HOLY DIVER
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i recently bought a Ruger No.1 in 280 I plan to hunt whitetail deer with. I bought brass and some Federal 160gr trophy bonded projectiles. After a little research it seems a lot of people have good luck with Imr 4831 so I loaded up some test loads 3 rounds at minimum charge and 3 in the middle and 3 close but about .5 grains shy of max just hoping to see what the rifle liked best then refine the load from there. It well shot 8-10 inch groups with all the loads. I know this is a long shot asking for help because this is not a common rifle and an even less common cartridge. The gun will shoot a factory loaded Remington core lockt under 1moa. Is the trophy bonded bullet the new Winchester silver tip? And just not a accurate bullet? Any insight would be greatly appreciated