Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles 280AI vs 270 Winchester

.270 Win, .280 Rem, .280AI. Pretty much peas in a pod.

Mine is a .280 Rem, not because I thought it was best but because i came across a Ruger #1 at a price I couldn't resist, chambered for .280 Rem, and I already had .284" bullets on my bench. Sold that one because it was too nice to hunt with and bought an All Weather Ruger Hawkeye in .280 Rem instead.

There are great bullets in both .27 and .28 calibers so I wouldn't choose one over the other on that basis, One reason I like the .280 is the lower recoil compared to my .30-06 loads. An AI loaded to AI levels would lessen the advantage to some degree.

Bottom line, I'd have preferred either a .270 Win or .280 Rem over a .280AI, but only because of the rifles I had when I got mine. If I was going to start over and reload for it, the .280AI would be a great choice.