inherited 280 ross cartridges
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280 Ross is a rifle tat needs hand loaded ammo. Each rifle owners needs a box of factory ammo, so he has brass.
If I was you, I would sell the ammo and limit sales to one box per person, so the maximum number of rifles can be shot.
If I had a 280 Ross (I wish i did) I would pay $200 for a box of loaded ammo, so I could shoot my rifle and have brass.
If I was you, I would sell the ammo and limit sales to one box per person, so the maximum number of rifles can be shot.
If I had a 280 Ross (I wish i did) I would pay $200 for a box of loaded ammo, so I could shoot my rifle and have brass.
Does the ammunition have .250" Berdan primers? If so, reloading it could be problematic. It is my understanding that older Kynock ammunition may have mercuric primers. This does the brass no good whatsoever. Corrosive primers aren't a problem if proper cleaning is performed. I have heard of this ammunition in desirable calibers being broken down, reprimed with non-mercuric primers and then reassembled.
Anything on the packaging telling what sort of primers are used?
Anything on the packaging telling what sort of primers are used?
M/c
I have several hundred rounds of Kynoch .280, (after 60 years of collecting and shooting Rosses of all stripes) and I will tell you that virtually all will split their neck when fired, so they are a one time effort.
They are OK as display items, or a as companion piece to a real .280 sporter, but they are "consumables" if used.
Also, anyone shooting them MUST (read MMUUSSTT) "boil out the barrel" (run boiling hot water (ya ya I know about ammonia soaked rags) through the barrel, using a specially shaped funnel), as the primer are mercuric and (salt) corrosive (that's why most Ross barrels are "stove pipes").
$20/cartridge is for single round collectors only. BTW "Uncle Joe" (Salter) likes to sell empty boxes (HUH) for stupid (STUPID) prices so all the the bucket has a value IFF sold intelligently.
All good wishes
OGC
I have several hundred rounds of Kynoch .280, (after 60 years of collecting and shooting Rosses of all stripes) and I will tell you that virtually all will split their neck when fired, so they are a one time effort.
They are OK as display items, or a as companion piece to a real .280 sporter, but they are "consumables" if used.
Also, anyone shooting them MUST (read MMUUSSTT) "boil out the barrel" (run boiling hot water (ya ya I know about ammonia soaked rags) through the barrel, using a specially shaped funnel), as the primer are mercuric and (salt) corrosive (that's why most Ross barrels are "stove pipes").
$20/cartridge is for single round collectors only. BTW "Uncle Joe" (Salter) likes to sell empty boxes (HUH) for stupid (STUPID) prices so all the the bucket has a value IFF sold intelligently.
All good wishes
OGC
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I own several boxes of Kynoch .280 Ross factory ammo. Mine is all Berdan primed. The fellow I bought from said it would regularly split necks.
I use it as a keepsake. I typically shoot my .280 with brass made from .300 H&H or .375 Ruger.
I use it as a keepsake. I typically shoot my .280 with brass made from .300 H&H or .375 Ruger.
