280AI build help!

[hunt4life1965]

I have 2 rifles in 280AI.
The first is a factory Remington 700 action 280 reamed to AI. I shoot 140 grain AB's with RL22. Shots 1/2 inch groups at 200 yards.
The 2nd is on a Remington 700 action with a 1-9 twist Benchmark barrel #5 contour 26 inches long.
It shoots any load I run thru it from 140 grain AB bullets with RL22 to 160 Nosler AB's with IMR4350. Its best load is the 168 grain Berger with IMR4350. Every load shoots well under 1/2" at 200 yards. The Berger bullets are explosive on deer at 100 yards but its bang flop.
Either one of these 280AI's are excellent rifles and very accurate.So many 7mm bullets to choose from and brass is available. I fireform most of mine from 280 rounds. If you want my exact load data let me know.
I will say both shoot 150 grain bullets well too.

 

[Powerman300]

Thanks. I went with a BARTLEIN barrel and a defiance action. Can't wait to get it!

 

[scottyd2506]

A Nosler M48 Custom...1 in 9 twist, 24" magnum contour barrel (.650" at the muzzle), 9.25 lbs. fully dressed loaded an ready to hunt...and shoots any respectable ammo you care to feed it to .5 MOA.

I shoot 160 grain Nosler Accubonds at 3,020 fps using Reloder 26 powder and can bang 8" square steel out to 800 yards so easily it gets boring.

If I can see it..and if its within the adjustment range of my scope (820 yards, 16.5 MOA)...I can kill it!

If I had a scope with more adjustment I could go much further, but 800 yards was all I was after from the start...I didn't want a 30 oz. scope...the Zeiss HD5 fits the bill perfectly, tracks true and returns to zero every time.

You can take the crap zero stop off the Zeisss HD5 scope easy, you get a whole 60 moa range instead of the 16.5. I have mine on a RugerM77 MKII Target 25-06, it's a 5-25x50, used a 20 moa base with burris Zee sig rings rings, have it where it is only 10-11 moa from the top and leaves me around 50 moa to play with for long range.