Not my first choice, but I cannot get 140gr TSX to group. The gun shoots 140gr Sierras great. I'm going to start working with Accubonds. Staying with the lighter weight so I can use them for whitetails and mules. What do you think?
280 rem + 140gr Accubonds for moose?
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Those do sound like good choices too. I decided to go with the Barnes on moose for the weight retention. I really like the way the Sierras perform on whitetails and mules but I think they might be a little frangible for moose. I was hoping that the Barnes would group good so I could use them for everything this year. I was going to go back to the Sierras for next year because it will be at least 4 years till I get drawn for moose again. If the Accubonds work well for everything this year I will have to decide if I want to go back to the Sierras in the future.
Sask_Hunter
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the accubonds should work fine. how bad do the barnes shoot?
Republic of Alberta
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Something to think about with the Barnes is they are on the opposite end of the spectrum as compared to your Sierras. So if you are happy with the Sierras for deer you may not be happy with the Barnes on Deer. The accubond may be a better compromise for you.
I gave up on the rest in 280 rem and went back to my old proven nosler partitions. They have been the best choice for my 280's.
Barnse are 4 inches at 100yds. Sierras are 1.5 inches.
Remington 700 Mountain Rifle.
The 139 grain Hornadys BTSP that I use in my reloads for my 280 Remington travel at just over 3000'/sec. It is very accurate load and has accounted for about 24 deer and 6 moose in the last 10 or so years.......most of which were one shot kills .
I'd use 150 or 160 Partitions. You can easily use those on deer as well. In fact, I have even used 175gr Partitions on deer out of a 7mm RM. The results were always good. People sometimes think that the heavier bullets will cause more bloodshot meat, but that generally is not true.
I use those in the kids 7mm-08's. I'll load up a few and see how they perform.
I use a 13" drop tube(part of an old aluminum arrow) to get a compressed load of 60.7 gr. of H4831....
When I was working up a load for the 280 I was mainly looking for accuracy but I was also trying to obtain the magic velocity of 3000'/sec .
With this load I believe that I have achieved my goal ......haven't changed it in over ten years .
Having a 4x12 Leupold scope certainly helps with the accuracy .
The barrel on my 280 Remington is only 22" long . If it had a longer barrel I could ease up on the powder a bit .
I get a bit of blood-shot meat with this set-up(mostly lung-shots) but then again I had to throw away the whole rib cage from a buck that I shot with a 50 cal. BP rifle .
longbranch*
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Tsx
Have you tried seating the TSX bullets deeper? I read they sometimes need a bit of a run before hitting the lands. Havent used TSx's in my own .280 Mountain Rifle, but regular bullets need to be seated deep in it to function.
Geoff
Have you tried seating the TSX bullets deeper? I read they sometimes need a bit of a run before hitting the lands. Havent used TSx's in my own .280 Mountain Rifle, but regular bullets need to be seated deep in it to function.
Geoff
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- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
A rifle-load combination that groups 4" is more than enough to kill a moose at typical ranges, but not enough to instill confidence in a good marksman. The 140 Accubond will certainly work, but I'd be checking other members of the TSX family to see if something else shoots better. A pal of mine swears by the 140/7mm TTSX in both is .280 Mk V and his son's 7X57 Brno.
Sask_Hunter
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- Saskatchewan
The Barnes is likely not working in a fouled bore. Clean it to bare metal with cr10 and JB. Your 280 should do better than 4"
