280 AI brass

Deputy819 said:

I got to the party late.....just now having one built.

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Get ahold of some RL23 it works wonders in the 280AI.

Will do, Sir! It may require a little leg-work as neither of the local shops around here have it in stock.

L.Sherm said:

Get ahold of some RL23 it works wonders in the 280AI.

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If the weather cooperates anytime soon I'll shoot my first OCW with RL-23 and the Berger 175 EH in Nosler brass. Broke the barrel in and loaded the OCW two weeks ago and the weather went to crap.

Did your "crappy rainy day" turn to snow? It did here in Ky yesterday.....

Last night and this morning. I'm in middle TN.

LongWalker said:

If the weather cooperates anytime soon I'll shoot my first OCW with RL-23 and the Berger 175 EH in Nosler brass. Broke the barrel in and loaded the OCW two weeks ago and the weather went to crap.

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The same components I use in my .280AI. I get 2975fps in my 26" 1:9" Proof.

I have had more offers to buy my 280ai than any rifle I have owned. Its very popular, in Montana anyhow. Im honestly quite surprised how popular it is.

lancetkenyon said:

The same components I use in my .280AI. I get 2975fps in my 26" 1:9" Proof.

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I'm hoping for around 2950 out of my 24" tube. That would be good elk medicine out to 700.

Alex Wheeler said:

I have had more offers to buy my 280ai than any rifle I have owned. Its very popular, in Montana anyhow. Im honestly quite surprised how popular it is.

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I can't comment on accuracy yet but recoil with factory 162 ELD-X and 160 Nosler partitions is not much more than my 6.5 Creedmoor. I was very suprised and was prepared to go muzzle brake shopping.

LongWalker said:

A crappy rainy day (at least it's not snowing) question. Why haven't any other manufacturers other than Hornady and Nosler started making 280 AI brass? I'm thinking Alpha, Bertram, Starline, Peterson, Lapua, etc. The Nosler is great but pricey. I know buy once cry once but when I switched from Lapua to Starline for my 6.5 Creedmoor I cut my brass cost almost in half.

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I don't like what is going on with Nosler and their brass prices. I did locate some .270 Winchester brass for $36/50 and some Norma brass @ $52/50. I'm thinking of annealing the cases first, trim and then resize them in the .280 AI dies and fire form from there. I am totally new to this, however from all that I have read here,this ought to work fine.

I bit the bullet and bought 2 boxes of the nosler when my rifle was built. It was pricey but worth it. I have shot the 1st 50 3 times each with stiff loads of imr7977 and it's still in great shape and that's with FL resizing and I don't do annealing. (I'm scared of ruining my brass).Pushing a 160gr. @2940 with an es of 8 out of a 24" tube, SAAMI chamber. I picked up 1 lb. of rl23 recently per lance and elkaholics' suggestions but I haven't had a chance to shoot it yet I hope it does a bit better. So yes I am enamoured with my 280ai and I don't think it's lost any of its charm.

I found one box of 50 Nosler 280 AI brass for 49.99 At cabelas in Bowling Green. I figured it was marked wrong. When I checked out I was worried it would ring up higher, but didn't.

Wow, guess I'm really the "johnny come lately" here. I just got off the phone finalizing the build of a 280AI!!

I load several 280AI with rem brass I've purchased 2 boxs at a gun show of nosler 280AI brass and haven't used it i shot win nickel brass in one 280AI