280 Ross reloading?

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Here is an old and odd one, 280 Ross. I have a friend with the rifle and he wants to shoot it and reload for it. I can imagine components are almost impossible to find and brass is hard to find as well, but does anyone have experience? Do you need to use the hydrolic method to remove the primer? Dies? Any and all input would be great!
 
There are a few ways to make brass for the Ross, one is to remove the belt on H&H cases or 7mm Remington Magnum brass. The easier way is to form it from 375 Ruger, or one of the RUM cases. The rest of the components are primers, powder, and bullets, all of which are available like any other.
 
I believe the 280 Ross had an odd-size bullet. [.287/.288"], so the bullets for it are very hard to come by.

I know of one Gent who "bumped up" .284 bullets, but the change resulted in mediocre accuracy.

There may be some boutique bullet maker who supplies these bullets, but I am not aware of who.

Regards, Dave.
 
If you can find bullets for the original 275 H&H they should work, and I think my buddy uses Woodleigh bullets.

A quick Google search didn't bring up the Woodleigh web page, hmmm
 
Cleftwynd said:
If you can find bullets for the original 275 H&H they should work, and I think my buddy uses Woodleigh bullets.

A quick Google search didn't bring up the Woodleigh web page, hmmm
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Aha!! I found the Woodleigh site, and they show 2 - .287" diameter bullets listed for the 275 H&H, but they would be fine in the 280 Ross.

They weigh 160 and 175 grains respectively. That would solve the bullet dilemma, for sure.

Regards, Dave.
 
Probably won't need to remove the belts from the magnum cases. The chamber in mine will accept them.
 
I use 300 Winchester Magnum cases and the belt does not have to be removed for mine. The 300 H&H case is easier to reform but not so plentiful...
 
I have used Hornady 300 H&H cases resized in a 280 Ross die trimmed and fireformed. They are a bit unsightly as they fireform over the belt but are very serviceable.
I just made another batch using 375 Ruger brass. Use a 348 Win die as form die and the 280 Ross as the sizer, then trim.
Before you go buying the expensive Woodleigh bullets try some of the variety of .284 bullets. My rifle prefers 139 gr Interbonds over the .287" Woodleighs.
The Kynoch factory loads are Berdan primed. A friend shoots these as he doesn't reload and finds that many of the cases suffer neck splits on firing.
 
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