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Dr. Mike it was the Boyds stock, I sure it was something with the bedding that was not right. Boyds makes a fine stock, but I must have got the bedding right on the Richard Microfit cause it just shoots well. The rifle now has new Ruger 30mm rings, no adapters and the Vortex Viper scope. Two...

I know that I don't make many threads, but I felt that ya'll might be interested in this. last year I when though a rough time tying to figure out what was wrong with my 280 AI. I had change stock scope and mounts. I wanted to go the tactical route and order a Boyds Tacticool or what they now...

Thanks, for the replies. I had move from Btips because of the price, when shooting a lot at paper and steel. Never had them preform bad on game, just was having trouble justifying shooting them at other stuff when there bullets in a box of 100 for the same price as two boxes of Btip. Guess I'll...

Had touble last year with getting my rifle to shoot with a new box of Hornady 7mm 139 gr. SST. After measuring the base to ogive found a .010 difference between the bullets. Order three boxes of Nosler 7mm 140 gr. B-tips and found less than .003 between all three boxes. Pick up 2 boxes of the...

Only bullet failures I had and was not the bullets fault. Pick wrong bullet for the job. Shot the biggest whitetail of my life, which down here in south Arkansas is not will big, 9 point weight 170 lbs not field dress. Hornardy 7mm 139 gr. interbond, shot right behind the shoulder. 7 mil hole...

I would like to see a poll taken on SAAMI spec 280 AI chamber, for water capacity. I have 2 280 AI's and neither has the case capacity that you claim. Case capacity measure by the direction given in the quickload instructions. Which says on page 64, "Eliminate any air bubbles and bring water...

Rechecked my cases for both guns, measured 5 of each with the meniscus rounded out of the top, for 72.5 average. Thanks BuddyT

On Ruger"s M77, which the Hawkeye, is check bedding screws. front screw will tune the barrel if the barrel has not been free floated. Ruger says 90 in/lbs on front screw, 30-35 on back screw and just finger tight on the middle screw. Assuming you have a wood stock, the wood will give some over...

If the bullets are the 90 grain Game Kings. They work find on southern whitetails, but our deer are not as big as yours up there. My Father in law as killed a bunch of deer with them, I loaded them with 54 grains of IMR 4831 and a WLR primer in Winchester Brass. I never shot them when I had...

I'll recheck my cases for both rifles and compare them to some new unfired cases. I'm bad at transcribing numbers. Will let you know. Thanks BuddyT

I have 2 280AI, one is a Ruger M77 MKII with a SAMMI camber McGowen barrel and the other is a Ruger No 1 with a Pac-nor barrel that is marked 280 improved 40 degree. Fired brass measures the same at the datum line and there is .025 difference in land depth. I weighed 10 cases that averaged...

Lynn, are you having any problems with the BR-2 primers? When I tried them in my 280AI it left like a hang fire. I started with CCI 250's and didn't have the groups at a hundred yards even thou the ladder I shot show I was at a node. Went with CCI 200 and had great groups, tried some BR-2 a...

longrangehunter, I did all the work on the rifle. It started out as 25-06, manufacture in 1991, it was one of the 1st mark II rifle made, it does not have control round feed. I don't know how many where produce with out the crf, but it was an advertised as a new feature for the mark II. Ruger...

Thanks to all. Here is the description of my rifle from the other post. Well that enough about me, now about my rifle is's a Ruger m77 mkii, restocked with a Richards Mico Fit stock, Timmey tigger, rebarreled with a McGowen 26" barrel in 280 Ackley Improved with a Dougals number 7 taper. Shoots...

Thanks Doc. Gerry, It's a 280 AI, I'm now shooting 62.5 grs. My 1st pound of Rl-22 was just a little slower than the 5lb jug that I bought. At 63.5 the pimer pocket were starting to open up. Now with 62.5 and a 139 gr SST she running around 3150. She was running a little over 3200 with the 63.5...

I made my 1st post in the sections where the newbie introduce themselves a couple of weeks ago. Been a longtime reader and even took me a while to introduce my self after I join. Dr. Mike ask for some pics of my rifle so here it is . Here's some of the groups it will shoot if I do my part, the...

Well I being looking around for several years, and finally join, and then looked around some more. I guess this is the place to tell eveyone about me. Had a 31 1/2 year military service, Started off in the Marine Corp Reserve in 1976, went to boot camp at diego in june 76, did 1 year and 10 day...