If you have one there really isn't a need for the other two. I think they are all on par with each other and any game animal will not notice the difference if fired on by each round. I have owned 270s & 30-06s in this time period. So, yes, I've heard these discussions, and so has my son, which explains his interest.ĭomestic manufacturers that chamber the 280 Remington are: Browning, Remington, Ruger, & Weatherby. Part of the discussions also say you can get more out of the. Additionally, what I read says that if you handload you can get better ballistic performance out of the. Perhaps there are even heavier bullets available (it is actually a 7 mm, I think, when it comes right down to it). 280 definitely has 165 grain bullets available, which is likely to be better for elk than the 150 grain bullets of the. 270 because it has more bullet weights available (if you handload).

Part of my son's thinking, and I respect this way of thinking, is he would like to have something a bit off the beaten path, something a little more distinctive. To me the convenience of having a rifle chambered in a cartridge that you can buy ammo for in the middle of freakin' nowhere if you lose, run-out of, forget your ammo or even borrow from a fellow hunter is an advantage. 280 ammo is something to take into consideration. I just think the scarcity of commercially produced. my son has read stuff written by those people! I have read it too and will buy the accounts.

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