280 AI

[ismith]

Dang it. Now y'all gone and made me post a picture of my 280AI again.
I hate this place.


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This would make a wonderful oil painting.

 

[Big Sky Guy]

I truly think that the 280AI is one of the most “balanced” rifle cartridges out there. If I didn’t already have a few other rifles in cartridges on either side of it (270Win and 30-06), with abundant components, dies, etc, I would own one. If I ever build a “one rifle to rule them all” custom then it will be a 280AI. It really seems to be the sweet spot in so many ways, and still has strong roots in some history that gives it panache

I like how it was created by a guy genuinely trying to improve cartridge performance for hunters/shooters within the limitations of his time and available resources rather than seemingly being created out of thin air to market to modern hunters.

 

[Big Sky Guy]

This would make a wonderful oil painting.

Actually had to look twice because at first that’s what it looked like.