Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Mule Deer or other: 280 ackley load

Ranger99,

Back during the Obama rimfire "shortage" a posted on the Campfire boasted that when any local store got a shipment, he'd go there with various "disguises" in his pickup. He'd go in and buy whatever the store's allowed limit was, then go back out to his pickup and change hat and shirt, put on a hat, and maybe a pair of sunglass, then go back in and buy some more.

Well sir, I don't doubt that at all because I saw the
same kind of thing myself.
I'd tell a coworker or an acquaintance. Some would
just shake their head, but more than I expected
would call me a lying blankety blanker and so on. .
So many wanted to believe the secret-Indiana-Jones-
warehouse where they were stacking all the 22 LR
ammunition from all over the USA, presumably adjacent
to the ark of the covenant
Never did see any of those 22 firearms that everybody
declared that they would throw away. IMO I think
the people leaving the country after the 2016 election
each carried a dozen or so apiece with them

I’m guilty, have bought supplies I’ll never use up, because I’m afraid I’ll run out, can’t get more.

I am shooting the 175 Eld x with 57.0g of IMR 7828, Fed 210(other primers blow the group) seals the deal in fire formed Lapua '06 brass, bullets all touch at 100 yards. Nosler 175g LRAB shoot very tiny groups .010 off the lands, sort by ogive lengths.

Lapua brass is very tough brass, not to mention the quality. It is worth your time and effort to form some 280 brass out of the Lapua '06 brass. You will shoot the barrel out with 100 rounds of brass.

280AI..28" Bartlein barrel 140 Nos Accu Bond moly 3.34" 56.2 gr IMR4166
Quickload predicts: 66 kpsi 3214 fps
chrono measures: 3252, 3197 fps

7mmRM... 140 gr Accubond 3.34" 65.1 gr IMR-4451
QL 24" barrel 72.2 kpsi 3265 fps
chronograph:
3244
3267
3252
3236

7mmRM and 280AI are close.

t a gun show a dealer friend saw boxes of 22 shells go for $100 each. 410 shells for much higher I think he said $150 per box. This was right after our commander in chief took office, talk about panic.
One guy was pissed because the dealer sold him his last box of 22 shells at $100. The guy was sure the dealer had more under the table and he wanted it all.

How much shorter than spec does that Lapua brass end up being after forming to 280 AI ?

My 280AI likes RE26 and 162 grain interlocks. That load could probably work well on most game I’ll be likely to shoot.
My 280 also likes the 162 grain interlocks, though I have not played with that rifle for some time - I used 53 grains IMR4350 in that rifle.

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/185246.jpeg

That group was shot at 100 meters. I didn’t have a range finder at that time and stepped off 100 paces.

B: Do you have Long Legs ? Target says 100 yards / .21” , metric would make that ~1.9” @ 100 yards

In any case that’s more than sufficient accuracy to punch out to AI, Does it have any throat left ?

My Fwt Classic stacks them like that sometimes, but seldom more than 3, and less so in a breeze.

In any case, Thanks for sharing your loads. Interesting how the AI likes the slower powders, while the standard thrives on a little quicker burn rate.

28" barrel VS 24" barrel. Mmmm!

Must be the moly

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