.280 Rem. Mountain Rifle

[Blkram]

My current 280 Rem so far likes the 140 gr AccuBond best (Federal Premium ammo) , producing 1/2" groups, and worked well on a nice spike elk At 110 yards.
As that is the bullet weight I have chosen to use in the 7mm-08, and using 155 gr in my 7mm Rem Mag, and 160's in the STW, I am going to move to the 150 gr bullets in the 280 Rem.

The Federal Premium ammo with the 150 gr Partition produced a group of 1.165" at 100 yards, at 2804 fps from my factory 24" barrel.
I do have a good supply of 150 gr BTs and ABs for it!
I have load data for the following powders and 65,000 psi, that should produce between 3000-3085 fps at max.: Re-16, H-414, Re-19, and Re-17 (slower to faster), and I have all of these powders on hand. These will all retain over 2000 ft. lbs of energy at 300 yards, and more than 1500 ft. lbs at 500 yards. The drops at 500 yards, with 200 yard zeroes, will be from 35.3" to 37". We'll see which provides me the best accuracy...

For reference, a moose's chest is approx 36" from back to brisket; not much holdover on a moose out at 500 yards, should one ever need to make a follow up shot with a 150 gr bullet at this performance level. A BDC type reticle makes it quick and simple for this type of scenario! I know I love the Leupold B&C reticle that I have on my 280 Rem!

 

[Capttom67]

Welcome from me as well. You have gotten some excellent advise from the guys. Any good bullet from a 280 Rem will work well for moose. I've taken a bunch over the years with a number of cartridges but not the 280 yet. I have two friends who use the 280 and they used 150 -175 gr bullets for moose. The one guy has shot a lot of bulls including some giants with 160 gr Partitions. My take is any good bullet from around 140 gr up will work well. The 150 gr Partition is one I would consider as well.

Sure appreciate your input
It all sounds good to me sounds like my 280 will do the job as long as I do my part!
Thanks