ORIGINAL: Palladin8
I have a question for you guys,
I have a new .280 Rem AI and I loaded up 100 rounds of .280 Rem loads to fire form. I used new Rem brass, 150gr Winchester Power Points (cheapest things I could find) and approx. 50.6grs of RE-19, and Federal GM210M primers.
My question is this. Should I expect any type of accuracy while fire forming these rounds? I am not talking under 1/2" groups or anything like that. The rounds are very inconsistant. I am not sure if it is because the parent case doesn't fit snugagainst theshoulder of the Ackley or possibly something else. Any help you can provide I would apprectiate it very much.
Thank you
I doubt very much that you'd get better accuracy if you were firing factory loads to get brass, either. You can't really expect much in the way of performance until you actually work up a load for that gun.......
And to do that, of course, you have to have some formed brass.........
With a PROPERLY CUT Ackley chamber, you should NOT have any headspace problems while firing factory 280 ammo or brass. The only difference is that the Ackley case has a sharper shoulder angle and the shoulder is larger in diameter. The headspace specs are identical between the standard and AI version.