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From: km4ba!alan@gatech.edu (Alan Barrow)
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Subject: Re: Best Rifle Caliber
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Date: 24 Jun 91 11:38:12 GMT
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I like .280 Remington. All the capabilities of the .270 with
the added advantage of 7mm bullet selection & downrange ballistics.

Plus it is little recognized, and you can sometimes find "deals"
on one. (Like my M70 Featherweight in .280)

I was originally going to use the action from the Featherweight
to build a manlicher .280. The factory stock was nice enough, that 
I decided to lv it as is.

However, my main rifle is a .308 Ruger 77RSI manlicher carbine.
One day I will have a reason to use the .280, but here in Ga., the
.308 works great. (165GR Grand Slam's. The downrange ballistics 
with the heavier bullet made me switch from 130-140Gr.)

I guess silhoutte shooting made me start paying more attention to
100-200yd ballistics & trajectory.

On whitetail, the Speer grand slam's have worked great, though I 
think they may be a bit solid. 

Well, you asked!!! :-)

See ya!

Alan Barrow