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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
- Deer
- Black Bear
- Sheep / Goat
- Moose
- Elk
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