Nolo
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We're all pretty familiar with .280 British, I think. The huge lost opportunity in the '50s. I guess my question is, why hasn't it or something like it become a commercial round? It seems it'd be just as good in civilian hands as in military hands (after all, it is in the same energy class as the .30-30, an extremely popular deer caliber), and I know I'd love a nice semiauto (like an M1A) in that round or something similar.
So why wasn't it or something like it picked up by a manufacturer? The only round I can think of that is similar is the 7mm-08, and that's entirely more powerful than the .280.
So why wasn't it or something like it picked up by a manufacturer? The only round I can think of that is similar is the 7mm-08, and that's entirely more powerful than the .280.