A pair of Remingtons

ojr

Hi Guys
Sorry it took so long for the photos,a few pages back I posted about buying the new mountain rifle in 280, then along came a BDL 30 06 that I just had to have.
the 280 of course is new, the 06is some years old,
Guess which I prefer.

DanChamberlain

Owen, fine rifles. I'm in the wood and .30-06 camp.

Dan

farm boy

Good looking pair you got there.

ojr

Cheers Dan, I am too must be a past 50 thing, for me at least, bought the 06 off a second hand rack and it shoots very well.Already shot a number of wallaby and an unfortunate small pig that just happened to be strolling along minding his own business.

Thanks Farm boy tried the 280 with 140gr Nosler Bt and 139gr Hornady sst
The rifle sure prefers the nosler.

Big Chief

Nice pair of Remington s you got there :guns::guns:

ojr

Thanks Chief
Anybody know how i can find out the year the BDL was made?
Quite happy to post the serial number here, after all l'm 5000 odd miles away.

Big Chief

ojr wrote: »

Thanks Chief
Anybody know how i can find out the year the BDL was made?
Quite happy to post the serial number here, after all l'm 5000 odd miles away.

Try this to help decipher your SN#


http://www.remingtonsociety.com/rsa/questions/barrelcodes

ojr

Ta.

Zee

Most excellent! My LGS has that exact Stainless Mountain Rifle in .280 Remington on the shelf. If I didn't already have one........I'd be sorely tempted.

Who am I fooling? I'm still tempted. Just not for the price!

MileHighShooter

Zee wrote: »

Most excellent! My LGS has that exact Stainless Mountain Rifle in .280 Remington on the shelf. If I didn't already have one........I'd be sorely tempted.

Who am I fooling? I'm still tempted. Just not for the price!

Yes' but your current 280 is a heavy barrel gun....the mountain would be for a different purpose. See, easy to justify! You can thank me when youbuy it.



Owen, cool guns! If i make it down that way we will have to compare UL mountain rifles :cool2::cool2:w

What glass is goin on top?

Razorbacker

It's hard to beat a BDL in the looks department. And if it shoots like that you've hit the jackpot. Snake can give you some sizzling .280 loads.

Ernie Bishop

Nice rifles!
I would prefer the 280 over the 06 for sure.

ojr

Thankyou for your kind comments Gentlemen
MHShooter
The BDL wears a VX111 3.5x10x40 in Burris rings and the Mountain Rifle wears a Weaver Grand Slam 3x10x40 on a receiver length cut EGW rail in Leupold PRW rings.

NN

Very nice

JerryBobCo

How's the recoil on the .280? The reason I ask is because I have a friend who has a .280 Remington mountain rifle. It's very, very light. He claims that the recoil is horrendous.

Just wondering if you were experiencing the same thing.

ojr

Hi Jerry
The recoil isn't bad, it has a decent pad on it. It weights about the same bare as my Finn Light
Easier to shoot a box of ammo out of at the range than the aught 6 with the plastic butt plate thats for sure.
The 280 hasn't been hunting yet, just range work as I'm still looking for the right load, however the 30 06 has fired 7 shots at animals and I didn't feel a thing.
Well you don't do you in that situation