loads which was very accurate. Still some work to do on loads, and may have to send it back after deer season (they guarantee 1/2 MOA with factory pills and said if it was finicky with handloads that they probably needed to look at it), but that's the load I'm currently hunting with, and have taken 3 deer with it since end of last season and beginning of this one. Longest shot was 245 yards.


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Originally Posted by Mule Deer
I've used a bunch of powders in the .280, but if colder temperatures might be encountered prefer H4831, which works just as well as it does in the Winchester "imitation .280" they call the .270. With 140's I generally use around 60 grains, with 150's 58.5, and with 160's 57 grains. These aren't found in published loading data, which is pressure-limited due to pump and semiauto rifles, but they've worked fine in several bolt actions.


What this guy said. grin


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anybody using a Magnum primer for the Ramshot Hunter in 280?


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I pretty much use .270 data. Currrent load is the CT 150 grain silvertip over 58 grains Of H4831sc.

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Originally Posted by Sycamore
anybody using a Magnum primer for the Ramshot Hunter in 280?


Yes. Or Win LR.


Originally Posted by shrapnel
I probably hit more elk with a pickup than you have with a rifle.


Originally Posted by JohnBurns
I have yet to see anyone claim Leupold has never had to fix an optic. I know I have sent a few back. 2 MK 6s, a VX-6, and 3 VX-111s.
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I was helping a friend load his 280 last weekend, had IMR 4831, IMR 7828 and could not get either of those to come close to a group at a 100 yds with nosler 160 partitions. Had a jug of IMR 4451 and voila, finally a decent group. Did not try H4831, maybe that would have worked.

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Originally Posted by .280Rem
Originally Posted by Mule Deer
I've used a bunch of powders in the .280, but if colder temperatures might be encountered prefer H4831, which works just as well as it does in the Winchester "imitation .280" they call the .270. With 140's I generally use around 60 grains, with 150's 58.5, and with 160's 57 grains. These aren't found in published loading data, which is pressure-limited due to pump and semiauto rifles, but they've worked fine in several bolt actions.


What this guy said. grin


Yup. My standard load is 60 grains H4831 with a 140gr TTSX for 3050 fps and very nice accuracy.


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