I just picked up a copy of "Guns and Hunting". A tip of the hat to MD for the very fine forward. There is a chapter devoted to the .280 but the .275/7x57 keeps popping up all over the place. It seems FA liked the mid-weights (139-154 gr) at about 2600 fps. As MD points out, he was more concerned with bullet placement and proximity to the animal than he was with absolute velocity and half-inch groups. I guess the old 7x57 just fit the bill.
Too bad he never got to hunt with the B-29. Danged ATF!!
"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown
