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Winchester Model 70 .280 Remington upgrade to AI
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<blockquote data-quote="Sid Post" data-source="post: 2029524" data-attributes="member: 8907"><p>What distance are you shooting game animals? I'm not suggesting shooting elephants with a 7x57 but, not every game animal needs the hammer from Thor for a clean ethical kill if the shooter has reasonable skill and doesn't shoot at unreasonable distances.</p><p></p><p>A 280Rem will whack Deer with authority with appropriate bullet selection. Is it ideal for Elk, no but a lot of Elk have fallen to various non-magnum 7mm's. </p><p></p><p>Most people don't have the skill to cleanly take an ELK at 1,000 yards, much less at 500 yards, so whether you carry a Magnum or not might be just an issue for campfire bragging and preening, and not practical in the field. Your FEATHERWEIGHT will also carry a lot easier than the Remington Sendero 300WM my friend lugged in the mountains, though he was capable of taking an ELK humanely at 1,000 yards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sid Post, post: 2029524, member: 8907"] What distance are you shooting game animals? I'm not suggesting shooting elephants with a 7x57 but, not every game animal needs the hammer from Thor for a clean ethical kill if the shooter has reasonable skill and doesn't shoot at unreasonable distances. A 280Rem will whack Deer with authority with appropriate bullet selection. Is it ideal for Elk, no but a lot of Elk have fallen to various non-magnum 7mm's. Most people don't have the skill to cleanly take an ELK at 1,000 yards, much less at 500 yards, so whether you carry a Magnum or not might be just an issue for campfire bragging and preening, and not practical in the field. Your FEATHERWEIGHT will also carry a lot easier than the Remington Sendero 300WM my friend lugged in the mountains, though he was capable of taking an ELK humanely at 1,000 yards. [/QUOTE]
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