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A friend is trying to persuade me to buy his Sako .280.
I know it's a fine rifle, but ammo is getting more and more scarce and neither Remington nor Ruger chamber their new rifles for it.
What's wrong with the .280?
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Don't worry, the popularity of the 280 Rem. waxes and wanes. It will never be mainstream but I doubt it will every go away completely.
There are too many rifles out there chambered in 280.
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There is only one problem with the .280. It isn't a .280 AI - yet.
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A friend is trying to persuade me to buy his Sako .280?
What's wrong with the .280? Absolutely nothing is wrong with the 280 Rem. I've never owned one but I hand loaded 1 for a friend. IF I had bought a 280 yrs. ago instead of a 270, I would be just as happy and maybe more so since there are more bullets weights available. As has been stated on this subject many times, the 280 came on the scene TOO LATE and therefore too far behind the 270 to ever catch up. From experience I can tell you the 270 will do NOTHING the 280 can't do. NO animal has or will tell the difference when shot with either one. If you can buy that Sako for a good price, and you like that particular rifle buy it. You will not be disappointed.
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A friend is trying to persuade me to buy his Sako .280.
I know it's a fine rifle, but ammo is getting more and more scarce and neither Remington nor Ruger chamber their new rifles for it.
What's wrong with the .280? Nothing wrong with that except it sounds like the real problem is you don't handload. Nuff said.. 
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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The trouble with the 280 is that it is shy by 24 thousandths in bullet diameter.  
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The trouble with the 280 is that it is shy by 24 thousandths in bullet diameter. Laffin, now that is funny....
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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If the price is reasonable I would jump on it. A fine cartridge in a fine rifle with a high "cool" factor. The local mini-mart probably won't have any .280 ammo. So what. There is plenty available on-line if you don't handload. The best thing about the .280, besides being an outstanding cartridge, is that not every azzhat owns one.
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What's wrong with the .280?
As long as you don't try to equal a 270W and run it 5k psi over max SAAMI pressure, it's a fine cartridge.......
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I like 280 more than 30-06 for a one gun arsenal down here in the south..[did I just say that outloud??]...Out west, runnin 180s and 200s would be more important for biggish beasties.
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The 280 Remington is a GREAT cartridge. It fell into the shadow of the 270 Winchester and was poorly marketing by Remington. I almost bought another two weeks ago at the Chantilly (VA) gun show, but walked away to think about it and when I returned, it was gone.
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Somebody tried to "improve" the perfect cartridge? That's the only problem with it.
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The only thing that I can think of is that you can't buy a box of shells in a gas station in podunk. If that carrys no weight, nothing
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As long as you don't try to equal a 270W and run it 5k psi over max SAAMI pressure, it's a fine cartridge.......
The Sako 280 is fully capable of the SAME pressure of ANY 270W.
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As long as you don't try to equal a 270W and run it 5k psi over max SAAMI pressure, it's a fine cartridge.......
The Sako 280 is fully capable of the SAME pressure of ANY 270W. +1
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I'd say jump on it, sounds like a fine combination to me. Guess it kinda depends on what he wants for it. Is it scoped?
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I'd say jump on it, sounds like a fine combination to me. Guess it kinda depends on what he wants for it. Is it scoped? Sure, jump on it and if doesn't work out, you can always clean up the chamber and barrel with a 30-06 reamer. Then you'll have something you can buy ammo for and kill the big stuff.
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Not a damn thing wrong with it.
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What's wrong with the .280?
Nothing. It just got caught in a squeeze play between the 270 Winchester and the 7RM back in 1962,and lost the popularity race to those two other cartridges. It's still a very good cartridge.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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