I was just giving kudo's to the cartridge. I've got alot of pics of dead things taken with other cartridges as well.
Trimming is just one thing good about AI'ing any cartridge.
Plus a 280AI, is just plain sexy looking.
It has no real advantage over any other, it's just a personal choice.
How boring the world would be if everyone shot a 30-06.
You wrote: "Trimming is just one thing good about AI'ing any cartridge."
I don't agree and found that the so called ai cases require a little trimming along the way also.
That they do shrink the case LOA as they are fired and fill out that shoulder so the brass gets shorter for a while. That's why some think they require no or less trimming.
Over all the "ai" thing is just a hobby diversion. I would not buy a used rifle with an 'ai' chamber unless it was really special for some other reason. I have three of those ai rifles now and one is still at a dealers for sale. I dropped the price once and it's still there!
For a 7mm hunting rifle a lightweight Kimber 7-08 or else a 24" barreled 7mm mag make sense. The 280ai is just in the middle. It's ok but not a big deal.
What with little 280 Rem brass out there it's impractical.
So 7-08 brass is easy to find? 1st place I looked (Grafs) had Norma and Nosler 280 brass in stock but no 7-08 brass. And the 280AI is a SAAMI cartridge now, although Nosler 280AI brass was out of stock at Grafs.
