.280 AI uses?

[swampy14]

99.67% of my hunting in East Texas is done with a 6.5 creedmoor.
Whitetail and pigs is mostly what I shoot from 0-3/400 yds. And I target shoot out to a grand.

I want to pick up another rifle but I don’t really have a use case for the 280 AI Other than I just want one. But it’s hard for me to justify the cost. I know I can use it for bigger critters like elk and moose but I don’t really have any opportunity to hunt those things.

Am I okay to just want it? Haha

 

[SCHUNTER73]

Yep. Get it. It is an awesome round and very versatile. I have a myriad of big game rifles, and most overlap each other. I just love the decisions to make when considering calibers, scopes, etc. also imagining if what I might hunt next with each of them. That said, I love my .280 Ackley. My favorite gun to carry with me, although I have others that are more sentimental for various reasons.

 

[Lionheart]

Yep. It’s a fine classic caliber. Everyone should own at least one.

 

[Unckebob]

I know this guy in Texas. He had a stunningly accurate 6.5CM Savage that would kill any deer that needed killin in Texas at any range that guy could reasonably expect to shoot (0-300yds).

So this guy got a chance to go hunting in Central Texas for a whitetail well within the capabilities of that 6.5CM and his 6 ARC.

So this guy lets his daughter shoot the 6ARC and she gets a deer. The next day, this guy hunts from the same stand and gets his own deer.

He shot that that deer with the 280AI that he built (every part installed by him) with ammo he assembled.

Was his deer any deader than the one his daughter shot? Nope

Did he have more fun shooting the deer with his 280 AI than shooting the Savage? Yep

Was his 280AI worth it? Yep.

Sometimes, the guns are part of the story.