ELKampMaster,I'm notknocking the .30-06 as I own one. Check the ballistics of the 140gr .280 Remington Express Corelockt against the .30-06 150gr of the same bullet type and it looks as though the .280 Remington has more energy overall and shoots flatter???? I'm referring to the Ballistics calculator at the Remington web site. Just seems to me that Remington should be sticking to it's guns with this round. (Pun intended!) I really am surprised that they don't have other model 700's chambered for it. [:-]