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250AI. Built one in an A-bolt Micro-Hunter left handed, my son now has that one. Mine is a lightened Rem 700. Both are great rifles. I head spaced the Rem on a piece of brass fired in the A-bolt. Life is good when life is simple.
I am the NorthEast WoodsBeast!
"System version 1.3, divorced"
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7x57 Ackley because in the world of wildcats it's rather uncommon. And it does what Ackley said it would do.
Old Corps
Semper Fi
FJB
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It's a wonder I ever killed anything with just a plain ol' vanilla 30-06 and 280 Rem.
I won't drink the swirled Kool-Aid
.....well, maybe, if it looks like wood
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It's a wonder you ever killed anything.
"Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"
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I have a 25-06AI and a 280AI,I really like them both cuz they just flat out kill stuff.
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Merry Christmas Mr. Steelhead
I won't drink the swirled Kool-Aid
.....well, maybe, if it looks like wood
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17 Ackley Hornet, 223 AI, 22/250 AI, 243 AI, 6Rem AI, have all been real winners.
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Campfire Ranger
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.280AI for me. Accurate, flat shooting, lethal on game, and no brass to trim.
Member: Clan of the Turdlike People.
Courage is Fear that has said its Prayers
�If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.� Ronald Reagan.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Depends on what I'm hunting.
Deer 257 Ack or 280 Ack
Elk 338-06 Ack
Varmints 22-250 Ack
I have rifles in all of the above listed rounds.
A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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Campfire Ranger
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Your varmint rifle is a deer rifle too
My dog is a member of the "Turd Like Clan"
Covert Trail Cameras are JUNK
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I have the 338-06, 243, and of course the 280. I would have to say I like them all, but I feel like I get the most out of the 243 AI. I shoot it more, I got a better increase in velocity, an 8 lb can of powder goes a ways, and last but not least it's the cheapest left-over parts rifle I own and it shoots awesome.
Joseph
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280 A.I. , nearly perfect.
.280 AI Fan
"I don't make jokes, I just watch the government and report the facts" Will Rogers
"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing" Unknown
Trump 2024!
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I have owned Ackleyfied 223, 257Roberts, 7mm-08 and 280. The only one I own at present, and the only one I have built more than one of, is the 223. I suppose that answers the question.
Anybody who seriously concerns themselves with the adequacy of a Big 7mm for anything we hunt here short of brown bear, is a dufus. They are mostly making shidt up. Crunch! Nite-nite!
Stolen from an erudite CF member.
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I have 2 AI cartridges, 257 Roberts & 338/06. The first was the 338, but I have used the 257 more to hunt with. I built the 338 to hunt elk and other large game. I went elk hunting one time and all I saw was cows, I did hear a bull, but someone else shot it before I could locate him. After that, I havent had the time to go again. I have taken 3 deer with the 257 since my Dad & I put it together 3 years ago. I love it and at this time it's my favorite.
Semper Fi USMC/0331
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280 AI - BEFORE Nosler stuck there nose in it !!!!
Sure am glad that I own the 280AI reamer that my current 280AI is, and any future gun will be chambered with.
I never thought I'd grow up to be a grumpy old man, but I did, and I'm killin' it.
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Campfire Kahuna Emeritus & Campfire Outfitter
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.280 Ackley
Why? Because it kills schit.
Steve
"God Loves Each Of Us As If There Were Only One Of Us"
Saint Augustine of Hippo - AD 397
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223AI because it does this to hogs. ![[Linked Image]](http://i50.tinypic.com/281vaip.jpg)
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Some great posts here and I thank you all.....You call it the way you see it and not one negative post. I love my Acklies! Regards, Rick.
John Deere tractors and Sako rifles.....doesn't get any better.
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I've killed lots of hogs with lots of calibers and never done that to one of them. Looks like you stuffed a grenade in its ass.
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22-250AI because I own one.
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. - Mark Twain.
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