Can anyone recommend a good long range elk load for a .280 rem?

Nosler 150 or 160 Part over a max load of RL22 or H4831.

160 gr Nosler Partition and IMR7828 gives best accuracy and velocity in my .280. Nosler book says you can go up to 58.5 grs. of 7828. I use 58.0. Remember, these are MAX or near MAX loads. Start low and work up.

The heaviest bullet that your rifle will shoot well in the 2,500 fps to 2,700 fps realm. Generally over 160 grains. Elk are tough to kill, but the .280 will do it if you use a good bullet and do your part.

IMHO, the .280 is about the best combination of shootability, accuracy, and terminal performance of the 7mm tribe, with the 7x57 and/or 7-08 close seconds.

Hi!

I use 160grs SPEER Grand Slam and Norma MRP on swedish moose.

I have always used 150 partitions at 2950 fps for antelope, deer, smaller plains game and the occasional elk. I much prefer a thirty or thirty three caliber for elk, but I have killed a few with the .280 Rem. I don't think that it gives up all that much to the 7 mag, not in real world performance.
My only experience with 175's was on a single black wildebeest and it worked just fine. Lots of penetration through a fairly tough and large beast.
I think on large game your better off with 160's or 175's at a more modest velocity versus the 139's or 140's at high velocity.
My $ .02 anyway.

I load my wife's Tikka with a max load of RL19 under a 140 gr. XLC. Comes within 150 fps of my 7mag with the same bullet. Sure like that combination for making a hole all the way through. HTH, Dutch.

I'll have to agree with Dutch. When I pick Xs over a reg premium I drop down a weight or two and drive as fast as I can. I good friend of mine has used the 140s on elk and has got exits on broadside shoulder shots.

Smallfry, I can never decide what I like best about the X's, the flat trajectory, or eating up to the hole. LOL! Dutch.