Got 2 dozen big game rifles in the safes. Love ALL of them for various reasons. Lord said, "One woman!" He never mentioned ANYTHING about "one gun". But for convers sake, I'll leave the rest of my arsenal out & admit it'd come down to either my Rem Custom Shop 700 LSS 280Rem (4.5x14x44 Zeiss atop it) or my latest pet, a Savage 110 something or other 7-08 I had the tube chopped to 18" (it has a 2x7 Redfield atop it). Any Elk inside 400yds of either would get a 160 Barnes from either for his troubles. Any smaller critters suffer a 140 Barnes.
The 280 is a 24" SS on lam stock. When I bought from a Rem Factory Rep 20yrs ago, I was MUCH younger, lighter & stronger! Now I'm closer to 50 than 40 & Id likely pick the lil Savie just because the whole pkg is 7# & carries like a baby in momma's arms. I always said that BOTH the 7-08 & 280 HAD to be great because they had the best of the 270 AND the 30-06 going for them! After years with both, I can vouch such a statement is CORRECT!!!
