|
|
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 114
Campfire Member
|
OP
Campfire Member
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 114 |
Getting my new rifle in 280 AI, hoping it will become my new "go to" rifle. I need some ideas on what people are using. Please post your favorite load, and it's intended use. Any and all data posted will help me, no matter it's use, as I will likely be using this rifle for a wide range of purposes (from varmints to Elk).
Thanks,
Jay
Tolerance is the virtue of a man without convictions.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 27,692
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 27,692 |
Try some H4350 with the Nosler 120 grain Ballistic Tip. Its bad mojo on deer and is super accurate. Also, check this site out: http://data.hodgdon.com/main_menu.asp
Member: Clan of the Turdlike People.
Courage is Fear that has said its Prayers
�If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.� Ronald Reagan.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 713
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 713 |
Start lower than these loads and work up
160 gr Accubond, 60.5 gr RL22, Fed215 primers
160 gr Accubond, 62.0 gr RL25, Fed215 primers
Watch out for the do-nuts, my 280AI develops them early.
"The beauty of the 2nd amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it" - Thomas Jefferson
Criminals prefer unarmed victims and dictators prefer unarmed citizens
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,098
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,098 |
60grs. IMR-7828, WLRM, 160gr Sierra HPBT Game King seated 15 thou off the lands. 2983fps with a SD of 6.3.Rick.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 245
Campfire Member
|
|
Campfire Member
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 245 |
58grs. IMR 4831 CCI 250 LRM primer 140 gr Barnes TSX got just about 1/2" group at 100 yards velocity average 3125 fps.
56grs IMR 4831 CCI 250 LRM primer 140 gr Barnes TSX got just over 1/4" group at 100 yards average velocity just unger 3K fps.
All seated .040 off lands using Nosler brass. None of my Accubond loads were worth a darn.
Kindness is the language the blind can see and the deaf can hear. - Mark Twain
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 4,533
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 4,533 |
Winchester 270 brass necked to 30 and back down to headspce in the chamber. 63.5 grains Vihtavouri N165 Nosler 140 BT or AB seated -.010" off the lands. 3200+ out of a 24 3/4" Krieger. Very accurate, and looooong brass life.
Proud Member of the AccuBond Society.......
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 9,131
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 9,131 |
I have used VV N165, 210M primers behind a 140 Accubond in nosler brass,on a tip from Tim and wasn't dissapointed,fast and very accurate,my 280AI shot this load better than any other combination I tried,but I never made it to 63.5 grs in Nosler brass I ended up around 62.0 grs,so start low and work up,he has given some good advice!!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 174
Campfire Member
|
|
Campfire Member
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 174 |
Tim's load,63.5 gr N165, CCI BR2, 140 Accubond, so far is 1/2" average for 5-3 shot groups, great load
3-7-77
|
|
|
|
|
567 members (17CalFan, 12344mag, 1lessdog, 1beaver_shooter, 160user, 10gaugeman, 54 invisible),
3,075
guests, and
1,241
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,194,672
Posts18,534,185
Members74,041
| |
Most Online11,491
Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|
