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<blockquote data-quote="featherweight" data-source="post: 322567" data-attributes="member: 20867"><p>Oldbeav-Nice to see another fan of the 280. However, there is no need to embellish the 280 at the expense of the 270. Both are fine rounds, excellent for deer, antelope and such. On elk or moose, care must be used with both rounds, making sure one is using premium quality bullets of the proper weight. I am not sure what reloading manual you are working with that shows the 280 being able to use 7% more RL 19 and 22. Mine gives maximum loads for both rounds using 150 and 160 grain bullets as the same. Muzzle velocity is the same for the same bullet weights also. To say only 130 grain bullets are used in the 270 is the same as saying only 140s are used in the 280. Just not the truth. Years ago, when I was much younger and only a bit poorer, I shot my first moose with the only rifle I had, a 270 loaded with 150 grain Nosler Partitions. The moose obliged and expired after one shot. I was grateful. That being said, I do not consider the 270 a moose rifle, and being a bit older, wiser (lazier?) and with enough money to afford more than one rifle, much to my wife's chagrin, I would now pick something off the rack that had a bore of at least 30 caliber. And just so you don't think I am blindly prejudiced to the 270, my current hunting rifle for deer is a 280, and has been for the past few seasons. I do keep the 270 ready to go just in case I need a backup though!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="featherweight, post: 322567, member: 20867"] Oldbeav-Nice to see another fan of the 280. However, there is no need to embellish the 280 at the expense of the 270. Both are fine rounds, excellent for deer, antelope and such. On elk or moose, care must be used with both rounds, making sure one is using premium quality bullets of the proper weight. I am not sure what reloading manual you are working with that shows the 280 being able to use 7% more RL 19 and 22. Mine gives maximum loads for both rounds using 150 and 160 grain bullets as the same. Muzzle velocity is the same for the same bullet weights also. To say only 130 grain bullets are used in the 270 is the same as saying only 140s are used in the 280. Just not the truth. Years ago, when I was much younger and only a bit poorer, I shot my first moose with the only rifle I had, a 270 loaded with 150 grain Nosler Partitions. The moose obliged and expired after one shot. I was grateful. That being said, I do not consider the 270 a moose rifle, and being a bit older, wiser (lazier?) and with enough money to afford more than one rifle, much to my wife's chagrin, I would now pick something off the rack that had a bore of at least 30 caliber. And just so you don't think I am blindly prejudiced to the 270, my current hunting rifle for deer is a 280, and has been for the past few seasons. I do keep the 270 ready to go just in case I need a backup though! [/QUOTE]
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