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I like the heavier bullets in the .280. I have tested many in wet phone books & find the partitions to be about perfect. I haven' tried the failsafe but did try their part.gold. I found it to be a very tough bullet. The nose expands quite well, but the jacket is very thick & expansion stops before the nose can peel back to the partition. It limits penetration. I think they are better off used above 3000fps. The 140FS may do well @ .280 speeds. | |||
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Sweden, I load a Tikka in 280 with 140 XLC's. I use Alliant's RL19, but anything in the burnrate from 4350 to 4831 should work fine. I believe Bofors makes the RL powders, so Norma might have an equivalent number. Just slightly slower than MRP (RL22) in any case. HTH, Dutch. | |||
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expect the 140gr failsafes to completely penetrate moose! | |||
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Thomas, I have heard horror stories about Fail Safes on smaller game animals such as deer. I am not sure if the disgust with performance was due to overpenetration or the lack of it. Being constructed somewhat like an X-bullet, I would imagine it was due to overpenetration with a lack of expansion. Do you have any thoughts on this? Is the moose thoery from personal experience? | |||
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<Marc> |
I watched a friend shoot a small buck at about 200 yds. with a 140 FS from a 280AI. One shot, through the chest, the deer made a short dash and hit the dirt. The exit hole looked about like the exit holes I get with X-bullets. I didn't stick around to see what the internal damage was as I still had a tag which I took down the ridge and filled. | ||
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Thanks for the answer, but badly no loadingdata...... The bullet weight I gonna get is 160grs. Proberly it�s ok to use same loads i do for the 160grs Rhino Solid Shanks in 160grs. 280swe | ||
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Nosler Manual - 160 Grain Bullet - Vit. 165 from 51.0 grains, 2607 fps to 55.0 - 2788 fps. IMR 4350 from 46.5 - 2590 fps to 50.5 - 2810 fps. 140 Grain Bullet - Vit - 160 from 50.0 - 2711 fps to 54.0 - 2929 fps. IMR 4350 From 48.5 - 2718 fps to 52.5 - 2940 fps As usual, approach max loads with caution. | |||
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<.280 Sweden> |
Thanks a lot Old & Slow!! Just what I need. Will let you now how the loading went when I get the bullets. 280swe | ||
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