Mallardsx2
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30-06 IMHO.
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The brake on my .300 Weatherby reduces it's kick to less than the kick of my .270.Interesting that I own one of the more common calibers mentioned on here, .300 WM. Yet I almost refuse to take it out. Nothing will kill your ability to make a clean kill the thinking about the kick to the shoulder you're about to receive.
Gimme the .270 all day everyday.
AgreeEven though I don't have one, I've always thought the 280AI is near perfection if a person could only have one rifle for the rest of time.
I would say even a 7-08, but the 280AI just does a bit better with heavier bullets.
Interesting that I own one of the more common calibers mentioned on here, .300 WM. Yet I almost refuse to take it out. Nothing will kill your ability to make a clean kill the thinking about the kick to the shoulder you're about to receive.
Gimme the .270 all day everyday.
Yeah, I should have been more specific when I asked... has anybody ever used slugs for an Elk or a Moose. I forget that deer are considered "Big Game".I’ve taken deer with slugs and with buckshot.
A 12 gauge with slugs is more or less equivalent to a .45-70, in terms of energy/range.
Wouldn’t be my choice for still hunting timber for elk simply because an 870 weighs significantly more than my rifle.
I have had two 35 Whelens. One was a custom Mauser. I loved them dearly. Hunted with them for decades when I was shooting big tough wild boar literally by the truckloads on depredation permits. After I got my 280AI and used it for a few years I sold lots of other rifles, my last 35 Whelen included. Times change.35 Whelen definitely checks all the boxes here. It flat drops anything you point it at.
Since I got my 280AI in a 5 3/4 pound real accurate Kimber Hunter it has sent rifle after rifle either packing or becoming a safe queen. I sold my 2nd 35 Whelen, sold my 300 win mag. (I had already sold my second 338 Win mag)Even though I don't have one, I've always thought the 280AI is near perfection if a person could only have one rifle for the rest of time.
I would say even a 7-08, but the 280AI just does a bit better with heavier bullets.
Agree agree. 280ai for the win.Agree
.284 PRC?30.06 -- FACT!
7mm, damn metric tools.
The shoulder angle has absolutely zero to do with this. Chamfer your case mouths and double check your expander ball diameter. Something is happening that should not be. This is not a 280AI problem. Something else is going on.My only criticism lies in really needing to lube your bullet well when seating it. The 280AI case is so steeply angled that it can get crushed easy if seating a bullet is harder.
Put a nose button on it.300 WM. Yet I almost refuse to take it out. Nothing will kill your ability to make a clean kill the thinking about the kick to the shoulder you're about to receive.
Not too good for mountain quail, iffen you're gunna want to eat em.The 45-70 Govt. belongs in this discussion. What are you going to tell me it can't do?