And it's a 280 AI! 500 of them. For $3,995.
http://www.nosler.com/index.php?p=11&b=7

I wonder if they will offer factory ammo, and (more importantly) .280AI brass (i.e. no fireforming required)?? Probably not...
- mike

Wow !
I would never have guesed that was comming !
I think they should give a little more info on the rifle. What kind of action is it,? and so forth. I am playing with a 280 AI right now model 70 classic action 23 inch Douglas tube.
Just fired fireforming loads with Varget so far but I will give a bit of a workout this weekend. ...tj3006

I understand (from John Barsness, maybe?) that the 280AI is about to become a factory round.

Edited: Of course it's a factory round - Nosler's rifle makes it so. I meant to say that Nosler would be making brass for it in their Custom line, I think, so no fire-forming.

Jaywalker

It's about $4,300 too much.....about $3,300 to much for the rifle and a grand they'd have to pay me to own anything stamped with the "tell tail" mark of an idiot.....the "AI" stamp.

Why do they have to make things complicated? Could have just chambered it in a 7mag and been done with it.

Terry

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Originally posted by Jaywalker:
I understand (from John Barsness, maybe?) that the 280AI is about to become a factory round.

Edited: Of course it's a factory round - Nosler's rifle makes it so. I meant to say that Nosler would be making brass for it in their Custom line, I think, so no fire-forming.

Jaywalker

Way cool! If that is the case, I'll buy some brass off them - even if the Nosler brass is a bit pricey. It would be worth it (to me) not to have to fiddle with fireforming.

- mike

I saw their limited edition rifle as well as a production version that they are going to offer with a synthetic stock at the NRA convention. To my amateur eye the production rifle looked better than the limited edition one - they didn't have the new 280 AI verwsion there, only the now discontinued 300 WSM one.

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Originally posted by vapodog:
It's about $4,300 too much.....about $3,300 to much for the rifle and a grand they'd have to pay me to own anything stamped with the "tell tail" mark of an idiot.....the "AI" stamp.

I'll agree with you

Cheers
/JOHAN

The AI stamp part may be true, but some of them actually have a place. The .220 Swift AI does do away with a whole lot of case trimming. That said, the price of the rifle is still about $3000 too high. You can buy a real nice custom piece for $3995, on a better action.

Nosler has submitted the .280 AI to SAAMI for designation as a factory "standard". Their plan is to offer brass and loaded ammo in their custom ammunition line.

jim

That would take care of the disadvantages of the .280 AI. Other than too much hassle with the cases, it is a great cartridge.

- mike

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Originally posted by HunterJim:
Nosler has submitted the .280 AI to SAAMI for designation as a factory "standard". Their plan is to offer brass and loaded ammo in their custom ammunition line.

jim

If this is true and, I wouldn't know why it wouldn't be.....it's indeed a tribute to "Reverend" Ackley and a cartridge that has far more likelyhood of success than any of the WSSMs or SAUMs etc.

Since I suspect most all new 280 remington's today are being custom built, there's a strong likelyhood most of them in the future will be for the improved round.

I can only assume Nosler will define the "new" round at 65,000 PSI.

Now.....maybe we can get an official 6.5-06 too?

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Originally posted by HunterJim:
Nosler has submitted the .280 AI to SAAMI for designation as a factory "standard". Their plan is to offer brass and loaded ammo in their custom ammunition line.

jim

I'm glad I started this topic. While I'm not a fan of $4,000 push feeds, the 280 AI intrigued me. That Nosler is legitamizing it speaks of it's prowess. Naysayers aside, the AI work over of CERTAIN carts works.

The .280 AI IS a neat cartridge. Forming brass and reloading isn't the big deal that apparently overwhelms some shooters. Brass life is good too. If Nosler produced brass I'd try some.

If it does finally get "legitimized" (SP?) I wonder if the .338-06 could be far behind???

FN in MT

it`s not nosler who produces the brass, its norma who does that and have i got from a very reliable source who works at the norma factory .

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Originally posted by mr rigby:
it`s not nosler who produces the brass, its norma who does that and have i got from a very reliable source who works at the norma factory .

No reason to not believe you here.....Hornady now makes their own brass so it's not a horribly enormous problem to do.

No reason Nosler can't as well , but I'd accept that Norma is the producer.

Okay, I am dumb and I will bite. What does the .280AI have that the .280 Rem doesn't have?

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Originally posted by 22WRF:
Okay, I am dumb and I will bite. What does the .280AI have that the .280 Rem doesn't have?

To a reloader.....about 100'/sec at the most.....

To a person that don't reload.....a quite a bit more as it'll be loaded hotter.....( I assume)

It'll come very close to the 7 MM Rem Mag in power and hold another round in the magazine.

To the deer you're going to shoot at next fall.....not a damn thing!!!!!

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To the deer you're going to shoot at next fall.....not a damn thing!!!!!

That's what I thought.

I beleive the 338-06 has been "legitimized, by A-Square, and I believe Weatherby chambered some rifles in it, and Weatherby still offers ammunition