Garandimal
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A 8lb. rifle my not be ideal, but certainly is doable. I'm not looking to win any competitions, just the pure joy of shooting at that distance, practicing and learning. My range has a 500 yard bunker with steel and I have BLM within 10 minutes from my house where I could shoot out to miles. So it is very much on the forefront of my thinking with this rifle, but as was said before it is not something that I have set in stone.
I shoot my 8lb. 6.8 SPC out to 6-800 yards for fun at steel, so why not an 8lb. 280AI hunting rifle?
Would I build an 8lb. rifle for competition, heck no. But I'm not going to build a $2,000+ rifle to sit the whole year until hunting season that's for sure and 100 yard groups are boring.
You will have over Triple the horsepower, and recoil, with that .280AI and heavy bullets.
Edit:
6.8 SPC/ 8.0 lb rifle/ 110 gr./ 27.5 gr powder/ 2540 fps = 6.9 lb-ft recoil.
.280 AI/ 8.0 lb rifle/ 160 gr./ 61.5 gr powder/ 2960 fps = 24.2 lb-ft recoil.
NTS.
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