Range day with the 280 Remington

[tecumseh]

Took the 280 Rem out Saturday afternoon and ran some 160 gr Gamekings with RL-19 and have settled on the load I have worked up. Is RL-19 very temp sensitive? It's been the best powder for 160 gr bullets in this rifle.

 

[DrMike]

I've used a lot of RL19 over the years; it has never demonstrated excessive temperature sensitivity in my loads. It is a "go to" powder in the 270WSM; and it works very well in my .280 Rem. You've got a pretty good load there.

 

[tecumseh]

Thanks Dr. Mike!

 

[salmonchaser]

Nice work, I use 19 for some loads and like it.

 

[Horsethief]

Good shooting, for sure.

My 280 Rem eats RL-19 all day long. Your shot groups with 160gn Game Kings look familiar. I ran all the way up to 57gn before finding 55.5gn is the most accurate load.

 

[SJB358]

Very nice. Another big fan of RL19 here. Never been put off for any reason. It usually works very well in it's zone. It was a 338 powder of choice for years. Great speed as well.

 

[tecumseh]

it's been the goods with 160 gr bullets.i'd like to get hold of some 160 he acvubonds and see how they perform.

 

[Alderman]

I've been using IMR 4350 with the 150 grain Noslers. Just got some brass today so may have to give the 19 a try. The more I work with the 280 the better I like it.

 

[6mm Remington]

Nice shooting. The 280 Remington is simply a fantastic cartridge!

 

[preacher]

I loved R19 in two .240W I've had, seems to work really well in '06 size cases. I "loath" R19 in a 338! I had a load worked up with the older 185XLC at about 45 deg. My late cow elk hunt was set to go perfect, a storm came in with good snow up high and temp was 10 deg here in the valley! It was a few days before my hunt and when I checked my zero at 10deg, it was about 150fps slower and group was about 4". Since that 185XLC was so slick, I had a highly compressed load to get any velocity. When I pulled the bul;lets at home, the R19 was a solid cake, had to scrape it out with a screwdriver. I went to H4350 from then on. As mentioned, I never noticed any issues in a smaller case, such as your .280 would be. I'd just check it when it got colder than when you worked up the load. Good luck to you Pard.