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I went through the posts pretty fast and I can't see any mention of the Remington geniuses that came up with the .280 Remington renamed 7mm Express Remington then returned to the .280 Remington. This is the kind of thing careers are made of!

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.280 Remington, another grossly unappreciated round and one of my personal favorites.



It too is underloaded for use in the M742 autoloader, although not as bad as the 8x57.



According to "Quickload" when loaded to similar pressure, from the same length barrel, it is only about 50fps behind the 7mm Rem Mag.



I just got a M700CDL in .280 and I am getting 3133fps Av MV(corrected from 3123@ 15')over my Pact chrono. (24" barrel, 62gr Vv N560 and 140gr Nosler Accubond)That boys and girls is not too far from 7mm Mag performance from a 24" tube. Yes I am near max pressure for the 7MM Mag, but apples to apples eh? The Norma brass seems to be taking it in stride, no loose primer pockets yet, time will tell. Accuracy is slighly under MOA.



I wish I could get some more Norma MRP. I was getting just over 3,200fps with an estimated pressure of slightly over 60k.



P.S. Deer season opened this morning! I can't wait to send one of those 140gr Accubonds on it's way. I'll be headed out in about 30 min.

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Junkie, as you might know the 270 (.277") is a true 7mm and the 270 WSM outsells the 7mm WSM by 20 to 1. And since the 270 WSM was on the scene first I agree there never was a need for a 7mm WSM.

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