Factory 280 Ackley ammo

[scott_r]

Just saw they are now offering this in a factory load for all you 280 AI fans. Seems like the Americans can't get enough of this round and its going mainstream. I'd like to see a factory rifle chambered in this cool round, sure beats the hell out of a 7 mag.

Cheers!!

 

[back40sniper]

Um, Scott, who are they ?

 

[dan belisle]

I thought Federal was going to do this, haven't seen any yet though. - dan

 

[Rembo]

Just saw they are now offering this in a factory load for all you 280 AI fans. Seems like the Americans can't get enough of this round and its going mainstream. I'd like to see a factory rifle chambered in this cool round, sure beats the hell out of a 7 mag.

Cheers!!

I had a 280 AI and I couldn't see where it
beat the hell out of the 7Mag".

100 or 200 fps less velocity than a 7Mag doesn't beat the hell out if it either...I guess I could say that my 7-08 "beats the hell out of the 280"..it's about 100-200 fps slower and fits a short action.
One more round in the mag isn't really beating hell out of anything in my book.
I have a 280AI reamer and have built a few but it's not magic.

 

[Gatehouse]

The 280AI has less case capacity than the 7mmReminton Magnum. It's not going to "beat the ehll out of a 7RM"

I am sure that some handloaders relaly lean on the 280AI, without ever knowing the pressure, though.

 

[todbartell]

they should rename it the 7mm Long Action Standard Magnum! my vote for the first factory load would be a 140 grain bullet at around 3167 fps mzzl velocity

 

[scott_r]

Um, Scott, who are they ?

Geez I forgot to post the link

www.nosler.com/index.php?p=11&b=3/&s=148

Probably hard stuff to find but its a step in the right direction

 

[todbartell]

their ammo is not available in Canada

 

[scott_r]

I had a 280 AI and I couldn't see where it
beat the hell out of the 7Mag".

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Im more so reffering to the cool factor ballistic wise its pretty close but think the 280 AI has the slight edge on effecienty, recoil and longevity of BB and is something different

 

[Donny Fenn1]

tod, i thought HWSNBN carried Nosler ammo....iirc

 

[todbartell]

nosler brass yes, ammo i doubt it. I was told by a Nosler Sales Rep that there is too much headache and too small of a market in Canada to bother importing their custom ammo up here. the only exception was their Nosler custom rifles that were supposed to be shipped with a few boxes of Nosler ammo so the owner could verify their accuracy claim

 

[350 Mag]

Highly doubt you will EVER see it in a big chain store like Walmart or Canadian Tire...finding 280 Remington is hard enough.

I will stick with 7mm Rem Mag. It will ALWAYS be around and you can find it just about anywhere that sells ammo.

 

[prosper]

as soon as factory ammo becomes available, the coolness factor of any given round drops by 50%