280AI is the new 6.5 Creedmoor

[Schaaf]

I bet most of us look like idiots, irrespective of caliber...

Umm?? Assuming you’re talking about someone else since I hunt with a Filson hat

 

[maconbacon]

If I put a deposit down on mine a few days ago, does that count as getting in before the masses or no?

 

[ShootsManyBullets]

If I put a deposit down on mine a few days ago, does that count as getting in before the masses or no?

Yes b/c you got in during 2020. You're what we call a trendsetter in the world of fancy mustaches and man buns.

Might be time to go to make a 300AI so I won't be undergunned for elk at 153 yards.

 

[Four22]

Are you more of a trend setter if you sport more than 1 ackley in your safe?

I have a 257 ackley AND a 280 ackley

 

[winmag]

Oh no, if you have any Ackley other than a 280 then you’re automatically kicked out of the hipster club and into the handloaders club.

 

[Duck-Slayer]

Or it was Artificially Inseminated.

Growing up on a ranch this came to mind!
Matt

 

[LuketheDog]

But unlike the Creedmoor, you don't look like an idiot when you hunt elk with the 280AI!

Maybe, but you certainly look like one when you say things like this

 

[Ben Lamb]

Are you more of a trend setter if you sport more than 1 ackley in your safe?

I have a 257 ackley AND a 280 ackley

That 257 AI is about the only poodle puncher I'd get. Fantastic cartridge.

 

[winmag]

Oh I’m not arguing that the ManBun isn’t powerful. It’s just a different type of power. Like the power to make guides all over the world cringe when one is uncased in camp.

 

[mdhunter]

I don't need a .280 AI but I will admit I want one...

 

[noharleyyet]

Domino...

 

[Brian in Montana]

Here's the difference between the two:


.280 AI is a man's gun...
6.5 CM is a man's bun.

 

[winmag]

.280 AI is a man's gun...
6.5 CM is a man's bun.

Current leader for 2021 quote of the year

 

[MThuntr]

So if I owned both 6.5 and 280ai before they were cool is that considered hipster? I've never been so cool before

 

[Laelkhunter]

What IF one had a 6.5, but had it re-barreled to 280 AI, does that allow him to drink a beer with the fellas? Or is he just a poser?

 

[Sasquatchewan]

I think its funny that some guys are actually serious about the whole 6.5 CM thing.

These same dudes will probably get super emotional and defensive when you make fun of their Chev/Ford/GMC/RAM...

 

[noharleyyet]

I think its funny that some guys are actually serious about the whole 6.5 CM thing.

These same dudes will probably get super emotional and defensive when you make fun of their Chev/Ford/GMC/RAM...

You shut your filthy mouth about my GMC.....

 

[Sasquatchewan]

So if 6.5 CM is the man bun caliber, which one is the "Fedora wearing, samurai sword yielding" cal?

 

[ImBillT]

The 280AI should always have been more popular than it is. Nosler standardizing the cartridge was a big help. Frankly the the .280Rem and .284Win should be more popular as well.

 

[Doublecluck]

So if I owned both 6.5 and 280ai before they were cool is that considered hipster? I've never been so cool before

Only a panel of judges over 50 who own 6.5x55 and .260 REM can decide.