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The frailties of the human condition is what makes this place so entertaining sometimes....


You can read numbers and come to the conclusion that the 280 is (somehow) minutely better by fractions of "something"..

That's assuming you can avoid falling into a coma during the analysis...but when it comes to killing animals you will never in a million years and a million animals, tell the difference.

The .270, .30-06 and .308 are far more practical than the .280 due to availability of factory rifles and price/availability of factory ammo. Cool don't count for shyt with me. Practicality does. I have a .308 and a .30-06.

While I do enjoy my 280's my true first love was the 308 when I bought my first hunting rifle in 1976. I recently put it back into service since 2009. I cannot discern any difference between the two.

From what he wrote, Finn certainly appreciated the .308. However, you can't forget that in two of his articles, "The Professional's Rifle", and "The Professional's Rifle - 10 Years Later", his choice was the 30-06!

Did fin say his favorite "cartridge" was the 30-06?

Or did Finn say one of his favorite " Rifles" was chambered in an 06?




Shod

Yes, I find the 280 Remington so impractical.

You should publish a story about that trip. Seriously... About that travel experience

Should have took up reloading!

Just curious- how did you run out of ammo, driving across southern Idaho, into south central Wyoming? Prairie dogs, perhaps?

I've never run out of .280 ammunition and needed to buy more on a hunting trip. But I can see how that could be a problem under certain circumstances. If that's an important consideration, then it would make sense to confine yourself to popular calibers like .223, .22-250, .243, .270, 7mm Rem Mag, .30-30, .308, 30-06, .300 Win Mag and possibly .338 Win Mag when travelling in North America.

That would eliminate the rifle loony calibers from consideration. I guess that would be practical but it would definitely reduce the fun quotient.

I have a .280 because about 15 years ago I ran into a good deal on a lightly used Remington Custom KS Mountain Rifle in that caliber. It's light and accurate and I saw no reason for a .270 once I had that rifle.

Sho' got that right!

Or, you could always take a backup rifle in 30-06. That's what I do.

If I'm driving to the hunt I always take a backup rifle. If I'm flying that increases the baggage costs but may still be worth it depending on the situation.

I'd say that would work both ways....the reason I haven't owned a 280 in at least a decade or more.


What I find interesting is how anyone could think that .007", 10 gr of bullet, and 50 fps one way or the other could possibly make a difference in killing anything .

Won't say nobody thinks that, some might. But, I sure don't.

Simply a matter of preference for me. And, for these threads, I like to heckle.

It's called "pole vaulting over tick turds."

Same thing about this bullet,or that scope,or this rifle is better than anything made since Ingwe killed his first mammoth.

LMAO! Elkhuntr that's a good way to describe it!

Thanks.

That was mean.