Savage 110 Ultralite - 280 Ackley Improved - 22.0" - w/ Leupold VX-3HD 4.5-14x40 - SFP - Side Focus Wind-Plex:Precision Optics Complete Package:
Features & Design:
SPECIFICATIONS
Caliber
280 Ackley Improved
Trigger
Adj 1.5-4 lbs. AccuTrigger
Action
Fluted Bolt
Sight / Mount
Barrel
PROOF Carbon Wrapped SS
Barrel Finish
Barrel Length
22.0"
Rate of Twist
Muzzle Thread
Yes
Stock Material
Synthetic
Magazine style
Box
Magazine Capacity
4+1
Length
Weight w/Riflescope
7lbs 6.8oz
280 Ackley Improved:One of 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 itSuggested Use: