Originally Posted by dave7mm
I had my first ,280 AI built in 1986.
M700 Douglas air gaged no4. 1-10.
The load I ran was 140g ballistic tip over 64g of H4831.
Figure 3140fps.
This from a time when BTs we're bombs.
I hunted deer all over North America and Canada for 15 years and never had a complaint.
No clicken. No dicken.
Nothing within 500 yards was safe.
You can run all the gack stuff you want.
For deer and similar sized animals.
And now with factory cases and mono bullets.
It's solid performer it's hard to beat.
dave

That poor rifle seen the outside of the safe in a decade Dave? whistle

Semper Fi