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 280 vs 308
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04/27/11 11:43 PM
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which would you choose and why? comment on these two cal. only.
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Re: 280 vs 308
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04/27/11 11:45 PM
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Re: 280 vs 308
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04/27/11 11:49 PM
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what are you going to use it for?
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Re: 280 vs 308
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04/28/11 12:06 AM
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Yup, this right here. 
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Re: 280 vs 308
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04/28/11 12:10 AM
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.308 just because 
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Re: 280 vs 308
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04/28/11 12:17 AM
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.308 just because Yup, this right here.
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Re: 280 vs 308
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04/28/11 12:18 AM
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I have both, and it would depend on what I was going to use it for to make my mind up.
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Re: 280 vs 308
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04/28/11 12:19 AM
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308
ammo cost and availability
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Re: 280 vs 308
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04/28/11 12:38 AM
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Re: 280 vs 308
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04/28/11 01:07 AM
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I've been wanting to build a .280 for a while now but in AI form but either are exellent choices for just about anything.
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Re: 280 vs 308
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04/28/11 01:47 AM
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If you don't reload, then do the .308. If you are a handloader then the .280 is the way I would roll. I would probably, punch it AI and let it really sing!
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Re: 280 vs 308
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04/28/11 01:57 AM
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If you don't reload, then do the .308. If you are a handloader then the .280 is the way I would roll. I would probably, punch it AI and let it really sing! Either 280 or 280 AI. I would do it simply because you dont see one every day..throw a stick and you hit 100 .308's. Not at all to say that the .308 is less of a cartridge, it's an awesome one and I own two. But I do hand load so it would be a good one to have. Ballistics seem to be pretty comparable up to 175 grains as well.
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Re: 280 vs 308
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04/28/11 01:59 AM
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been using a 308 for the last few years
great round, and I will always own one
having said that (and I have 270, 25-06, 243, etc) this coming season I am going to hunt with a 280AI, Nosler Trophy grade is on order. Plan to run 140 ABs
270 is a great round, just never did anything for me, the 280AI just seems like an ideal (although in reality, marginal improvement in longer (4-5 hundred yard) ballistics)
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Re: 280 vs 308
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04/28/11 02:24 AM
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I have every cal. .223-270, didn't want to go to shoulder thumping .300, Mule deer and Elk would be the target.
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Re: 280 vs 308
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04/28/11 02:32 AM
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Mule deer and Elk would be the target. Either one, take your pick. I would flip a coin if it were me choosing one or the other. Both will suit you fine. With the 308 you will have heavier bullet choices 
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Re: 280 vs 308
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04/28/11 02:34 AM
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They will both do the job fine.
If I had to pick one I'd get the 308 because I prefer a short action over a long action.
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Re: 280 vs 308
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04/28/11 02:35 AM
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If my shots were inside 400 yds I'd go with the 308. Past 400 the heavy 7mm bullets in the 280 with their high ballistic coefficients are simply fantastic. The 280 comes real close to the 7mm Mag.
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Re: 280 vs 308
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04/28/11 03:06 AM
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thanks guys, everyones thougts are kind of what I was thinking, been looking at a tikka .308, but really like what I see about the .280, been looking at a no 1 in that.
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Re: 280 vs 308
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04/28/11 04:15 AM
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thanks guys, everyones thougts are kind of what I was thinking, been looking at a tikka .308, but really like what I see about the .280, been looking at a no 1 in that. That would be double unique!! 
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Re: 280 vs 308
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04/28/11 04:30 AM
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If you don't reload, then do the .308. If you are a handloader then the .280 is the way I would roll. I would probably, punch it AI and let it really sing! X2
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Re: 280 vs 308
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04/28/11 05:43 AM
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I got a 700 CDL SF in .280.
Awesome gun. Ammo is not too difficult to find.
Academy, dicks, cabelas, etc carry them now.
I tried 139 gr Hornady SSTs, but gun didnt like them.
Moved to 140gr Win. ballistic tips and it loved them.
Little recoil to boot.
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Re: 280 vs 308
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04/28/11 05:54 AM
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.308.. short action, cheaper ammo, and available in more types at more stores
Most stores carry 308... only a few around here carry .280
also, i like it when it goes boom and things die... 308 makes that happen pretty
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Re: 280 vs 308
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04/28/11 10:16 AM
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.280 but I like off calibers, why be another .308 fanboy.
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Re: 280 vs 308
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04/28/11 12:05 PM
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thanks guys, everyones thougts are kind of what I was thinking, been looking at a tikka .308, but really like what I see about the .280, been looking at a no 1 in that. If a T3 it would seem a waste of the action length to not go .280. Had one in .338, shot well, just never warmed up to it.
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