280 AI hand load favorites.

[Nolaw]

Peterson brass
CCI BR2
58.0gr RL23
175 Berger Elite
26" 1:8.5" @ 2986fps suppressed

Can I ask who's barrel you're running, grooves etc. ??

 

[dkwellman]

Can I ask who's barrel you're running, grooves etc. ??

MGM 24" 1-9 twist Encore

 

[cajun]

140 AB or ballistic tip. 24" 1-9 Criterion
Nosler brass
Fed210m
62gr H4831sc 2.815 bto. 3050 consistent 1/2 moa
63.5 R26 2.815 3150 ( deer season load with BT)

162 eldx
Nosler Fed210m
59gr R26 2.764 2935

Both cbto's work out to.060 off with both bullets.

 

[BEEMAN]

H100V with a 140 AH at 3300 FPS. 23" IBI CF 1-7.5"twist.

 

[Roughrice]

162 ELDX w/ 58 ( I think) RL23 is 2950 in 26" Benchmark.
168 ABLR w/ 60 (I think) N560 is 2930 in 24" Proof.

 

[CaptDru]

Anyone running retumbo?

 

[KsKevin]

H100V with a 140 AH at 3300 FPS. 23" IBI CF 1-7.5"twist.

What's your recipe (powder, grains, primer, brass)?

 

[BEEMAN]

What's your recipe (powder, grains, primer, brass)?

I do all my loading at a friends house, so my notes are there. Petersen brass, Fed 210 primer. I believe my load is posted on here under the hammer bullets load data. Few other people using H100V as well.

Don't want to post how many grains off memory. That wouldn't be to safe.

 

[cajun]

Also,if you're an Accubond user you can shoot the same weight ballistic tip for load dev. The bearing surface is the same and they shoot the same.

 

[big johnson]

Any brass, Federal 210, 59grs. R19 and 140 Nosler pt's and bt's, 150 pt's and 160 ab's. This is for my Rifles Inc. Strata with a 6x Zeiss scope. We call it the meat master.

 

[birddog 68]

Nobody shooting the 120 ballistic tip?
Thinking about giving them a go for deer. Any opinions on powder for the light bullets?

 

[Roughrice]

There are tough little bullets but I'm not sure if they'd hold up at the potential velocity the 280AI can deliver.

 

[cajun]

There are tough little bullets but I'm not sure if they'd hold up at that potential velocity.

Have used in a 7/08. They are good at 3000-3200. The 140's are actually a little softer.

 

[john k]

As a southeast US deer hunter, loading the 175+ grain projectiles is for strictly paper punching. 168 Classic Hunters and 168 LRAB's are the heaviest I will load. I have 350+ yard shots available when presented which is not the norm. But I'm just as confident shooting a 143gr Hammer Hunter or 160 AB at those distances. Those bullets I use when minimal meat damage is goal with precision killing. Barnes are also very effective.