Love Affair - CUSTOM M700 Remington in 280 Rem
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Welcome to Ron Spomer Outdoors! In this video, we look back at a video I did on a custom M700 Remington in 280 Rem. This is truly a beautiful rifle.
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For 44 years I’ve had the good fortune to photograph and write about my passion - the outdoor life. Wild creatures and wild places have always stirred me - from the first flushing pheasant that frightened me out of my socks in grandpa’s cornfield to the last whitetail that dismissed me with a wag of its tail. In my attempts to connect with this natural wonder, to become an integral part of our ecosystem and capture a bit of its mystery, I’ve photographed, hiked, hunted, birded, and fished across much of this planet. I've seen the beauty that everyone should see, survived adventures that everyone should experience. I may not have climbed the highest mountains, canoed the wildest rivers, caught the largest fish or shot the biggest bucks, but I’ve tried. Perhaps you have, too. And that’s the essential thing. Being out there, an active participant in our outdoor world.
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280 is still a great cartridge
The .280 is so underrated
YOU ARE SO RIGHT EVERYBODY WANTS 270---280 IS BETTER AT EVERYTHING ***I DONT GET IT ****
270 is awesome. 280 is awesomer. Yeah, I said that!
As a young man getting into shooting in the last two years I can appreciate the wisdom , one of the other downfalls of no father or grandfathers is some of us never got taught about rifles and shooting .
Ron you’re the man !
Tha is indeed a tragedy, little brother. Come out to Central WA and I will take you mule deer hunting.
It's great to see someone appreciate the 280. I am a complete 7mm junkie. 280 Remington 7mm-08 Remington and 7mm Remington Mag are my favorite 3 calibers. I own multiple guns in all 3 calibers. I also recently got a 280 Ackley Improved in a Savage Axis out of all things. Can't wait for deer season this year.
We should create a club magnificent 7. I am like yourself had a 7mm rem traded it for a 280 Remington, then bought a 7mm-08 and a 7x57. 👍🏻
Savage's are great. I bought a Marlin XS7 in .308 bolt because they took the accu trigger, barrel nut and free floating bolt head from Savage. I floated the barrel and glass bedded the recoil lug and lower action. I even cut some tennis balls in half and shoved them into my empty buttstock.😅👍
@@JamesJones-cx5pk so I guess I'm a little ignorant to diy accurising. What do the tennis balls do?
@@adamweatherford2795 If that stock is as cheap and hollow as mine is, the tennis balls take out vibration. Ive used expanding foam on 2 others.
@Adam wetherford2795. You should try 57.5 grains of IMR 4350 with Sierra 140 grain SPBT bullets. Federal 210 M primers
My Cooper .280 Ackley improved 26 inch barrel shoots sub ½ inch groups at 150 yards. with the load I mentioned. I get 3166 fps.
The best news is that supposedly Remington is coming back. And they have promised good quality and tight tolerances. If they can do it and keep prices reasonable they'll be a winner.
I am becoming a huge fan of the 280 Remington.
I love my 280 that I ordered with a 26” barrel, fast and accurate!
It's always a good day when Ron the Man posts a video 😁
Back in the '80's, before Winchester returned to the mauser type bolt action, they made a run of 1500 rifles in the 280 Rem in their Feather weight wood stock. It was a very accurate rifle, plus mine would hold 5 in the magazine with one in the tube. In working up loadings it liked, I had a 130 grain and 160 grain that both shot to the near same aiming point. The 160 actually had a longer zero range, which I intended to use for elk. I loaded a 100 gr HP for varmint as well, which obliterated everything regarding any usable pelt. It was my lighter rifle for 'bean field Whitetails'. I never had to shoot twice on anything, which was not even true for my 300 Win Mag.
If you have to shoot any animal, twice with your .300 Win. mag. You're not doing well with shot placement.
72.0 grains of WMR1 with the 165 grain Seierra HPBT @ 3166 fps. works on anything.
@@ricktaylor3748 Had a set of 180 gr Sieeras that didn't open up; he was a big tough buck too.
@@johnshields9110
180 Sierra BTSP grain is too much for whitetail deer.
It will shoot completely through 4 or 5 deer. I shoot high in the spine, I've watched dozens of deer drop like they've been shot..lol.
@@ricktaylor3748 If you believe every single animal you ever shoot with a 300 win mag will never require a second shot, then you have absolutely no clue what you're talking about.
@@SilverBullet22250
There's not an animal in North America, the .300 Win mag. won't drop with one (1) shot. I'd bet my life on it.
Thank you for the discussion on the M700 in 280 Remington. The rifle from the Custom Shop is beautiful. The stock is stunning. Several years ago I converted a LH M700 from 30-06 to 280 Rem with a Douglas barrel. It was an outstanding shooting rifle. Late last year I caught the customizing bug and had a local gunsmith upgrade the 280 Remington. I just got it back two weeks ago with blueprinted action, new Timney trigger, 25” Bartlein heavy Sporter barrel with 1:9 twist. The M700 CDL stock was reused on this project, it has a great slender feel. After initial shooting yesterday at the range, I am excited about future hunts with this fine M700 in the classic 280 Remington cartridge. Thanks again.
absolutely LOVE this rifle and cartridge. I have a 7mm rem mag BDL that loves 160 Federals. I Love my 6.5x55 sporterized Mauser, scary accurate. I wanted a 7mm mauser for the longest time, did some research, now am appreciating my Sig SHR970 280! Another great video!
Awesome review, .280 is a great round, like the .41 mag it has been lost in the haze.
The .41 mag vas a really bad idea.
I love my 41 mag. My go to in a Ruger Blackhawk 3 screw frame.
Very nice stock. Great deer caliber. My father bought a 700 mountain rifle. I was impressed enough with the looks performance and the light weight adding the matte bluing. So I got the detachable mag model in 280. Beautiful looking classic sleek piece.
Hey Ron , love taking my wife shooting and hunting too , it really is the ultimate watching her enjoy our sport , we’ve been married nearly 40years , actually on our first date I took her hunting lol I’m such a romantic bloke even had a hamburger in a small country town cafe yup I’m a cheapskate 😂 but the simple things in life are the best , we are both crippled up but shooting is a great pastime for us in our later years , I love your channel and your persona , keep up the good work a big cheerio from Tracy and Paul down under in Australia 🇦🇺
I own a Model 700 BDL from 1979 chambered in 280 remington, however mine was stamped 7mm express back when Remington tried to do better marketing that ultimately failed. Its my absolute favorite rifle and it has taken moose, bear, many a deer and coyote. Loves 140 gr pills.
My dad had one as well that was stamped a 7mm Express.
I know what you mean, got one stamped same. Bought it from a guy years ago, that didn't know what it was . He said he got it on trade for auto repair bill.
I had a Remington m-700 in 300wm . I loved that rifle
I’ve been waiting 16 months for the 280 super grade from Winchester I’m drooling over this Remington also picked up a Zeiss with illuminate dot for that 280 sure hope this Winchester shoots good I’ve been hearing people saying the new ones are not like they use to be 🤷🏻♂️ Thanks for the video
.280 in a W70 or R700 is imo as classic of a hunting bolt gun as anything. Ive have .280 Browning Abolt medallion for 30+ yrs, and it's still more rifle than I've needed
All new Remington 700’s now being built with Timney triggers from factory! I agree with you in regard to the Monte Carlo stock……my favorite rifle is a Remington 700 BDL in 30-06.
Thanks for the video.
Got my 700 in 280 Rem in the early 90's. Was a model they called the 700 BDL European. Essentially a standard BDL but with a hand rubbed oiled wood stock. Beautiful rifle and shot/ shoots right at 1/2 MOA w/140 gr ballistic tips and 3/4 moa with 140 CoreLokt's. Had the glass bedded and floated and saw no further need to do anything else to it.
Had plenty of compliments on its looks in the early years and it will still surprise folks on how it shoots.
I believe the M700 in 280 Rem is like bread and butter. For me the ultimate would be to set one up in an HS Precision stock with a 24" stainless fluted barrel and action chambered in the 280 AI.
I have a Rem 700 VSSF II in 223Rem. HS stock, 26" fluted heavy barrel. Beautiful Rifle! I should have bought a Sendero SF in 7mmRM when they were still available many years ago.
@@glockparaastra I have a 1964 700ADL in 30/06 and a 2016 700 CDLSF in 35 Whelan. Both shoot moa. Would love to find a Mod 7 HS Precision in 7mm08.
Changing a parent cartridge to AI is like taking perfection and snatching a less than satisfactory result from it . . .
.280 Rem.
Perfection . . .
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@@fjb4932 all cartridges benefit in some way albiet minimally in most cases from Ackley Improving them (extended case life, and velocity gains) but normally the benefits dont warrant the changes needed. Ackley even calls this out. The 22/250 Rem and 280 Rem are a couple of exceptions to the rule with the 280 Rem being so much that SAAMI legitimized it.
@@BornAgain2019Nosler legitimized it. SAAMI just said, "ok, looks good. That'll be fine." 😊 I considered the 280 AI when it was still a wildcat. Ended up staying with the standard 280 Rem. This for hunting alpine game.
Cool stuff mr Ron . I’ve got a New England 280 single shot. I bought this rifle cheap , to help a friend. Has a heavy barrel. Shoots great! Really glad I bought it! Fun to shoot!
The SAAMI pressure specs for .270 Win (and probably the .280 Rem too) were set with the copper crush system (CUP). When they changed to the piezo electric pressure system which was calibrated in pressure in square inches (PSI) they were astonished at the difference in PSI and CUP numbers of cartridges, the .270 Win in particular. Everyone had been shooting at roughly 65k PSI for many years in bolt action rifles without problems for many years. Nevertheless many ammunition manufacturers reduced their loads anyway thereby reducing the performance of these factory loaded cartridges. As a consequence the magnum cartridges, operating at higher pressures, became popular.
I have several Remington rifles and shotguns that were made in the 60's and 70's. They're not fancy, but you can tell they were made by people who cared about their work. I've hunted with them for decades and so will my younger brother.
Ron I have one in mountain rifle , 1981 model , that is truly 95% rifle .
With several different bullets it will shoot under half inch 3 shot groups .
AND NO IT AINT FOR SALE LOL
Fell in love after shooting Grandpa's 700 chambered .270 w/ Leopold 3x9 at 14yo circa 1980. Refell in love with my wifes 700 .270 w/iron sites in 2010. Both factory original, sweet shooters.
Wow! A cartridge that is no longer offered in factory rifles. Please do a video on the 260 Remington next.
Always an interesting discussion from Ron. His level of knowledge is amazing.
And me ,,,I am 68 ,,,and proud to have lived through all of these calibers n Remington rifles ,,let me tell ya guys ,,,them was rifles that will never be outdone,,,so many things about those older M 700, were beyond perfect,,they were love affairs.
The first Remington model 700 were stamped 280 06 Remington. So you where right back then. Man those old 700's where as good as it gets. The 280 rem. is a fantastic round especially for a custom rig. With 150gr. Nosler Partition it has to be seen to be believed. There are so many greatest of all time rifles but that 700 is one of them.
Love my 280’s great channel keep it coming
I love my Rem 700 BDL..there are two problems the .280 Rem. has, the first is the .270 Win, and the second is the 30-06 Sprng.
I had a Rem 280, and have been kicking my butt ever since I was talked out of it. Probably one the most accurate rifles I have ever had. Many an elk and mule dropped in one shot.
My dad bought a 280 Remington built on a 98 Mauser action in 1978 . I started hunting Whitetails with it shortly after that with it using mostly Remington 140 grain PSPCL . Rarely has a deer made it out of his tracks . A wonderful cartridge but my gun isn’t quite as pretty as yours.😂
I have a 700 in the 7 rem mag the second year they came out and it had a stainless barrel what had a coating so they could put the bluing on it! Great guns! I collect rifles and the 700 is a great gun in the older ones especially before they went cheap! I have a couple custom 700 being built right now!
I have a M700 clone I built in 280AI. Love it.
I have a beautiful CZ557 Lux in 7X64 Brenneke. It has a 20" barrel so velocity is a little slower. But for a walk and stalk gun here in South Africa, it is great! I have 3 Remingtons (target-style rifles), the old good ones :-) The Remington 700 is such an awesome rifle.
I have a Remington 700BDL in 280 rem and it is by far my most favorite round and gun. 280 is all I’ll ever use
Browning X-Bolt .270 now comes with a 1 in 7.5 twist😊
I LOVE the .280 Remington !! Thinking about a Mod. 70 in French Walnut , SS BBL. 🇺🇸👍💯
I’ve got a Remington m700 cdl custom rifle of my own..looks identical to yours. Made in 1978 and chambered in .25-06. Most accurate rifle I’ve shot by a mile. It’s the last gun I would ever sell, I’ve never seen another cdl up close and personal up here in Canada
I finally found a late 80’s Remington 700 mountain rifle in 280 a few years back. Shoots amazingly with Barnes bullets and is very light. It’s the rifle I grab when I’m putting some miles on
I just picked up a new manufacture Remington Model 700 BDL in 7mm Rem Mag. It's a beautiful gun and shoots great. I replaced the non-adjustable Timney trigger with an adjustable one and it is awesome. Remington is back.
I have an Eddystone Enfield in 06 my dad gave me but i had to put a nicer stock on it. I was 14 and worked calves for 3 years to get it built by a neighbor who built custom stocks. Never thought you could make an enfiled pretty. Ha
Ron.........the skeletonized butt plate and pistol grip plate are aesthetics man, aesthetics !!! What those things do is they on the first order demonstrate the quality and love and precision of the " true " artisanmanship that the creator[s] put into that beauty. I know you know that. I just had to say that.
Ive owned a 270, 7mm-08, 280 and 308 over my 35 years of hunting. They all thump deer about the same but none have been as pretty as Ron's rifle. If you are going to do it, do it with style.👍
YOU ARE SO RIGHT EVERYBODY WANTS 270---280 IS BETTER AT EVERYTHING *I DONT GET IT **---BRING BACK THE 280****REM 700 ALPHA-1 PLZ**
@@Rusty-Brown_The 7mm-08 is "SWEET". I got broke and sold it. I'm shooting .308 now but I think the 7mm-08 is perfect for deer.👍
Love my Ruger M77 all weather in .280 Rem! Glad you are shedding some light on the old 7mm Rem Express!
I own two Ruger M77Mk II rifles in .280 Remington. One is a stainless in a laminate stock, the other is a Hawkeye synthetic. Love both of them. My primary antelope rifles.
I have a browning xbolt in 280 rem, a ruger in 6.5 creedmoor and a marlin 45-70. The .280 remington is my favorite out of the 3 for whitetail but hardly ever use is because ammo is so hard to come by.
Very nice segment, lots of good knowledge. Thanks Ron love your shows !
I have a Remington 700 Classic ('97) in 280 Rem. It's my favorite bolt action hunting rifle.
The Remington .280 used to be known as the Remington 7mm Express. I heard some scuttlebutt that they were about to change the name back to the 7mm Remington Express.
I have a black walnut tree in my yard thats almost ready to be harvested, (96" at the base). It was struck by lightning about 20 years ago and it should have some wonderfully marbled rings in it!!! Can't wait to see what it looks like, should make some beautiful stocks ;-)
Awesome gun! 280 Rem is so underappreciated. It's such a great cartidge for NA big game, and apparently African plains game. Glad you could support.
I have shot many different calibers and the 280 has out performed every non magnum. To get the best performance reloading is the key..The option for 7mm bullets is amazing. I recommend the 280 for beginner's to experienced hunters.
I also have a custom Model 700 .280...It has a Hart Magnum contour 23" barrel and a Timney Trigger. it is cerakoted in a Grayboe stock. It is insanely accurate and I load 120 grain Barnes with IMR 4831 at 3150 fps. Whitetails and hogs just wilt.
I remember that review of the rem 700. I myself have a remington 700 BDL in .30-06. I wasn't satisfied with the wood stock that came from the factory and I started comparing it with mauser style rifles with nice fancy walnut stocks. I got the urge so I got a nicely figured walnut stock made and fitted to my Rem 700 BDL and it looks very similar to the rifle Ron is reviewing except that mine has a sporter style style stock and not a monte carlo. When I had it done I didn't know that Remington had a custom shop at that time with that kind of an option. Looking back on it, I probably should have just bought a Dakota or Cooper rifle. Either way, my rifle looks beautiful now and with the iron sights on it definitely looks like a classic rifle from the early 20th century. I even had the pleasure of hunting with it in Africa 2 years ago. Thanks Ron, I love your videos in regards to these classic looking rifles. They are very hard to find because nobody really pays attention to old style craftsmanship. Everyone just wants polymer but it's nice to see some people still appreciate fancy would and steel.
Ron, the info in the Nosler 3&4 manuals regarding the IMR 7828 and the very importance of using the Federal 210 for tiny groups is nothing short of amazing when you start shooting HIGH BC bullets. You have to shoot a LOT more powder in much larger cases to get minimal improvements in ballistics.
On another note, consider an 8T, 24" 280, shooting the 180g ELD M at 2700 with its BC of .796, and you only use a smidge of powder, it is amazing to see the results of this down range, something you just have to see to believe. I use R#17 with a federal 215 primer with this load.
You can form cases from Lapua 30/06 brass and it is exponentially stronger! I typically use Winchester brass for warmer loads, and Remington brass for lighter bullets.'
Due to the use of Pumps and semi autos in the 280, reloading manuals and factory offerings are weak loads, many are not aware of this fact when they are loading for a bolt action rifle.
Gorgeous Rifle !!!!!! My fathers Browning A-bolt medallion in 30-06 Springfield looks just like that M700 custom Remington.
I’m a big model 70 fan, and hunt with a pre-64 in .270. However, that Remington 700 in .280 is just awesome. While I love the .270, as a handloader I can’t deny that the .280 is the superior cartridge (pains me to say it) and should have been far more popular…buuuuut, like big green is so apt to do, they screwed everything up. They chambered the wrong rifles for it and loaded it wrong and basically hamstrung the .280 right out of the gate.
The last four rifles I bought were a 7mm SAUM on a 700 action, a 280 Montana Arms, a 280 Cooper, and a .280 AI on a 700 action. Yeah, I'm a fan.
Sweet! My favourite cartridge, And one of my favourite brands of scopes.
I own 3 Meoptas. 2 of the Meostar R2 4-16x44mm AO with 0.05 Mils turrets and Meoptas Mil-Dot reticule with sharp, clear diamonds instead of round/oval dots. So tough and clear they use this second focal plane scope in their ZD Tactical series.
The third Meopta is a roughly 10 year old ZD 3-12x50mm, FFP Mil-Dot with an illuminated tiny cross in the center. Below that are ranging segments for a 180cm combatant at 200, 400, 600 and 800m. Turrets are the fine 0.05 Mils per click.
The elevation turret is marked to dial in (with a 100m zero) 200, 300, 400, 500 and 600m based exactly on Federal Gold Medal Match 168 grain ballistics.
Getting back to tough construction, this older ZD has a steel tube! It was designed and built for harsh field use in the worst conditions.
All my Meostars are brighter at dusk than any other brand in my collection. And they're not inexpensive.
Gorgeous wood on that. Always kinda wanted a 280, but never got around to getting one (made sense since i don't have a 270 either; it never floated my boat). Nowadays i would get the AI of course, or have it reamed if i found a good deal on a standard 280. But my next rifle is going to be a 7mm-08.
My best rifle is a 280 custom, built by me, in a beautiful Bishop wood stock. Love the 280. With the 24” barrel and handloads, you have to burn 10gr more powder to get around 100 FPS in velocity. The 160 is where the 7 mag starts to pull away.
Great video Ron!
Thanks 👍
@@gowiIsoncombat
Won something???
Beautiful rifle with my favorite features: high grade black walnut wood, blued steel, and 0.284 diameter bullets.
I purchased a m70 lightweight in .280 33 years ago and have harvested all my Idaho big game animals with it. Yes I have all the other calibers and rifle brands but the m70 in .280 just beggs to jump on to my shoulder and pound up the mountain. I have "retired" my .280 several times only to bring it back out and enjoy it again. Longest kill was a Lazer ranged 377 yard 6x6 muley and dropped him where he stood. Elk never went more than 2 jumps. The only gun I have that I would say beats it is a 300rum but it is too heavy to pack compared to the .280.
Who doesnt love a great looking wood stock. Maybe im just getting old…but I love the look and feel of wood stocks. Ive put some of my synthetic stocked guns into some Boyds stocks….even the laminate woods are beautiful…and classy.
Great video! I bought a new M700 BDL in 1978, although in .30-06, and it still shoots into one MOA or better.
The stock looked like it had a brindle look to the grain very Nice 👀 3:57 🙏👍
Interesting the shoulder pad is a hard plastic or metal one and not a rubber pad of some kind. 280Rem was available in the 760/7600 pump too. Mom and Dad had matching M700 mtn with DBM in 280rem, I and my SIL each have inherited one of them now.
I wanted a pre 64 Win. Mod 70 in .280 Rem. fantastic round, way under underappreciated.
I am in a very serious relationship with my .280AI, she wears a Weatherby Mark V outfit.
The first ones were marked 7mm express! I sold several boxes of the ammo with that marking. Remington had to change the marking, seems a lot of people thought it was the 7rem mag. I don't know if anyone had an issue that a good gunsmith can't fix. Carol O'Conner wrote that if the .280 rem would have come out before the .270. that round would never have been built.
Thank you sir for sharing!! I really like the 280 Rem .... It does everything I need it to do!
YOU ARE SO RIGHT EVERYBODY WANTS 270---280 IS BETTER AT EVERYTHING *I DONT GET IT **---BRING BACK THE 280****REM 700 ALPHA-1 PLZ**
The .280 is an excellent cartridge for that area. Next time you come to South Africa, you should hunt a little more to the south into the Karoo. Do a Walk & Stalk on a springbuck with the tallest shrubs only reaching your knees, or go into the "klowe" (mountain/hillside ridges) after Kudu. Challenge yourself to only take a shot when you've stalked up to 250 meter away from the springbuck.
You should try the original, 7x64. Still popular here in continental europe. I have a vintage Mannlicher Schoenauer model 1950 in 7x64.
My favorite non magnum caliber of all time.
I want Remington of the good old days.
I’ve been wondering what happened to that video of this rifle. I went out last year and found/bought a Remington 700 C-Grade in .280 REM because of that video.
Two of my favorite cartridges are Remington. .44 and .22-250. I don't know if Remington ever made a gun in .44 Remington Magnum. I'm certain that they've built their rifles in .22-250 Remington, standardized from the wildcatted Savage based caliber. I've never been in the market for a Remington bolt action centerfire rifle. In the mid '70s, I visited a gun shop I had done business with previously and wanted to get a varmint gun. They presented me with one they recommended. It's a 200th Year Ruger Model 77 in .22-250. I didn't know anything about the gun or caliber. I thought it was like a .22 but had the bullet outrun the sound so the prairie dogs wouldn't hear the shot before the bullet got there, keeping them from ducking away. My combination was as cheap as possible. The Ruger came with 1 inch Ruger Rings. I'd hung a little scope on my Glenfield .22LR semiautomatic rifle and it was effective. When I went to shop for a tube for the 77, I went to the sporting goods section of a department store near my house. I found a simple item called a Monoscope that was a 3-9×32 and looked nice on top of the Ruger. I didn't have any advice on the scope or usage, so I had to figure it out on my own. To make it real world when I zeroed it, I took it to the town dump and used assorted junk at assorted ranges for targets. When I was able to pick out small pieces and hit them, I figured it was time for a varmint. I set up in a fallow field that had a lot of prairie dogs and their mounds. After about a half hour, they started to chatter, so I got ready to tag one. About 40 yards out, one decided to stand up. I put the cross hairs on it and touched of the varmint round. Because I was using factory ammo with 55gr bullets there was enough recoil to lose the view. When I recovered the sight picture, nothing was visible. I felt that my shot was perfect, so I walked down to the mound. When I got there, the rodent was not there. The more I looked, the more convinced I became that I had somehow missed. I turned toward the truck and started to return when something caught my eye. It was a glint of bright red in a creosote bush. As I looked closer, I found it was blood. Lung blood. Looking further, I discovered the PD carcass. I was astounded. All that remained was the head and front legs, a thin strip of hide that connected to the back legs and tail. Everything else in between was gone.
.280 Remington should be the most popular 7mm of all time by merit and practicality.
Finally some love for the best cartridge ever made for deer. In my area they are actually fairly popular. I got mine in 1995 and love it to this day. It is a M700 Mountain Rifle. Ron, do you thing Barnes Vortx is going to offer the .280 Rem again? I bought 10 boxes years ago when they were getting discontinued. I only have two left. Lastly, the hand loaders I knew all went above the pressure rating when they loaded the 280 Rem. Basically loading it to where the 280 AI is today. Hornady even offered "bolt action only" loads for them. I had some 140 grain SP's advertised @ 3100 fps on the box if I remember correctly.
Good Video, well done.
@@gowiIsoncombat Thanks but I am in Australia, better to give the prize to someone in the States. Thanks again.
I urge you to check out Nosler#3 and Nosler #4 reloading manuals for their most accurate load for the 160g bullet. I copied this load in my Rem 700's and velocity with best accuracy is at 2930 fps! Federal 210 primer proved the most accurate of all primers as they stated in the load used in the Nosler manual.
Thanks for that - I will definitely look into it. :)
I carry a 280 rem. A 7mm person. 2x 280 rem's 7mm mag. Just got a new Browning Xbolt Hells Canyon Speed LR 280 ackley improved.
That rifle is beautiful.
I currently own a m700 280 rem as part of my Remington collection.
That was a Beautiful Rifle and if I had to have one rifle for my Big Game Hunting it would be close to that one in .280 Rem.
Remember when Remington tried to rebrand the 280 as the 7mm express.
I have a broken neck and in my older age I really like a Monty Carlo style stock.
i have a custom build by CGS group in 280 Ai. it is indeed a nice round.
I set my long range deer rifle triggers between 2-2.5lbs. My custom Rem 581 squirrel rifle, with a Canjar trigger, is set at 1.25lbs. Broughton barrel 1:17 twist.
I love the .280 very good round very accurate in my experience
Great caliber!
the 280 Rem is even sweeter with the Ackley treatment. Great variety of bullet weights. Similar to .270 but better bullet choices. The lower chamber pressure was in response to fears that custom rifles chambered for 7mm might be built on soft 98 Mauser actions; many of them were not suitably lug matched, so a single lug gets too much thrust.
The Rem 280 was a should have been that never was, what was the nickname? The problem was the mix-up between the 280 and the 7mm, it was something like 280 sporter rifle something like that. I had a rem mod 700 7mm that I gave up for a 308, and then I had no choice but to get a 3006. So my life has been sealed by the 06 and the 308, but that 280 is really a winner, now take note of Canada and the British Armed forces, they had a 280 service rifle, good move, I,m not sure the maker of their rifles, but I bet that it is H&K something like that. OK Thank You, you are always on point,
280s are perfect 👍
YOU ARE SO RIGHT EVERYBODY WANTS 270---280 IS BETTER AT EVERYTHING *I DONT GET IT **---BRING BACK THE 280****REM 700 ALPHA-1 PLZ**
Love my 280 in a browning ABolt.
I would point the alleged less recoil experience with a soft, thick recoil pad comes with at least one set back - shifts in POI. Nobody likes that…
Great looking rifle! 👍
I wish Tikka came out with a BDL version of the T3x. I was a big Remington BDL fan until I racked a Tikka bolt!