Jacketed bullets for the 280 ROSS

Or it you think the Woodleighs are too pricey. start with a standard .284 bullet and see, sometimes they will 'slug' up. I have shot hornady 139 grainers out of mine and it is slugging at .288.Wont be MOA but if you just want to shoot the gun, they will sometimes work just fine.
 
The cheaper option was to buy from Buffalo arms, who got at least three bullets of .287" available before the "Canadian Terrorists Ban".. :)

I use my remaining Buffalo bullets, Woodleigh and Hawk bullets (one of the very few US bullet manufacturer who are still willing to ship on this side...).

You can swage .308" bullets too, but it's more pain. You also must be careful as often the jacket does not hold very well on impact once swaged.
 
I would certainly recommend actually shooting some 7 mm bullets as a starting point. You may be pleasantly surprised. I started out using some left over 7 mm bullets from another project to fireform brass. I was able to get groups under 3" with open sights. I ordered some Woodleighs and ended up with groups on the order of 5-6" . There was considerably more barrel heat as well. I finally settled on Hornady 154 gr. Interbonds over IMR4350 and got sub 2" groups with the Porter peep and front blade at 100 yards. I consider myself very fortunate as 7mm bullets are cheaper and more readily available.
 
tiriaq said:
Have you slugged the barrel?
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This comment was worthy of note. I can't imagine setting up for reloading for an old gun like this and not having slugged the bore.

Many bores will in fact be 0.284" or a bit more. If 0.284" you have many choices.

If larger than 0.284", you still have choices:

- flat-based 0.284" bullets will often obturate enough on firing to fill the grooves;
- many 7mm cast bullet molds drop bullets of greater diameter than 0.284", some as high as 0.288" (I have one); and
- there are jacketed bullets available as already mentionned.
 
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