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280 Factory ammo is a bit pricey. If you are not going to reload, I would check out the prices and see if it matters to you.
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I have owned 2 700 KS's in 7mm Remington and one 280 KS. I noticed no difference in recoil whatsoever between any of them . I got 2850+ with a 160 grain partition in the 280, I never handloaded the 7 Mags or chronographed them. It was sure a lot easier finding factory ammo for the 7 mag. The only factory ammo I bought for the 280 was Federal Trophy Bonded 140 grain which shot terribly thus the handloading.
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Same bullets. My 280 handles 180 ELD-M's just fine with a 9 twist. Pick the rifle you like better and go kill elk!
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I think 280 is a perfect round but that rifle is made for a bench and not to carry all day long for a week. My friends love their 7 mag and they are proven killers and can be long range guns. But I just don’t care about them. My friends lite weight tikka in 7 mag has a more pop than I’d like when shooting from a bench. Look up the Ballistics of a premium ammo 140 grain 270win vs standard blue box 7 mag and where they compare at 400 yards.
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Ten year old thread resurrected from the dead.
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Ten year old thread resurrected from the dead.
Lol I thought it said 11/15/19 not 09. Oh well
All of them do something better than the 30-06, but none of them do everything as well.
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.280AI pushes the 7RM for performance in a more efficient package, one more round in the mag.
.280 at .270 pressure is a good one. They tended to load it down when they rolled it out, allowing for use in the 742.
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If you have to ask that question, use a .280!!
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According to Nosler, the 7mm Rem Mag shoots the same 160 grain bullet 148 FPS faster.
So if 148 FPS is crucial, get the 7mm Rem Mag.
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. I know the scope makes a great deal, but the .280 has a nice thumb hole stock and stainless 26" heavy barrel. There's nothing nice about a thumb hole stock on any hunting rifle. Add a 26" bbl to that mix and it sounds like it's going to weigh a lot more than you like to carry hunting. I'd pass on that 280.
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According to Nosler, the 7mm Rem Mag shoots the same 160 grain bullet 148 FPS faster.
So if 148 FPS is crucial, get the 7mm Rem Mag.
P Sad thing is with bad loads you might see that much variation from cartridge to cartridge. Also a slow barrel on a 7 mag and a fast barrel on a 280 may shrink that gap up even more.
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Ten year old thread resurrected from the dead.
Its kinda fun to look back and see how the threads have changed (or not) in a decade. Mostly just the same, although the fads do come and go.
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And a decade-old thread just keeps going, like an Energizer Bunny bouncing off the same walls....
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I miss Dober's posts and RIP BobinNH... +1 DF
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According to Nosler, the 7mm Rem Mag shoots the same 160 grain bullet 148 FPS faster.
So if 148 FPS is crucial, get the 7mm Rem Mag.
P Sad thing is with bad loads you might see that much variation from cartridge to cartridge. Also a slow barrel on a 7 mag and a fast barrel on a 280 may shrink that gap up even more. Just for fun I did the math. Using 160 AB data for each, the 7mm Rem Mag is a 280 Rem plus 75 yards. That’s what 148 FPS gets you, 75 more yards. Dang, I wish Tikka made a T3 in 280 Rem. P
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Nosler manual #4 has a load with 160g bullets with IMR 7828 that we have been shooting in bolt action remingtons and A bolts:
160g at 2930 with amazing accuracy, std 280 with 24" barrels.
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If I didn't already have a great 7RM, I would be looking at the .280AI.
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