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What bullet and what weight do you suggest for a 280 Remington. I will be hunting deer, black bear, Moose and elk. Looking for one do all bullet. Shots will be from close to 3 or 400 yards. That is my comfort range.

Noz partition does nice thangs. 140 or 150 will kill bout anything that shiits thru a meat azz...

160 gr. Partitions. Muddy

The difference between 140, 150 and 160 is minimal.

A heavily constructed 160, however, may not expand well on deer while being perfect for moose.

Consider both weight and construction of the bullet.

Good luck.

Barnes TTSX 140 grain.

I'd likely roll mine with 139/140/145gr bullets.

Off the cuff, I'd say a 150 grain Partition.

160 gr Nosler Partition

DOesnt get much better then this

Barnes TSX, TTSX, Nosler Accubond, all 140 gr.

For a "do all" bullet that includes big animals, I'd go with a premium in the 150-160 gr. range. I've had excellent results from the Barnes TSX and the Nosler Partition. The Swift-A-Frames were really tough to get to shoot very accurately and the Hornady Interbond 154 gr. bullets didn't penetrate as much as I thought they should. E

160 Partition. Done.

I'd lean toward the 175 grain Partition... but then it is just the 160 grainer with a little more sectional density...

My do-all loads in the 280 AI are 145 LRX & 150 NBT.

Either will suit your purposes nicely.

Kawi on crack?

140 or 160, if not Part. then Accubonds..

I settled on 160gr. @2800 fps in my 7x64, which is the .280's older twin. I thought I'd use lighter constructed bullets for deer, and tougher bullets for elk and moose. But I actually use Nosler partitions for everything.

Moose are kinda scarce around here, but Partitions have expanded just fine in the 100 pound or so deer I've taken with them and IF a moose shows up I'm all set!

I'd go with either a 150 or 160 gr. Accubond or Partition, whichever shoots best in your rifle.
Paul B.

Bingo and dead center right there. Anything that a person has any business pointing a 28 caliber rifle at will be very dead, very fast with this bullet well placed.

With todays great bullets like this one, which will substantially out penetrate a 160gr Nosler or other lead core bullet, there is no reason for a big slow plowing bullet like that any more. Nor is there any good reason to subject ones self to the additional recoil of a 160 anything. Until you got to the Moose part, even the 120 TTSX would work terrific. BTDT and more than a couple of times with that bullet and its similar forerunners here and in Africa.