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Thanks Lynn, kind of what I was looking for. Just trying to figure out how much shorter my chamber is than yours or perhaps the average. It seems mine is at least 0.125" shorter which is concerning. Going to pass this onto the gunsmith. Thanks again for your help.

Lynn, I went back through this thread and could not find what your bullet jump is. Would you mind letting me know what this is with the 160 AB's. Thanks

I set the first few reloads to 3.340 and could not close the bolt. At 3.300, bolt easy to close but saw marks when put some carbon on bullet. At 3.295 some light marks. Barnes 145g LRX touch lands at 3.308". Before I took the gun to the smith he confirmed that it was the saami spec reamer...

I have wanted a 280 ackley for a few years now and this thread has been a huge help to get me started. Thanks to all those that have contributed their knowledge and experience. I recently got one of my Rem 700's re-barrelled in 280 ai and settled in on using 160g AB with R-26 powder. I started...