71shooter
Single-Sixer
A fellow over on the Accurate Reloading forum found out directly from Jason Clausner that the 2020 Lipsey's Exclusive Ruger Hawkeye African will be chambered in 280 AI, of all things. I suspect this will come as something of a shock, as the trend from the previous three years has been Classic Mauser cartridges from the first few decades of smokeless powder development. While I don't think the 280AI is necessarily a bad choice, I doubt it's anything close to what the market was looking for (hopefully the market was unknowingly looking for it, as it is a great round!) in this particular rifle. Assuming I'm correct in this assumption, I'm wondering if forums such as this one, Accurate Reloading, 24hourcampfire, etc. can try to convince Lipsey's to conduct marketing polls on these forums. This might help them sell more guns and get us more of what we want and not just what is marketed to us. I'm not just talking about the Hawkeye African either. What say you?