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.280 Rem to .280 AI - worth the cost to rebarrel?
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<blockquote data-quote="cowboy" data-source="post: 435624" data-attributes="member: 8833"><p>Having shot a 280 Rem for 15 years or so and going to a 280AI the last 5 yrs. I'll throw you my .o2 cent opinion. My old 280 Rem didn't have the twist to handle the heavier bullets - do you know what twist is in your barrel? If it is at least a 1-10" twist I'd say shoot your existing barrel out just plane practicing at long range. Then if you want to get the additional 100 fps plus or so more out of it go the AI route. The AI design does offer a few advantages in my opinion - I like the way the AI feeds out of the magazine a little better because of the shoulder shape and most important advantage I have found is that I can neck size 4-5 times before I have to FL resize. I have run 100's of rounds of the 280 Rem and 280AI through a chronograph and the velocity advantage alone is not worth going to AI. I will say that with the AI and the proper barrel you can push the 3000 fps pretty close with either the 160AB or 168 Berger.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cowboy, post: 435624, member: 8833"] Having shot a 280 Rem for 15 years or so and going to a 280AI the last 5 yrs. I'll throw you my .o2 cent opinion. My old 280 Rem didn't have the twist to handle the heavier bullets - do you know what twist is in your barrel? If it is at least a 1-10" twist I'd say shoot your existing barrel out just plane practicing at long range. Then if you want to get the additional 100 fps plus or so more out of it go the AI route. The AI design does offer a few advantages in my opinion - I like the way the AI feeds out of the magazine a little better because of the shoulder shape and most important advantage I have found is that I can neck size 4-5 times before I have to FL resize. I have run 100's of rounds of the 280 Rem and 280AI through a chronograph and the velocity advantage alone is not worth going to AI. I will say that with the AI and the proper barrel you can push the 3000 fps pretty close with either the 160AB or 168 Berger. [/QUOTE]
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