150gr badlands BD2 280ai

[dnb86]

Bought some bulldozer 2 in 150gr for my 280ai. Got some starting loads lined up with some H4831 and RL26. Just curious to see if anyone else has a recipe with these powders and what kind of success you've had

 

[djacobs629]

I was curious to see how you made out. I just ordered 3 boxes of these to try in my 18" 7 MAX

 

[BEEMAN]

Following. Interested to see what you come up with.

 

[dnb86]

Unfortunately have not had time to play with these loads yet deer season has been going full force but I also ordered the 140s as well will be a little while but will post results and velocity's asap

 

[djacobs629]

Unfortunately have not had time to play with these loads yet deer season has been going full force but I also ordered the 140s as well will be a little while but will post results and velocity's asap

I understand completely. My bullets should be here next week and I probably won't have time to work up a load before deer season kicks off either. I will also share results once I get going with load development. It seems pretty common that these bullets pressure up much quicker than most bullets so that's something to be mindful of when working up a load

 

[nimrod_gn]

I'm doing load development in my 280 AI with the 140 gr bulldozer 2 bullets. Tagging in here to see what you come up with using the 150s

 

[dnb86]

I'm doing load development in my 280 AI with the 140 gr bulldozer 2 bullets. Tagging in here to see what you come up with using the 150s

Will do let me know how the 140s go

 

[dnb86]

I'm doing load development in my 280 AI with the 140 gr bulldozer 2 bullets. Tagging in here to see what you come up with using the 150s

Did a ladder up to 60gr with H4831 with the 150s never hit pressure but fastest velocity I got was 2882

 

[Mark37082]

I realize this is an older post, but thought I would resurrect. Just received a couple of boxes of 150 gr .284 BD2's to try in my 280AI. I've got a new # of RL23 I thought I would try. I have plenty of H4831SC as well as several other powders I could try, but no RL26. New Peterson brass and either BR2's or Fed215M's. Any updates or suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[dnb86]

I realize this is an older post, but thought I would resurrect. Just received a couple of boxes of 150 gr .284 BD2's to try in my 280AI. I've got a new # of RL23 I thought I would try. I have plenty of H4832SC as well as several other powders I could try, but no RL26. New Peterson brass and either BR2's or Fed215M's. Any updates or suggestions would be appreciated.

I've been looking for RL23 forever and that's the powder I think that would work very well but I was able to get up to 2900 fps with h4831 out of a 23" bbl but bolt lift was a little sticky so it settled well at 2860 And I didn't venture to RL26 because it gets toasty here in California for early rifle season and fwiw I did try the 140s and pressured at 3005 so I backed down to 2970

 

[Mark37082]

I was reading another thread on 308win with 150 BD2's getting 3100+ fps and it just made me think a 280AI case should easily get 3000+. I'm not a speed freak, but I like to try different pills and powders to get the best results without pushing pressure beyond reason.

 

[dnb86]

Gotta remember more bearing surface with the 7mm over .308 and badlands do pressure out faster then other coppers (in my experience) but I think your on the right track with RL23

 

[nralifer]

I've been looking for RL23 forever and that's the powder I think that would work very well but I was able to get up to 2900 fps with h4831 out of a 23" bbl but bolt lift was a little sticky so it settled well at 2860 And I didn't venture to RL26 because it gets toasty here in California for early rifle season and fwiw I did try the 140s and pressured at 3005 so I backed down to 2970

H4831 is temp stable but not high energy. As a result you are not going to get much more than 2850-2900 fps. You should try StaBall6.5. Data are available in the 2021 Hodgdon Annual Manual for 150 gr lead core bullets which can be applied the 150 Gr BD2. I would start at 54 gr and do a 1 shot ladder up to about 58 gr where you are likely to start to see pressure signs. You are likely to get above 3000 fps.

 

[dnb86]

H4831 is temp stable but not high energy. As a result you are not going to get much more than 2850-2900 fps. You should try StaBall6.5. Data are available in the 2021 Hodgdon Annual Manual for 150 gr lead core bullets which can be applied the 150 Gr BD2. I would start at 54 gr and do a 1 shot ladder up to about 58 gr where you are likely to start to see pressure signs. You are likely to get above 3000 fps.

I was one of the fortunate ones to get my hands on RL23 the other night so gonna give that a whirl not sure if I'll hit 3000 but I know I'll get over 2900 with the 150s