Bigcountry and Otis, what I meant is if you chop the barrel off a 7 mag to std barrel length your going to put up with more muzzle blast and the rifle will be heavier than a 280 which can be built lighter to start off with. I agree no animal will notice the difference between the two. I had a Ruger 1b in 280 and with that 26" barrel shot almost 150 fps faster than the 24" barreled rem 700 in 280 i had with the same exact handload.