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A "disciple", I love it! Guess I am a disciple as well, took me a while to get one, but my 280AI is built on a Defiance AnTi action, Benchmark #2 barrel, AG composites stock, and a Trigger Tech trigger, topped with a Vortex Viper HD 3-15. Took my first mule deer with it last year in Alberta with the factory Hornady 162 ELD-X. The only questionable thing on my rifle is the barrel is 1-9", next year I am headed back to Alberta for Elk. What bullet would you recommend for that application? Currently I have 160 Partition, 160 Accu Bond, 140 TTSX, 139 SST and I have H4350 and H4831SC and Accurate Mag Pro for powder.
Sounds like a great rifle! Congrats on your success with it. For elk, I'd pick the 160-grain AccuBond. That bullet will do just about everything you should attempt with a .280 Ackley!
Ever seen or better yet shot the Japanese Navy Rifle of WW2..6.5 Japanese same action different magazine .. neat rifle n accurate.😢 life happens n sold it.
I loved this episode, I was wondering if you could have the same conversation about shooting deer in New Hampshire and Maine habitats. In certain situations you may have an opportunity up to 250 yards but most of the time opportunities are anywhere from 20 yards to 100 yards at a Whitetail. Running deer and thick brush can often be an issue with harvesting a deer as well. I would love to hear about your cartridge selection and bullet design and composition for these parameters, thank you.
Have you had any experience with Tract or Delta optics? They both have some interesting options. The Tract Toric 2.5-15 seems like a lot of scope for the money, at least ‘on paper’ and uses the Schott glass. Delta is a Polish company, their Titanium 1.5-9 seems like it would be a good scope. They are not as popular here in the US though.
I can't say I've used the Delta scopes; however, I have used scopes manufactured by Tract. Their glass is good, and the scope's build is OK, but the thing is so dang heavy.
I own one in 30-06, I ain’t no hunter but boy do I enjoy plinking with it up to 100 yards, I don’t have a scope mounted, I love using the express sights!! Great review man, thank you for shining some light on this gorgeous rifle!
The reason for the lower max chamber pressure of the 284 Win vs 308 is the fatter case, 0.50" vs 0.47"dia. and the rifles for which it was developed. The bolt thrust is caused by the max chamber pressure pushing rearward through the case. It is calculated by multiplying that max chamber pressure by the area of the largest part of the case body (technically, the interior diameter). It acts like a piston pushing against the bolt. The case body of the 284 is larger than that of the 308, so it pushes harder at a given chamber pressure. The rifles for which the 284 was created (Winchester Models 88 and 100) had just enough strength to deal with the bolt thrust of the 308, so to keep from exceeding that, the 284's max pressure is lower. It is important to note that typically some of that force is taken up by the case wall sticking against the chamber wall, but rifles are designed for to deal with the full force that might occur if there is oil or water acting like a lubricant in the chamber. In a stronger action, the pressures of the 284 can be pushed up some, but case life may drop a bit.
