time to buy a new rifle, i've been using my dads old Savage 110 in 270 and its a nice gun but im looking at a Remminton 700 in.280rem ive noticed that the ammo selection for the 280 is no where near the selection of the 270 but i like to be the one with something different and i dont know anyone who uses a .280rem so what i'm asking is justhow good a cartridge is the 280 onelk (i know it will drop adeer clean) any tips will help, thanks

The 280 will certainly work on elk.Think of it as a 7mmremag but with about 200fps less velocity.I prefer the 280 over the 270win on elk as it gives the option of using heavier bullets.

go with the 280. its different and more powerful than the 270. besides everybody has a 270.

One of my hunting partner uses a .280 rem for deer, elk and moose, he's has no problem tagging animals.Now reloads after Speers stopped making Nitrex ammo he was without a 160gr offeringwith OTC ammo(his preference for larger then deer in the .280), so left little choice but to buy dies and start reloading. IMHO it is a good reloader cartridge,as most of the factory loads are geared towards deer and sell it short. That said their are options available if you don't want to shoot the heavier for cal. bullets; ie 150gr Nosler part.

You may want to consider a 7mm rem mag if elk are regular quarry and you have no plan or access to reloading. Popular so factory ammo is readily available with more bullet/gr choices.

Both .284 caliber cartridges IMO/E are better then a .277 when it comes to game larger then deer. BTW I own and have usedboththe 7mm rem mag and 270win for antelope to moose.

Good Luck

Almost everyone I've ever heard of who owns a .280 is in freakin' LOVE with it. In reality, you won't see ½ a red ____ hair's worth o' difference vs. a .270. If you like to "roll your own" ammeaux, go for the .280. Otherwise the .270 would do you just as well in the field, and you could buy factory ammo in every persuasion imagineable.

FC

If you want that .280, get it - obtaining new guns is always fun! But in practical terms, there is no discernible diff betwixt the two. Anything the .280 will do, the .270 will do just as well, with cheaper & much easier-to-find ammo.

If your a handloader then get a 280 if not look at the 270 win or 7mm rem mag. All peas in a pod and I would choose a 7 rem mag over all of them.

Go with the .280,you wont be dissappointed.Ijust tagged my 34th deer with it last week in P.A.I shoot 140 grain ballistic silvertips out of it and they have never let me down.

The 280 is an excellent round. My all time favorite Deer cartridge. It is more than adequate for elk out to 300 yards.

FYI you should never compare anything to the 270 on this board. The 270 Fanatics have short man's disease. They take exception to any comment. I have both a 270, and 280 plus several others in my safe. The 280 see a lot of action while the 270 never does. As a matter fact the 270 is about the be sacrificed to build my new 25-06 AI. Sorry 270 fans I'm sure many of you will lose sleep tonight knowing that I'm ruining a perfectly good rifle.[8D]

my uncle shoots a .280, a .270, and a .260, all remington's... he shoots the .280 the least of the bunch, primarily a back-up gun for him, uses the .260 the most as most shots he takes are in the sub-200 range... when he's somewhere with 200+yd shots he takes the .270... i shot his 280 this year just for giggles, i liked it, nice gun, but wouldn't trade my 7mag for it... .270 would be my choice personally....