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280ai vs 28 nosler cant decide
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<blockquote data-quote="6point5x284" data-source="post: 1245545" data-attributes="member: 66669"><p>I saw a buffalo shot with a regular .280 that didn't go 20 yards. Bigger animals have more blood in their body, and can take longer to lose consciousness due to having to drain more blood. If I recall correctly the buffalo guide said it had to lose at least 16 quarts of blood to lose consciousness. That takes a little bit even with a shot through the heart. A bigger caliber won't drain blood much faster, but allows you wiggle room with poorer shots, sever angles, penetrating bone, etc... That being said, for the ultralight model you are talking about I would get the AI and not think twice about shooting anything I wanted. Shooting a huge bodied animal is probably the exception, not the norm. If it was a gun with an intent more geared towards longer shots or only shooting very large animals, I would look at the 28 or 30 Nosler, (actually .300 Win Mag) etc.. Any guide that has a problem with you using a 280 AI either hasn't been or won't be guiding very long.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="6point5x284, post: 1245545, member: 66669"] I saw a buffalo shot with a regular .280 that didn't go 20 yards. Bigger animals have more blood in their body, and can take longer to lose consciousness due to having to drain more blood. If I recall correctly the buffalo guide said it had to lose at least 16 quarts of blood to lose consciousness. That takes a little bit even with a shot through the heart. A bigger caliber won't drain blood much faster, but allows you wiggle room with poorer shots, sever angles, penetrating bone, etc... That being said, for the ultralight model you are talking about I would get the AI and not think twice about shooting anything I wanted. Shooting a huge bodied animal is probably the exception, not the norm. If it was a gun with an intent more geared towards longer shots or only shooting very large animals, I would look at the 28 or 30 Nosler, (actually .300 Win Mag) etc.. Any guide that has a problem with you using a 280 AI either hasn't been or won't be guiding very long. [/QUOTE]
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