The Browning A-Bolt Medallion is chambered in 280, but it only has a 22" tube.

I just looked at current listings. It would be a good combo if you ask me. I guess I just have a thing for 26" bbl's.

i like the price on the ruger and plus ruger has always been a good brand. $650 for the ruger .280. How common is it to find ammo for these? i even found a .284 but that sounds like a hard to find odd ball ammo. I'll saving up for the .280 ruger

I quess everyone here knows how much I like the 270 but EVEN I have to admit that the 280 offers a bit more of every thing than the 270. It may be the most UNDER RATED rifle ever developed. With a 24 inch or longer barrel, it gives up almost nothing to the 7 Mag with less recoil and muzzle blast. I had a Winchester Model 70 in 7 Mag at the same time that I had the 24 inch BDL in 280. There was seldom more than 70 FPS difference in those two rifles with the same weight bullets.

JB,
I gotta agree with you on the .280! I like my 7MM RM, but if I were doing it again, I'd take the .280!

If you handload the .280 is a great cartridge and can be sub in for the 7mm rem mag or 06'. If buying over the counter skip the 280 and want the .284 cal buy a 7mm rem mag instead. Factory offerings are a limiting factor to the .280 rem, as is availablity.

As far as recoil the 7mm rem mag has a bit more than a comparable 280 but it is anything but bad. The most important thing is fit, secondly an aftermarket pad can make all the difference and of course learning to roll with the push or jab. The 280 rem I load for is my partners abolt, fits me very poorlyplus has thehard plate recoil pad. Bites me a lot worse than my 7mm rem mag.

If doing it over I'd still stick with the 7mm rem mag!

All hail the 280 (my personal fav)

I don't buy into the "ammo is hard to find" argument on any ammo these days. We are all obviously computer literate enough to surf the web so ammo is just a mouse click away:

http://www.midwayusa.com/ebrowse.exe/browse?TabID=3&Categoryid=9329&categorystr ing=653***690***

The Rem core lokts will kill pratically anything you would want to chase with the great ole 280. If they aren't good enough you can always opt for the federal premiums with a host of quality bullets.

The recoil on my Browning Abolt is tame. Just a light little kiss on the shoulder reminding me to unsheath my knife.

peace

That.....was controvertial. I have heard guys say that the Core-Loks don't have good enough penetration or something like that.
Nice though, Core-Loks come in virtually every single centerfire cartridge in the world.(Except the .220 Whisper, and others.)

i'll second the motion of the 280 Rem (7mm Rem Express) as an all around versitile cartridge... 100 gr hornady HP's for coyote and woodchuck... or 175 Partitions for deer, bear, elk, moose, and so on and so forth... and a whole mess of weights, types and manufacturers in between....

my 280 is a rebarrelled 700 Mountain Rifle... i handload everything and i don't push the envelope i go for precision and accuracy... my 175 partitions leave home at about 2690 FPS and go to the same place time after time... 7828 and H4831SC are great powders for heavy weight bullets...

btw, don't let anyone tell you that a core-lokt won't do it's job... i am quite sure that many are used every year to kill a whoooooooole lotta critters... quickly...

Shato, my comments were based on my experiences with the .280 rem. Factory loads here are anything but vast, theUS internet sites are not an option for a canadian and my shoulder doesn't like my partners abolt as much as it likes my rem 700. Again I disclaimed fit being the main reason for the noticed recoil with his abolt.

It is just my opinion but I felt it had some value to the posed question about the .280 rem. I like it as a handloader but OTC ammo not as much as others capable of the same.

I said it before I wouldn'tbuy a 280rem over a 7mm rem mag, see no benefitin doing so. To each their own though

The 280 is simply a 7mm mag want to be. It should aspire to be a 30-06. Unfortunately it does not compete there either. Why shoot a long action cartridge with short action abilities. Manufactures are dropping the 280 only because it does not sell. Why pay more for ammo that is harder to get, that does not perform as well. Tom.


Only my opinion guys, please do not get upset with me. What did Robin Williams say in "Good morning Vietnam", OOOOOHHHH I am going to go to HE** for that one.