.280 Remington
 

Does anybody have experiance with the .280 firsthand? I will be taking home a new A-Bolt Composite Stalker tommorow chambered for such, but know nobody who has shot one really. My last rifle was a .300 Win Mag, so I know I stepped down a notch. (or ten!) :( But this one should be much more pleasurable to shoot off season.:) Thanks alot.

Just two more months till Elk season!:D

RE: .280 Remington
 

I' ve had one for 16 years. IMO, it' s a hard caliber to beat overall. I shoot handloaded 139 gr hornady' s and it performs extremely well out to 300(which is the farthest I' ve gone with it). I know some folks that shoot elk with theirs, and it works excellent. I' ve only taken deer with mine, but if and when I do go elk hunting, that' s what I' ll be carrying. Good luck! :D

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My 280 is also a Browning Composite Stalker. Great gun, great cartridge. Don' t sell the 280 short. It may be a step down from your 300 but not a big step. Not much differance in recoil between my 280 and 270.

My experiance is fairly limited to a few deer but I can find nothing wrong with it. It seems to hit a little harder on deer than my 270 but that could have just been do to shot placement. I' ve killed a lot more deer with the 270 than the 280.

My 280 is a little finicky about ammo but shoots the Winchester Ballistic Silvertips great. I think you' ll be very pleased with yours.

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Thanks for the input guys. I think I am choosing the right gun. I too had a .270 and loved how it shot. I figure the .280 will do everything it did, and then some if need be with 175' s. Thanks again

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My dad swears by his, and I have to admit, that thing will group like nobody' s business. I think he' s shot something like 12 deer with it in three years, with 11 falling in their tracks. Good shooting cartridge, easy on the shoulder, and has plenty of power. You' ll enjoy it. [8D]

RE: .280 Remington
 

Very accurate round with most loads and bullets. I have used one on Elk 160 grain partition with max loads per Nosler #4 manual of IMR7828 . If I had to do it again I may switch to the 140 grain partition...very underrated round but a useful one....Your not going to match 7Rem mag speeds with lighter bullets but using heavier bullets there is really not enough difference for any animal to notice.

RE: .280 Remington
 

The .280 is a great choice. I thought browning had discontinued that chambering, but am glad it is back. I bought one of the original A-bolts .280 in ' 87 and it has been fantastic. I have not hunted with it, but it shoots extremely well and is a great cartridge. If you are bored, www.chuckhawks.com has a great comparison of the two in his rifle section.

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I have one of the early model 4 Remingtons thats stamped with 7mm rem express {.280}, shoots as good as any other caliber from the rem autos for me.

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I here a lot of good reports on the .280. Good knock down power, good accuracy at a long distance.....But, just like the 10MM and the .40 cal handgun rounds, the .270 kinda won over the .280. I know remington discontinued the .280 in some of there line of guns, maybe the whole line. It may be hard to find that round in some gun stores (atleast in some here in MD), but I see nothing wrong with the round. Great ballistics.

RE: .280 Remington
 

I wouldn' t say the .270 ' won' over the .280 - the .270 is one of the most popular, established cartridges in the world, and I can' t see any recently-introduced caliber overcoming its stature in the hunting community. I know plenty of people who use the .280, and it' s still very easily found ammunition. Like the 6mm, .260, and countless other cartridges, it' s just not one of the top-10 most popular in the world.

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You are right.....I can' t see any recently introduced cartridge takeing over the .270, 30-06 or any of the populars....Its just that, from my experience in selling rifles at the shop, the people looking for an overall deer gun, usually go to the .270, or 30-06 over a lot of other cartridges. I didnt necessarily mean that everyone would rather have a .270 over a .280, it' s that since the .270 is more widely used, they jump right on the .270. a .270 and a .280 has almost the same ballistics. In fact, The caseing of both is almost the exact length, just that the .280 is a bigger bullet. Sorry for the way I worded that last post.

RE: .280 Remington
 

The .280 is a great caliber,enjoy...;)

RE: .280 Remington
 

Yes, I have had experience with a number of different cartridges that fire .284" bullets. You didn' t step down as much as you might be led to believe when going from the .300 Win. Mag. to the .280!! Just put your bullets in the same place you would have if using the .300, and I think you will become convinced of this!!

RE: .280 Remington
 

I have shot antelope, deer, bear, and elk with the .280.
Use 140 partitions for the light stuff and 160 partitions for the heavy stuff.
The animals can' t tell the difference out to 350 yards, beyond that the power levels between the 280 and the magnums can make a difference on the bigger animals. On deer and antelope you still have plenty of energy out to 500 yards (my personal range limit).

If I could only have one cartridge the 280 would be it.
If you reload try H4831sc, excellent in all bullet weights.
Good choice!!

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RE: .280 Remington
 

Every body seems to think that Jack O' Connor was totally in love with the .270.

I read a bit by Jim Carmichell once where he told of being at a party where Jack O' Connor was present. Carmichell got talking to Jack and told him about a custon rifle he was having built. Even though Carmichell was having it chambered in .280 he told Jack, what he thought he would like to hear, that he was getting it in .270. Well after awhile O' Connor got Carmichell off to the side where noone else could hear and said it would be better to have the custom rifle chambered in .280 as it was just a little bit better round for a handloader to work with.

If I didn' t have a .264 win. mag. I would be very interested in getting a .280.

Robin.

RE: .280 Remington
 

seems like you have found yourself a fine caliber anf gun chambered in it!! congrats.. once you shoot that browning you will never buy anything else besides browning!:D
i had one of them in the past. in a rem 7600 syn matte finish. i would have to say it is a fine caliber for almost all of your big game needs for deer , black bear, elk, caribou, antelope.

the only downside i found is that if you handload. like anything else you can get a better selection of ammo for it. my buddy i hutn with every year has one in a rem 700ADL pre-90' s took a elk at 300yds with a TBBC' s and dropped it in it' s track' s.
if i ever do get rid of my browning medallion in 30-06sprg i will go back to that fine round.
let us know how she shoots my browning gets 1.080" at 100yds using 165gr. sierra gamking' s