Which is an ideal bullet weight for 280 Remington 140 or 150

[Desert Fox]

For years, my standby favorite for my 280 is the 150 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip. I haven't really experimented on the 140 grain. I bought a box of 140 way back about 12 years ago and I probably loaded only a few bullet and I haven't really work on them. Whereas, I probably shoved thousand of 150's through my barrel. What's the advantage in using this bullet, if any, on a deer size game. Jim Carmichael, shooting editor of Outdoor Life thinks the 140 is the ideal bullet for 280. How about you guys?

 

[remingtonman_25_06]

I would shoot the 150g, or 160g bullets out of a 280 if I owned one. Pretty simple to me really, higher BC's, which mean they hit harder, have more retained velocity, and drift less when the shots become long versus a lighter bullet. If I was you, I would stick with the 150's.

 

[Northwoods Hunter]

I agree...

I shot all of the above with my 280s... 140 for Prarie Goats, 150 all around, 160s for Elk...

I prefer Accubonds for everything smaller than Elk...then its Partitions.

Tom

 

[JD338]

I have used the 140 gr PT and BT in my 280 Rem with fantastic results on both WT deer and Caribou. The 140 gr BT kills like lighting.

JD338

 

[longwinters]

The 140 is my favorite in the 280 Sako I have. That being said, I would go with an AccuBond over a BT. Of course you didn't ask that :lol: I don't think either really has an advantage over the other. Which ever shoots best out of your rifle is the way to go.

Long

 

[Desert Fox]

Long, AccuBond is probably superior to Ballistic Tip but for deer size game, Ballistic Tip is more than enough bullet for me. All deer I shot with this bullet though drops as if it was hit by lightning. Never recovered any bullet except a few red tip. The accuracy of these bullets are phenominal. My Argentine 1909 Douglas barreled Mauser will print less than half inch 5 shot.[

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[Val]

I use the 140 grain AccuBond in my Remy 700 Mountain Rifle. It's fairly new so I haven't chronographed my load yet (I'm retired and just don't have much free time) but I think I'm getting about 2800 fps. I dropped a 170 lb pig with one shot using this load.

 

[whiteeagle]

Bullet weight is largely a function of what your rifle likes and what you're shooting at.

160 gr. Partition did a fine job on a moose last fall, but I'd take a 140 for whitetails.