280 AI target loads

[LongWalker]

Hopefully I'm about 4 weeks out from my barrel showing up to finish my 280 AI build. In the last few months my wife has gotten a little bored of pistol shooting and has been doing quite a bit of 22 LR benchrest. She wants to move up and I have a great 6.5 Creedmoor rifle to drop her in. Only bad part is it's mine.

So instead of a new build I thought of a slightly different optic choice for the 280 AI (going 6x25 instead of 4X16) and using it for hunting and target. Thinking of Matchkings in 150 & 175, ELD-M in 162 or 180 and Berger 180 hybrid. Only thoughts would be barrel life but if the target loads aren't super hot I'm thinking 2000 rounds shouldn't be a problem and recoil. I'm not recoil sensitive and I could always throw a break on it for target shooting.

Anyone else using a LR rifle for double duty?

 

[Tex LR]

MY favorite light target load for the 280 AI is noted below. Very accurate. As always every rifle is different, so if you try it proceed with caution. The load is on the low end of Hodgdon's data for this combination.

120G Nosler BT
61.5 gr of IMR 4955
Fed 210 primers

 

[LongWalker]

Didn't think about Nosler thanks for the info.

 

[oldcoast]

What twist barrel? Here are some or my loads. Be carefull and work up.

280 AI
180gr berger vld
55 gr H1000
CCI primer
2532fps avg

162 gr amax 3.340oal
60gr H1000
CCI primer
2774 fps

168gr berger vldh
60 gr H1000
CCI primer
2778 fps

162 amax
57gr h100v
3056fps (hot)

162 amax
55gr IMR4350
2884 fps