Elmer Keith certainly liked the .280 Dubiel - but not for big North American game. It was one stepping-stone to his realisation that a .333 or bigger was needed for moose and grizzly. He had John Dubiel put a heavy .280 barrel on Keith's old 300 Hoffman magnum. Topped with a 12x scope, EK liked it for shooting coyotes at 500 yards, and thought it the best long-range rifle he had used at the time. He was having another one made but it disappeared from the shop after Dubiel died, according to his autobiography.

Yes, a very nice rifle and a very fat scope!