Originally Posted by George_in_SD
Originally Posted by ChipM

George, the 280ai is a tremendous round but no matter what you do, it is not a 7 RM, and no, I am not a fan of the RM but facts are facts, also check the recoil calculators as everyone talks about the 280ai and non magnum recoil, the difference is much less then you think.


As is the difference between the 280ai and the 7rm. A difference, sure. A realistic difference for his or my purposes? *shrug*

The 280ai is just cool, so it gets my vote. Any jagaloon can slum a rem mag grin


I do not disagree and if you look at all the 7mm's discussed and the op's intended purpose, is there any real difference with any of them. I'm thinking about thinning the herd a little bit and could probably do everything I need with a 7-08 but when you get up to the 154's and 160 class bullets the 280 rem pushes them where I like around 2800-2900+/- fps. I can make a 280 a 7-08 velocity wise but can not make a 7-08 a 280 so really thinking about this one.