.280 Myths?

I Handloaded for the .280 Remington, great cartridge with good bullet weight/sectional density with a not too punishing recoil in fwts and mountain rifles. Mine was a Winchester FWT. If you're buying one and don't reload stick with the .270 winchester. It won't do anything the .270 can't do espicially today with so much premium, accurate ammunition for the old classic(.270). I find the .280 is hamstrung in what factory ammo is avaliable. Remington loads the 140 accutip, but much of even their premium lines are not for the .280 Rem!

Handloader! By all means try the .280, and it won't let you down from sheep to Elk, but may not return the same resale value used as a .270 in same rifle.

Non Handloader! Stick with the .270 or the .30-06, both have had new life breathed into them with so many hot premium factory loads avaliable. And if your stuck in timbuktu, you will probaly find a box of .30-06 or even .270 if the local corner store is selling ammo at at all.
The .280...well...you may not find it.:canadaFlag:

Now if you had said the 7mm Remington Magnum whats the myths, well ..............!:canadaFlag:
 
I've had one close to 20 years. Every other centrefire I've bought during that time was later sold or traded for something different. Not the .280; it is my go-to. I always liked cartridges to be just a bit different, or more interesting. I could have done any of the hunting I did with a .270 or .308 or 7mm-08, or a .30-30 for that matter. They are all excellent cartridges. Whatever, I just wanted (and enjoyed) my .280 Remington. I found ammo in such major centres as Powassan, Ontario and Ardmore, Alberta. It's not a rare commodity.
 
I'm not a guy who owns anything that shoots a .284 bullet, but the 7mm guys I do know are awefully faithful to their various 7mm's including the .280. There must be some good reason for their faith in the caliber...
 
'Boo said:
I much prefer the 7mm Remington Express cartridge. ;)
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I remember that one! It was pretty good, too. Almost as good as the 7mm Magnum with lighter bullets. Too bad it never caught on. Glad I didn't buy a rifle chambered in that one. Imagine trying to find ammo for it now.





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rral22 said:
I remember that one! It was pretty good, too. Almost as good as the 7mm Magnum with lighter bullets. Too bad it never caught on. Glad I didn't buy a rifle chambered in that one. Imagine trying to find ammo for it now.
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I bought one from a guy who couldn't find ammo for it;).
 
captonion said:
I bought one from a guy who couldn't find ammo for it;).
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It was just Remington changing the name of the .280 Remington in the late 70s early 80s trying to respark interest in the .280 and ride on the coat tails of the Famous by then 7mm Remington Magnum. They tought the "7mm" change would sell. It didnt only caused confusion and thus they went back to calling it the .280 Remington. You can see by Boo's wink he knows all to well!
Still a fine, powerful game getter.:canadaFlag:
 
Cam,

I use the 162gr AMax in my .280, as well as the 140gr TTSX and the 140gr Sierra GK. I've also used the 140gr BT and the 130gr GS Custom, but I ran out of both of those, so I'm using the other three now. The 162 is a GREAT LR bullet, the 140 GK is cheap and great for practice/varmint/deer shooting, while the 140 TTSX gets the nod when there are elk, moose, or bear in the mix.

My .280 shoots the AMax and Sierra to a little under MOA, and the TTSX to a little under 1/2MOA.
 
Jordan Smith said:
Cam,

I use the 162gr AMax in my .280, as well as the 140gr TTSX and the 140gr Sierra GK. I've also used the 140gr BT and the 130gr GS Custom, but I ran out of both of those, so I'm using the other three now. The 162 is a GREAT LR bullet, the 140 GK is cheap and great for practice/varmint/deer shooting, while the 140 TTSX gets the nod when there are elk, moose, or bear in the mix.

My .280 shoots the AMax and Sierra to a little under MOA, and the TTSX to a little under 1/2MOA.
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This is where the .280 will do its work, on the loading bench. It was a fine cartridge for me to handload for,a round in some ways superior to the .270 but like I said earlier with only factory ammo choices, I'll keep the .270. Theres alot of powder you guys are loading today that wasn't avaliable 30 years ago and these new high B.C mono bullets, well it should be a smoker at 400 yds on a big muley buck or Caribou.

I always considered the original Remington Mountain 700 was meant to be a classic with the .280, like the WinM70FWT in .270 win. Does anyone else feel that way?
 
I had two 280's currently running a 7-08AI...I love the 280, I was firing 150gr noslers into cloverleafs with both...like most gunnutzs something else caught my eye and down the road they went...I will have another though. Never considered a 270 because I handload.
 
I currently own a Ruger MkII with a Douglas barrel chambered in 7X57, a Winnie classic and a BDL both chambered in 7mm Mag, and a Savage with a custom barrel chambered in 280. I mostly use the Savage but I really like all four rifles and all three cartridges. For where I hunt the magnums are a bit much but still nice-the BDL is crazy accurate, The Ruger is a load to carry all day. The Savage is just about the perfect rifle for me. It has never failed to bring home the venison. I hand load and have used a variety of bullets but find the basic bullets are sufficient for whitetails so I mostly use the old reliable core lokts in 140g. Using 175 gr bullets would be my choice for elk or moose. So no myths here, just many years of experience with 7mms in general and the 280 in particular and I don't think you can go wrong with it. Good hunting.
 
In my humble opinion, shooting any Canadian big game, it will matter not one whit, whether you shot the animal with the a 30-06 necked down to 7mm, regardless of the name it is called, or whether you hit same animal, same place, with same bullet, with a 7mm Remington magnum.
For some reason, the 7mm rem mag has exaggerated figures for it given in both factory loading and the loading books. OK, so all rifles fall into that catagory, but 7mm Rem mag seem the worst.
Thus, there is really little difference between a 7mm R mag and the 30-06 necked to 7mm.
 
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