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<blockquote data-quote="Bigeclipse" data-source="post: 1718759" data-attributes="member: 52437"><p>I like the flexibility of the round. I think everyone in my other post assumes I HATE recoil, which is not the case. I just love the lower recoil of my wife's rifles and if I could get that in the new rifle build great. My plan with 280ai was to make several loadings. I would make a 120 or 140 grain loading for purely shorter range flat shooting on deer. For example, a 120 nosler BT moving at like 2900-3100fps allowing me a very flat shooter out to 250 yards. I would also develop a load using 140s or 160s which would get me a bit further range on a bigger animal such as an ELK out to say 500 yards. I highly doubt id ever go bear or Elk hunting, but who knows what the future holds, so yeah I was trying to build a rifle which would offer me a bit of flexibility and allow me to develop some lighter recoiling loads with a lighter weight bullet for general woods deer hunting, allow me a few factory load options (280rem and 280ai) and finally allow me a higher horsepower rifle shooting a bit heavier bullet at higher velocities if I ever needed it. Maybe my thinking is wrong though since so many people are encouging me to go a different route which is why I may suck it up and buy a second dedicated rifle for lower recoil loads in 7mm08 for myself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bigeclipse, post: 1718759, member: 52437"] I like the flexibility of the round. I think everyone in my other post assumes I HATE recoil, which is not the case. I just love the lower recoil of my wife's rifles and if I could get that in the new rifle build great. My plan with 280ai was to make several loadings. I would make a 120 or 140 grain loading for purely shorter range flat shooting on deer. For example, a 120 nosler BT moving at like 2900-3100fps allowing me a very flat shooter out to 250 yards. I would also develop a load using 140s or 160s which would get me a bit further range on a bigger animal such as an ELK out to say 500 yards. I highly doubt id ever go bear or Elk hunting, but who knows what the future holds, so yeah I was trying to build a rifle which would offer me a bit of flexibility and allow me to develop some lighter recoiling loads with a lighter weight bullet for general woods deer hunting, allow me a few factory load options (280rem and 280ai) and finally allow me a higher horsepower rifle shooting a bit heavier bullet at higher velocities if I ever needed it. Maybe my thinking is wrong though since so many people are encouging me to go a different route which is why I may suck it up and buy a second dedicated rifle for lower recoil loads in 7mm08 for myself. [/QUOTE]
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