280 Ackley

[todbartell]

same as 7828ssc, just a higher load density. Lot to lot variation yada yada

 

[chuck nelson]

I’m blind, I didn’t see it there. Whoops.

 

[TangoKilo]

Great rifle and choice of cartridge and bullets!!

RL26 really is magic!!!
I’m shooting 168gr Berger VLD Hunting out of my 24” 280 Ack at just over 3000fps

 

[WhelanLad]

Bro this is sick!
curious, How much is that for me to buy off you, an send to AU, price before shipping pm me if ya want

 

[todbartell]

some tweaks to the 280. No more pimp bronze, and bye bye Timney, hello TriggerTech

 

[Buckmastr]

Looks good!

 

[Crashman]

That colour is so nice! This has been an interesting read! And thanks for the help earlier by pm with the barrel length questions I had. I got mine all built and it is very similar to yours, Defiance AnTi action, #2 Benchmark 9 twist, 24" (I can make it shorter if I want), in an AG Composites Carbon All Terrain stock and a Trigger Tech trigger. I have only shot factory 162 ELD-X so far, and it shot two legitimate 1/2MOA groups with that, all the rest were 0.8 or under. I have a bunch of the 160 AB ready to go, some loaded over H4831SC just waiting for a decent day to hit the range, and I have five pounds of RL26 on order--that might be a while though.

 

[Slimbo]

Awesome rifle, what’s that colour called?

Hard to argue with that for a *shudder* one and only hunting rifle.

 

[todbartell]

tungsten grey

It's the best do-all out there!

 

[Mik123]

It's a beauty. I'm tempted to do something similar with a defiance crf action and a wildcat stock

 

[todbartell]

I just picked up a Gunwerks Clymr stock, it should be back from bedding soon. Really looking forward to stretching out the distance now with this 280.

 

[Buckmastr]

I like the McMillan you had on it before.

 

[Steyr101]

Awesome to see.

I have a Gunwerks Clymr stock ready to order for another .280AI build I have coming up.. looking forward to seeing how you like it.

 

[todbartell]

I like the McMillan you had on it before.

Easy to switch back if the style of hunt would benefit from a lighter rifle

 

[Weatherby Fan]

Easy to switch back if the style of hunt would benefit from a lighter rifle

Looking forward to a report on your thoughts.....Gunwerks compared to the McMillan, handling, shouldering...shooting of course, I sure like the looks of your new stock and colour combo, nice work Mark

 

[todbartell]

time to shoot!

 

[leveractionjunkie]

What a slick stick! Nice!

 

[remington jim]

time to shoot!

Very Nice - KOOL rifle TB - that stock is lighter then i thought it might be - RJ

 

[todbartell]

The Clymr stock is very nice to shoot. Muzzle jump is greatly reduced

Shot four groups at 327y with 150gr ELDx (StaBALL, RL16, D4350ssc) and 162gr ELDm over IMR 4955. Average group 0.77moa

 

[BlackRam]

Nice rifles!
And shooters too!
Am sure you will have great times afield hunting with them!

I too have a pair of custom LH rifles in 280 Rem and 338-06 (nothing quite as fancy as yours, and in laminate stocks, one pepper the other nutmeg). Great pair of cartridges!
Fun to shoot, accurate and easy on the shoulder.