Caliber: 280 Ackley
Trigger: Adjustable 3.5-4 lbs
Stock: Synthetic
Barrel Length: 24 in / 559 mmTwist Rate: 9 in / 4
Total Length: 41.25 in / 1048 mm
Weight: 5 lbs 5 ounces
Refer to the "Technical Info" tab below for additional specifications.
Kimber Hunter - .280 Ackley Improved : KIMBERS HUNTER Big game rifles offer an unequaled combination of features, elegance and performance. All actions have minimal dimensions for the cartridges they chamber, permitting a trim overall profile that reduces weight by as much as two pounds. All Hunter rifles include critical design features that ensure performance and dependability. The Kimber-designed straight comb stock slides back into the shoulder, not up into the cheekbone. A sculpted steel bottom metal has a floorplate release inside the trigger bow that prevents accidental opening. The Kimber Hunter offers Kimbers legendary accuracy and performance paired with a new patent pending synthetic stock and removeable box magazine. Chambered in a wide selection of calibers, these rifles offer the ideal combinations for any type of game. Just as hunting is more than a sport, a Kimber rifle is more than a rifle.. A rifle for every journey.
Features & Design
SPECIFICATIONS
Caliber
Trigger
Adjustable 3.5 - 4lbs
Action
Sight / Mount
Barrel
Stainless Steel
Barrel Finish
Satin SS
Barrel Length
24in
Rate of Twist
Muzzle Thread
No
Stock Material
Synthetic
Magazine style
Removable Box
Magazine Capacity
3
Length
Weight
5 lbs 5 ounces
280 Remington Ackley Improved
One of P.O. Ackley's earliest wildcats was the 7mm-06 Improved, which was made by necking down the .30-06 Springfield case and fire-forming it to have less body taper and a 40-degree shoulder angle. Soon after the .280 Remington came out, Fred Huntington reformed its case to an improved configuration with minimum body taper, a 35-degree shoulder angle, and called it the .280 RCBS. Since cases for the .280 RCBS could be formed by firing .280 Remington ammo in a rifle chambered for the former, Ackley abandoned the 7mm-06 Improved and started chambering rifles for the .280 RCBS. He then changed the 35-degree shoulder to 40-degrees and the .280 Ackley Improved was born. If barrel length and chamber pressure are equal, the .280 Ackley Improved is about 100 fps faster with all bullet weights than the standard .280 Remington. In 2007, ammunition manufacturer Nosler registered the .280 Ackley Improved with SAAMI and began providing factory loaded ammunition and rifles for it
Suggested Use
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