I really can't say enough about the .280AI. What you're talking about building, those components, intended weight, multi-platform use... that would be ideal!
I know how we tend to feel about gun rags, they say anything to help sell stuff. But the Dec 2020 - Jan 2021 Shooting Times did a write-up on the 280AI, and it makes some good points about where the 7mm bullets outshine the .277s and .308s. I hand load for mine, so I don't really care about there factory ammo analysis (who would this year?!), but the potential of this round makes me think it ought to be more popular than the Creedmoor.
Anyway... I'll let it go at that. I acknowledge that what I like may not be what you like, and I am still wholeheartedly glad that we are each so free to choose, and choose from so many options.
I know how we tend to feel about gun rags, they say anything to help sell stuff. But the Dec 2020 - Jan 2021 Shooting Times did a write-up on the 280AI, and it makes some good points about where the 7mm bullets outshine the .277s and .308s. I hand load for mine, so I don't really care about there factory ammo analysis (who would this year?!), but the potential of this round makes me think it ought to be more popular than the Creedmoor.
Anyway... I'll let it go at that. I acknowledge that what I like may not be what you like, and I am still wholeheartedly glad that we are each so free to choose, and choose from so many options.