ORIGINAL: whitearrow
[align=center]hello fellas.i am pondering the idea of getting a remington m700 custon ks in .280 remington caliber.i never hear anyone talking about this caliber.is it not accurate or something.i just want to know the good,bad or ugly about it.[/align][align=center]thanks,[/align][align=center]whitearrow->>>------------------>[/align]
The .280 Rem. is probably the BEST American non-magnum cartridge ever designed for all gameup to the great bears. The main reasons why it never got too popular are that the .270 Win. was introduced almost a quarter-century before the .280, so the .280 had a lot of catching up to do. In addition, Remington generally underloaded it so it would work in their autoloaders without straining them too much. So the .280, to be up to its' potential, really does requires handloading. It is worth the effort!! (Even Jack O'Connor, the great guru of the .270 Win., candidly admitted that the .280 was a better round than the .270!!)