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Georgeous rifle; handsome package, w/scope; good job!
Range report? Group sizes? Hunting luck this year?
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Dogger,

Are you aware that Ruger makes a SS/synthetic M77 in .280? I wan't until I spied one in a shop this Saturday.

Just thought I'd throw that out, should you decide to send the CDL down the road.

Thanks for all the inputs. I am going to leave the rifle stock as is, and work up additional handloads, looking for a sweet one. I will add scope covers and use the Rain-X. I guess this pretty wood stock is just going to have to take some bruises and knicks...

Nice looking lefty (from a fellow lefty).

How does she shoot??

maybe you should mount a spring shock absorber on the forearm and throw away the little springs- just funning! My 700 ADL has never let me down. Shoot it, don't kiss it! Grin. Although I do hug my 1941 model 99 Savage 250 -3000 occassionally. My Remmi 700 in 6MM does the work on whitetails though as does the pretty savage when I let her out.

I tried rainx years ago. Put it on one barrel of a bino and left the other nekkid. The side with rainx had a noticeably darker view. You are putting a layer of something on your lense that cuts down on the light transmitted. I'd just use the lens caps that come with the conquests on rainy days or buy a bikini cover if I didn't have the caps.

Great wood on that CDL! I love it when a stock shows such contrasts in grain.

An old scope lens trick; use some dish was liquid, put a small drop on each lens, wipe with a soft cloth till you can't see the residue.

I have spent an incredible amount of time the last few weeks comparing the ballistics of other cartridges to the 280 and keep coming back to the realization that the only way to get any real increase in performance is to go to a big bore or a big magnum... and I don't need these increases. I am starting to think I made a wise choice choosing the 280 Rem. I just need to settle on a good load.