.280 Remington Barrel Rifling Twist Rate

[pavelow]

Hi All,

I have been thinking about buying another rifle and after some research have decided on a Ruger M77 Mark II in .280 Remington.

I have a couple questions about the .280.

I have read some reports that rifles chambered for the .280 may be fussy when it comes to accurately shooting different bullet weights, ie: a gun may shoot the 140gr bullets fine but not print so well with 160 grainers. Gun writers seem to point the finger at "marginal barrel twist". All the .280 rifles I have seen have barrel twists either 1 in 9.25" or 1 in 10". So, does "marginal" mean one twist rate is better than another or that regardless of twist rate the gun may have substandard rifling?

Another question...why would the 7mm-08 which uses bullets in the same caliber and weight range as the .280 and is chambered in guns with the same rifling twist rate not have the same stigma as the .280 with accuracy among different bullet weights?

I will be using the gun for Michigan whitetails and am not too concerned with MOA accuracy, just minute-of-Buck Kill Zone accuracy.

Thanks for your feedback.

Pavelow

 

[C.R.Sam]

Interesting....I show Remington using 9¼" for both the .280 and 7mm 08, and Ruger using 9½" for the .280.

Think more individual barrel influence than twist rate....maby.

Sam

 

[pavelow]

Thanks for the reply. I have a Ruger catalog and it doesn't identify twist rates. I knew the Remington was 9.25 and I know Winchester is 10.