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Nosler Custom Rifle .280 Ackley Improved Limited Production
Guns International #: 101991138 Seller's Inventory #: .280 Ackley Improved
Category: Nosler Custom Rifles - Rifles - American Bolt Action
Seller's Information
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Seller: Larry the Gun Guy
Member Since: 1/5/08
First Name: Larry
State: Utah
Zip: 84010-2408
Country: United States
Phone: (801) 831-6221
Seller: Private Seller
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
Return on guns only if misrepresented. Shipping is additional - UPS is getting expensive
Payment Types Accepted: Verified certified check, personal check or postal money order
Description:
This is one of THE Nosler Custom Rifles in .280 Ackley Improved produced in a limited run of 500 rifles per caliber. I have the .300 WSM as well and both are #57. This highly customized rifle is ready to take afield and guaranteed at 1/2-m.o.a. accuracy for three-shot groups with NoslerCustom loaded ammunition. The receiver is made from an investment casting and is tastefully executed in an octagonal cross section and features a massive, integral recoil lug at the front of its flat underside. It is drilled and tapped, as is the tang at the receiver’s rear, for one of the two Torx-head action screws. Matching square bridges fore and aft incorporate round sockets that accept the posts found on Leupold QR detachable scope rings. Throwlevers lie on the left side of each bridge and are attached to locking bars pinned in place in the receiver. The bolt retains the time-proven twin opposed front locking lugs. It also features an M-16-style pivoting extractor and a plunger ejector in its recessed face. The bolt body measures 0.682" in diameter but steps down 0.010" in the locking lug area. The lugs are 0.422-" wide and 0.100-" deep, providing ample surface to restrain any bolt thrust. Three large holes in the bottom of the bolt body safely vent any escaping gases into the magazine in the event of a blown primer or ruptured case head. The bolt handle is 3/8" to 1/2" longer than other sporting rifles. Its knob is a rounded tetrahedron with teardrop panels of checkering on each facet and the stylized “NC” on its bottom. The Timney fire-control system is factory set at 3 lbs. A stainless-steel magazine box, utilizing the classic Mauser staggered-feed design, completes the metal work within the stock. It has a 24-inch stainless-steel sporter-contour barrel that is hand-lapped and held to match tolerances with a breech diameter of 1.150" for the first 1 1/2", then gently tapering to 0.675" at the muzzle. The barrel is ceramic-coated with a matte-black finish, as is all the metal work except the magazine box. A one-piece steel, Ted Blackburn, bottom-metal unit features an Oberndorf-style, in-the-bow floorplate release. The floorplate itself also carries the same stylized “NC” logo. The rifle is stocked in a fancy grade of Turkish walnut and it has a right-hand Wundhammer swell in the pistol grip. The cheekpiece is American in style with a shadow line. Twenty-two-line-per-inch checkering in a classic point pattern on the stock is topped off with an ebony fore-end tip and grip cap. A pair of twin-screw, inletted swivel bases serve as anchors to the sling swivels. The rifle weighs in at 9-lb., 3-oz. and the buttstock is finished with a Pachmayr Decelerator recoil pad. The barreled action and bottom metal are epoxy-bedded front and rear at their stress points and the recoil lug seats against a 1/8"-thick aluminum plate imbedded in the compound.
The barrel is free-floated along its entire length. This rifle has no iron sights. Instead it comes with a Leupold VX-III 3.5-10X 40 mm riflescope sighted in for NoslerCustom ammunition with the 140-gr. AccuBond bullet. And the rifle comes with two boxes of this load. The scope is matched to each rifle and features Leupold’s Boone & Crockett reticle with stadia lines corresponding to bullet drop from 100 to 500 yds. with this load.
NoslerCustom Trophy Grade Ammunition is in essence like having handloaded ammo for your gun. Brass is trimmed and deburred, and each round is hand-inspected. AccuBond bullets are used exclusively to give the best combination of accuracy and terminal performance.
The Ackley Improved version straightens and lengthens the case wall and opens the shoulder from its original 17 degrees to 40 degrees.
Nosler states 3150 f.p.s. This NoslerCustom Rifle is clearly intended for the shooter/hunter who has arrived. With a full magazine and a sling this rifle will weigh a little more than 10 lbs. It comes in a factory Kalispel aluminum case—sighted in and ready to hunt, it’s a heck of a deal.
Receiver: ceramic-coated chrome-moly steel
Barrel: 24", ceramic-coated stainless steel
Rifling: four-groove, 1:9 1⁄2" RH twist
Magazine: Mauser-style staggered box; five-round capacity
Sights: Leupold VX-III, 3.5-10X 40 mm
Trigger Pull: single-stage, 3 lbs.
Stock: Turkish walnut: Length of pull, 13 ½"; drop at heel, 1"; drop at comb, 3/4"
Overall Length: 44"
Weight: 9 lbs., 3 ozs.
Accessories: Leupold scope with B&C reticle calibrated to NoslerCustom ammunition, two boxes of .280 Ackley Improved ammunition, a custom Nosler sling and a Kalispel aluminum rifle case.
SOLD