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The 280 Rem is simply the old 7mm-06 wildcat that was being used with great success long before Remington tagged their name onto it! It shoots flatter, and faster than the 30-06, and has a much better choice of bullets than the 270 Win, which is the sme cartridge, only using a .277" bullet, instead of a .284 of the 7mm! Both cartridges are 30-06 brass necked down to .277", and .284 respectively!
The 280 Rem is one of my all time favorites, and is a better cartridge than either the 30-06, or the 270 Win IMO, for the type of game all three were made for! The best bullet for the 280 is the 175 gr Nosler partition, pushed at around 2800 fps.with IMR 4831 powder It will absolutely flatten a Zebra, or wildebiest!
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