What would you do with...

[petenz]

A remington 700, long action, standard (.25-06/.270/280/.30-06) bolface?


Fishing for ideas, a .280AI is springing to mind, what do you think?

 

[Longshot38]

I'm thinking 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser sounds good. I love that round, when loaded with 140 grain VLD bullets the ballistics are very good.

 

[James Jones]

What are you wanting to do with it?

a 180gr Berger launched from a 280 Ackley at around 2800fps has some very impressive balistics.

 

[petenz]

What are you wanting to do with it?

a 180gr Berger launched from a 280 Ackley at around 2800fps has some very impressive balistics.

Mostly mountain hunting, with some long range hunting

 

[gamedog]

Turn it into a 338 RUM or 338 EDGE!!

 

[remingtonman_25_06]

I'd love to do a 6.5-06 AI. Stoked with 130g AB or 140g VLD or AMAX, it would make a great LR deer hunting/target cartridge.

I already own a 7 RM, so doing a 280 AI doesn't really do me any good. However a 168g VLD at or near 3000fps is a dandy LR performer out to 1K.

Dont really think you can make an EDGE into a lightweight mountain rifle that you'd wanna pack up and down canyons all day. It is a dandy caliber though when matched with the 300g SMK. My 338 EDGE is one of the lighter ones that Shawn has built and it still weighs about 12.5-13 lbs w/scope, sling, bipod, scope level, ACI indicator, shells and everything else on it.

What animals are you intending to hunt? I assume deer and elk. That would play a major role in deciding which caliber you want. If elk is in the equation I would go no lower then .284" bore.

 

[petenz]

I want it to be faily light, so a big .338 or similar isn't really possible.


I live in New Zealand, hunting tahr/chamois/red deer/elk.

 

[Derek M.]

A remington 700, long action, standard (.25-06/.270/280/.30-06) bolface?


Fishing for ideas, a .280AI is springing to mind, what do you think?

I have a 270 and 30.06. I'm seriously considering a 280AI myself with one of my next projects now that Nosler makes the brass. And I already have a 7mm Rem Mag. For your purposes and what you list for hunting, I think you'd get your best bang with the 280AI. Stuff a good 150 grain bullet or even 140 for speed and go hunt. I'd use a 25" bbl.

 

[kiwi3006]

I have an identical action and am getting Gabe at High Country sport to open up the bolt face for a 7 mm rem mag, fitting a 26" number 4 truflite ultra match barrel. He is also going to blue print the action and fit a sako extractor and holland recoil lug.
It's taking a bit longer than I hoped as trueflite are slow at producing the barrel.
I hope to end up with the sort of rifle you are after.

Stu