.280 Remington

[derivicus]

It aint easy finding ammo for my Remington .280.

I've taken several buck with it and I find it the ideal bread and butter med. game round, bridging the gap nicely between the 30-06 and the not quite as flat shooting .270.

Anybody here have experience with this underrated round?

 

[Mulliga]

I was under the impression .280 Remington was nearly identical to .270 Winchester. Nevertheless, it seems like a fine cartridge.

 

[Bob C]

After trying my brother-in-law's A-Bolt .280, I bought a barrel for my Encore.

I'm still working on the loads, etc. for this one, but I like the concept.

It goes well with my 7x57, 7mm Rem. Mag. , and 7mm TCU.

 

[Bruce H]

Getting a 280 barrel for my NEF is on the to do list. Thinking about using 30/06 brass and sizing to 280. Then trimming and neck turning. Winters are full of free time for cash grain farmers.

 

[Mike Irwin]

It's a good cartridge, but there's really virtually nothing to differentiate it from the .270 other than for handloaders it has a wider range of bullets available for it.

It's another one of Remington's "this is a good cartridge, but where the hell was it X years ago" offerings.

 

[ThreadKiller]

I'd have one, but I've already got a 270. Seems to me that the 280 Rem is a trifle longer to prevent it from being chambered in a 270 or an '06. Therefore I would expect the act of necking down '06 brass to produce "280" brass that will not headspace correctly. This excessive headspace could conceivably lead to case stretching, which ain't good. It's like setting the shoulders back on any rimless case (which headspace on the shoulder). Case head separation is not pretty.

I 'spose a guy could size the '06 brass just enough to leave a "secondary shoulder" just forward of the original shoulder and safely produce good 280 brass.

Me, I'd just buy new 280 brass.

Tim

 

[redneck2]

As above...

I think you want to...

get 30-06 brass and anneal the necks

lube real well (Rooster case forming lube), and run thru the .280 bullet seating die to reduce the necks

run thru the FL sizing die. This should leave the false shoulder.

Fireform with reduced loads

Unless you're gonna shoot a lot in one sitting and need a lot of brass or just want the experience, I'd get 100 empties and have enough brass for life.

I bought 350 .30-30's on e-bay for $12.

 

[BIGR]

A friend of mine has one in a Browning Bar and really likes its performance. It seems like it falls into that group of rifle calibers that does a great job. It boils down to to personal preference. Due to not being to find ammo at any store around would prevent me from wanting one. My 30.06 does just fine so I think I will stick with it.

 

[HankL]

derivicus, If 280 ammo is hard for you to find loacally try mail order. Ammoman.com has 150 grainers for $14.00 per box.
It is a great cartridge that falls just shy of 7mm Rem Mag in velocity. For the handloader plenty of components including cases are available.
We have had good results with the caliber on whitetail at the camp where I hunt over many seasons.

 

[Mike Irwin]

"It is a great cartridge that falls just shy of 7mm Rem Mag in velocity..."

Yep, which a lot of people just either don't realize or don't understand.

The .280 loses generally only about 100 to 200 fps. to the 7mm Mag.

The 7mm Mag. is a great cartridge, but I really think that far too many people see the "Mag." appelation and get all misty eyed over its capabilities when they would be just as well, or even better, served by the .270 or .280 with cheaper ammo, a bit less kick, and if they reload, no "belt" penalty, and certainly anywhere from 8 to 10 grains LESS powder to get virtually the same velocity.

 

[Gewehr98]

The .280 Remington refuses to die.

Whether it's known as the .280 Remington, 7mm-06, or 7x64 Brenneke. Although one's a wildcat, and the last is loaded to higher-than-SAAMI pressures by our European counterparts, even closer to the 7mm Remington Magnum.

I'm firmly of the opinion that there is a better variety of 7mm/.284 bullets for the .280 Remington handloader, than the .277 bullets used in the .270 Winchester.

 

[Mike Irwin]

There is a better variety of 7mm bullets. You only have to look in a loading manual to realize that.

Remember, too, at one time in the 1970s and 1980s the .280 was called, for a time, the 7mm Express.