280 Rem barrel ?

[Zeak]

I was looking at biding on a 280 Handi on a action site. The Rifle was a 280 rem Ultra and said it had a 21" barrel. Are all 280s 26",or was some made with shorter barrels? I ask the seller if the barrel had been chopped, his answer was that it didn't appear to be.  All the barrels I have the recess with the flat surface. This one had a recess and a tappered surface, looked like it could have been crowned with a drill bit. He posted a picture of the muzzle and it looked a little rough. Sort of smelled a rat so passed on the bid. The receiver was a M so couldn't even work for the barrel program.  Zeak

[Spanky]

I don't think there was ever a 21" barrel offered. I think he's pulling your leg.



Spanky

[mitch132]

That sounds too fishy for my liking. There are some very dishonest people on some of the auction sites. All the more reason to shop in the classifieds here.

[geezer56]

And hacksaws are everywhere.  I saw that auction too. the barrel does look short.  Could be one that somebody cut down to make a handier length.  I've got a 45-70 with an 18 in barrel, it is so ugly it's cute.  But it fits in a box blind and lays across my lap, so I can shoot out either side or the front without banging a long gun around inside the blind.  So what if I lose a couple of hundred feet per second.  Bambi can't seem to tell the difference.  Off the subject I know, but it appeared to be what happened to that one.

[dpe.ahoy]

Dropping 4" off the 45-70 barrel isn't gonna cut the speed 200 fps.  Out of the 280, 5" might drop 150 fps but probably less.  Lot of 280's have 22" barrel anyway.  DP