• .280 Remington-Leo

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     GUN TYPE   

    .280 Remington
     FIREARM  RIFLES
     LEAD TYPE   Nosler Balistic tip
     CALIBER TYPE   280 rem.
     RATING   10
     LEAD SIZE   140
     POWDER TYPE   RL 19
     POWDER AMOUNT   56.5gr.
     PRIMER   cci 200
     BRASS   rem.
     BARREL LENGTH   22"
     F.P.S   3100
     GROUP SIZE   4.5
     OVERALL LENGTH   400 yards
     GUN DETAILS   Stock gun with nothing done, pritty good huh.
    And believe it or not it has only a 4 power fixed leupold scope, and the old style at that.
     OTHER DESCRIPTION   The gun is sighted zero at 200 yards. 55.5 grains had 21" of drop and 56.5 had 12"-both had a good group from 4" to 4.5", but 57 gr. I had a 9" group. The gun is fun to shoot so I'm going to have to watch myself or I'll be shooting all the time.
     SUBMITTED ON   22 Feb 2006
     SUBMITTED BY   Leo

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