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.280 Jeffery
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UK centerfire rifle cartridge
Product February 2022
.280 Jeffery England Rifle W. J. Jeffery & Co. 1913 1913–present .333 Jeffery Rimless, bottleneck .288 .317 .504 .542 .538 2.50 3.45 .217/59 140 3000 2800 Cartridges of the World.Frank C. Barnes, Cartridges of the World, Gun Digest Books, Iola, 2012, 978-1-4402-3059-2.
The .280 Jeffery, also known as the .280 Jeffery Rimless Nitro Express and the .33/280 Jeffery, is a rimless bottleneck centerfire rifle cartridge developed by W. J. Jeffery & Co. and introduced in 1913.
Overview
The cartridge was created by Jeffery by necking down their successful .333 Jeffery to .288 inches. The .280 Jeffery's performance is comparable to the .280 Ross, the cartridge is larger than the Ross with greater capacity, but it is typically not loaded for greater velocities.Wayne van Zwoll, Deer rifles & cartridges: a complete guide to all hunting situations, Skyhorse Publishing, New York, 2012, 978-1-61608-595-7.
The .280 Jeffery fires a 140 gr projectile at 3000 fps.
See also
7mm rifle cartridges
Nitro Express
List of rifle cartridges
References
External links
Cartridgecollector, ".280 Jeffery Rimless Nitro Express (33/280)", cartridgecollector.net, retrieved 16 December 2016.
The Spanish Association of Cartridge Collectors, ".280 Jeffery rimless N.E.", municion.org https://web.archive.org/web/20171104193955/http://www.municion.org/Jeffery/280Ne.htm 2017-11-04 , retrieved 3 February 2018.
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