Just curious who has had expierience with them and what their thoughts were. I just bought a m77 in 280 for a good price..complemented that with $40 worth of winchester silvertip ammo- but it is snowing way too much to shoot it;Guess this is my post-purchase research.
I believe it is a great all-around big-game rifle. If you punch it out to an Ackley Improved you can pretty much rival the 7mm Rem Mag ballistics. Good choice
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The .280 is a great round, although it would not be my first or second choice for elk or larger animals. With lighter bullets (140 gr) the velocity difference between the 7mm is about 100 fps with factory loads. If you handload, you should be able to surpass 7mm factory loads if that is important to you (with lighter bullets).
Good luck, CE
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I consider it the equal of the 30-06 and a bit more versatile. I have owned three of them. My first was a rebarreled 30-6 700 BDL. My next was a 24 inch tubed 700 BDL Synthetic. The last, a 26 inch barreled NEF Handi Rifle.
Ive had mine for close to 20 years and absolutely love it.I have many others rifles but this is my go to gun.I shot lots of factory ammo out of mine and the silvertips shot the best.Remington is making one in the LSS mountain rifle this year.Just might be my next purchase.
No offense James B, however nice the 280 is it still is not as versitile as the '06. I see no 7mm bullets over 175 grains. The '06 has 180, 200 and 220 factory loads. Nosler doesn't even make any bullets in 7mm less than a 140 grains while the '06 has 120 grain bullets available. You may want to temper your enthusiasm a bit. The '06 is king for a number of reasons. Regards, Rick.
If I didn't own the 7MM RM, I would go with a .280 it comes close to the 7MM RM performance!
I will second JB on this too! Yeah, the '06 is about as good as you can get for a one gun battery! But, if you are going to have several guns, you would never miss having an '06 in the line up!
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The .280 can do anything that the 06 can do, realisitically. This is just part of the myth that somehow a .30 caliber bullet is magically "better" than a 7mm bullet when in fact 7mm bullets are more ballistically efficient for the most part.
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I see no 7mm bullets over 175 grains. The '06 has 180, 200 and 220 factory loads.
A 7mm 175NP will do anything a 30-06 will do with a 200NP and the 200 NP is a better bullet in an 06 than any 220 i've ever used or tested. You really need a bigger case capacity than the 06 has, to use bullets heavier than 200 grain bullets.
Have you ever looked at the SD of all of these bullets to see why you don't need a heavier bullet than 175 grain in 7mm??
I see no 7mm bullets over 175 grains. The '06 has 180, 200 and 220 factory loads.
A 7mm 175NP will do anything a 30-06 will do with a 200NP and the 200 NP is a better bullet in an 06 than any 220 i've ever used or tested. You really need a bigger case capacity than the 06 has, to use bullets heavier than 200 grain bullets.
Have you ever looked at the SD of all of these bullets to see why you don't need a heavier bullet than 175 grain in 7mm??
DM
Barnes makes, or used to make, an ORIGINAL spitzer in 195-grain for the 7mms. I don't know if it is still in production. It might take a pretty fast twist to stabilize it, as it is a long, pointed bullet.....
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thoughts on the 280 rem round
