RE: Have you bought a 280 recently?
Sounds an awful lot like "they hate new chamberings that share a similar niche as an existing one. Nothing could be as good as old reliable .XXX thats been around for dikity-five years"
Hate has nothing to do with it. But if I owned a good .270 on the day Remington introduced the .280, I would not buy a .280 since it is so close tot he .270 in performance. In addition, since I personally preferred a Model 70 Win. over a 700 Remington and the .280 was never chambered in the Model 70, I would not be able to buy one regardless.
MOST American rifle hunters are not like most of us on this board. They buy ONE rifle, maybe two, during their hunting lifetime and shoot factory ammo in it. Whereas we enthusiasts will have a safe full of the things, maybe even MORE than ONE chambered for the very same cartridge. For example I once owned five 7X57mm's, two .270's, plus three in .30/'06 and two in .308!