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#10MinuteTalk - The .280 Remington — Doomed from the Start

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🗓️ 15 October 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

If more is better, the .280 Remington must certainly outshine the venerable .270. Nope. Does this mean the .280 Remington can’t take down big game with gusto? Nope. Does the .280 Remington do anything more established cartridges don’t? Nope. By the numbers, it’s a heck of a cartridge. Alas, it is a lead balloon. Tune in to hear about this fine cartridge doomed from the start.

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0:00.0

What is up everybody Mark on the mic? Jim to my right Mr. Ryan Muckenhearn across from us.

0:07.6

gentlemen you know what doesn't float? Small rocks? pieces of bread?

0:14.0

A lead balloon.

0:15.0

Oh.

0:17.0

That's good.

0:20.0

A duck.

0:22.0

A duck. Thank you for that.

0:24.0

That was fantastic.

0:26.0

I actually forgot what you said now because I'm in my lead

0:29.0

I said a lead balloon.

0:30.0

That was my lead into what we're doing right now.

0:32.7

We're talking about another one of Ryan's beloved.

0:35.5

I believe that Adam Savage and Jamie Heineman

0:39.0

from the great Discovery Channel program, Mythbusters, proved, in fact a lead balloon can float.

0:46.0

That's an episode, huh? In the air or in water? I think they did both. It's just a matter of

0:51.2

how thick is your lead and how much volume do we have and what are we putting in that?

0:56.3

I mean it does make sense I mean if you actually made a lead balloon

1:01.4

I may be mistaken.

1:03.0

Somebody should fact check me, but because Mythbusters has unfortunately been off to here for a long time.

1:07.9

One of the greatest programs of my youth.

1:09.6

Love that show.

1:12.1

And I believe they got it up off the ground.

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