Rifles in .280 Remington?
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Don't let 'em talk you out of a .280 Rem. I wanted one since I was a kid. One fateful day in 2018 preparation ($$$) and opportunity (a pre '64 model 70 fwt with a new, unfired stainless 1:9 Jury barrel) came together for me.
Nobody wants a .280 Rem on the EE - this beauty had been listed for over 6 months and was priced reasonably.
Just be patient - 280 rems have never been popular, especially since the 'new and improved' 280 AI has been getting all the hype. Even interest in them seems to have waned... It will be worth the wait!
Nobody wants a .280 Rem on the EE - this beauty had been listed for over 6 months and was priced reasonably.
Just be patient - 280 rems have never been popular, especially since the 'new and improved' 280 AI has been getting all the hype. Even interest in them seems to have waned... It will be worth the wait!
Can you comment on 280 vs 280AI loaded to the same pressures, same barrel length, same powder/bullets? Apples to apples
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I had one of those, nice rifle... and the laminates usually came with stainless bottom metal rather than the cast aluminum BM.
I currently have three rifles in that M77 configuration, a 6.5 Rem Mag, 7.62X57 and .358/375... all with rechambered factory barrels. I carried them alot this fall and used them on a few head of big game to good effect.
The plain stainless is history, but they still make a matte stainless logoed floorplate, and special run polishes stainless floorplates, the only way Snapshots will order one is with the serial number of a rifle that was factory equipped with one... the problem is there is no descriptive part number to differentiate between the stainless matte logo unit and the polished stainless unit... I ran into that wall and did my best to work with Ruger parts department on correcting that parts issue, apparently to no avail.
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Ackley enjoys a modest 6% increase in case capacity, which will yield about 50 fps increase over the 280 Rem
Sounds about right, thanks.
You gain roughly 10% in case capacity. The formula tells us that will increase your velocity about 2.5% of that, so a bullet going 2900 fps will be going 2972 or so in the AI version. - dan
It is. I’ve shot both a bunch and swore I’d never own a 280 AI again. However, there is such a leg up with brass availability with the AI that it might change my mind.
Not mine.
This Fudd still has one. Not trading it for anything on a chassis any day soon.
700 action with a JC 1:8" bbl in a Brown Precision. Almost the perfect "all round" rifle. Shoots too!
I don't believe in "lucky" rifles, but if I did, this would be one. I got this little buck on the 1st day I ever carried it afield.
