Very interesting indeed. Surely a well thought out LR hammer. But if you want to captivate the folks round here you got to cut that barrel down to 22", change the contour to a #1,use Crap Nor barrels, put it in a McM compact with edge fill and put a 2-8x36 Leupold on it.
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Well, 280A's fictional blueprint sure won't work well in Travis' wildcat IMHO
Not everyone wants one of those,and I like a bit more beef myself.Nothing wrong with a 6# rifle,but I wouldn't want it chambered for a blown out 7mm that pushed 180's at 3150..
Nice thing about Travis' cartridge is you can put it up in a sporter configuration weighing about 8-8.5 pounds as well, and recoil will stay manageable,yet is nice and portable.
I don't have Travis's skill sets at real long range so that format works for me....nevertheless that is a nice rifle that Travis put together and I like the cartridge.
