280 REM in 280 AI for hunting?

[cheek9075]

I use 270 brass in my 280AI. Expand to 7mm and fire form. No issues.

280 AI is a good round. I have taken deer at over 750 yards. One shot and drt. 168gr vld.

 

[oldroper]

When Nosler first made 280AI brass I purchase lot of it for future build. I've never had problem with it and some of my first loads was using IMR-7828/IMR-7828ssc/160gr AB with Fed 215 primer. Today you have some loading Hammer bullets in 280AI using mag primers. You can disagree with use but it's still being used.

 

[rickt300]

All of my 280 AI brass is made from 30-06 cases, Winchester. Being .02 short makes zero difference, don't worry about a carbon ring either.

 

[helmut in the bush]

I'm new to this too, I have ran about 80 Remington 280 rounds through my AI, sighting it in, it shot very well. I've had a few Remington 280 rounds not go off on the first try, is it a light primer hit?

 

[TrapperBR549]

I'm new to this too, I have ran about 80 Remington 280 rounds through my AI, sighting it in, it shot very well. I've had a few Remington 280 rounds not go off on the first try, is it a light primer hit?

Factory ammo or reloads?

 

[JimPag]

Anybody remember Remington's rebirth of their 280? They called it the ''7MM EXPRESS''

Yes I do, but they changed it to 7mm-06 before that for just a couple of month's late in 78, and by years end that's when they changed it to the 7MM Express Remington and that lasted until the beginning of 81. I bought a new Rem 700 BDL on March 22nd 1980. The reason I remember it so well it was on a Saturday and when I came home from the gunshop where I purchased it with my dad my mom told me that my best friend from high school died of kidney failure. He was 25. As far as the 280AI goes it's one of those cartridges that benefits very little over the std 280. Same with the 06AI. Big waste of time. Now the 257 Roberts AI is a different story. I still have that rifle. Took it Caribou hunting in Quebec in 97 and got 3 nice ones. Shoots just about an inch at 100 which is more than good enough for what it is.

 

[helmut in the bush]

Factory ammo or reloads?

Both