Got a 280AI just to be different before it went factory and it is one of the best. Passed on the 270 because it was common but then got one for my son and wonder why I didn't get one sooner for myself. Same with the 6.5x55 shot a surplus 38 carbine when I was a kid and left it behind because the bolt was on the wrong (right) side. Now that I am getting re-aquantted with 6.5x55 I am impressed at what a great deer round this is, almost as good as the Creedmoor.

You can pick just about any cartridge between 243 and 308 and it will meet your needs just fine. Me I am going for quality not quantity and so far still like my medium magnums from 300 to 375 but stop there. I would probably customize a pair you already have before getting two new rifles, but then again always nice to get a new one.

"When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred." Niccolo Machiavelli