Peakbagger46
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Yes I know that my 270 is adequate for my needs, It has already proven that for the past 30 years. I have a 1/2 moa load with 140 gr. Berger's that has taken several elk out to 571 yards according to my range finder. I have shot steel with it out to 700 yards just for fun.
But now that it's been compared to a chevy I REALLY want something different.
Maybe we need to change the name to .269 Whizbanger, so people will look at it differently?
Not at all. I often look at different cartridges and have had several besides the .270 Win over the years, including .30-06, .22-250, and .243, and killed deer with all of them. I've also hunted with handguns and shotguns, getting a nice buck with a 20 gauge slug. They all go BANG and they all will kill deer, etc. I've owned close to 100 guns over the years, about 10 when in high school, many moons ago. I found that newer isn't always better, however. If it ain't broke, go ahead and fix it anyway.Picher,
I'm not sure why your trying to shoot down my Harmonious Joy Ride, but maybe it's cause I've had the same rifle and same caliber for all these years I just want to try something new?
You seem to want me to just be content with what I have.
But now that it's been compared to a chevy I REALLY want something different.
But now that it's been compared to a chevy I REALLY want something different.
I handload, and my .270s are more like supercharged Chevy Corvette 427s.The .270 isn’t only a Chevy, it’s a Chevy mini-van
The .270 isn’t only a Chevy, it’s a Chevy mini-van
The .270 isn’t only a Chevy, it’s a Chevy mini-van
According to jdpower awards from past years.....Longest lasting most dependable trucks on the road, or so they say! Don't believe it just ask them.
According to jdpower awards from past years.....
You're looking for the .270wsm, think of your 270 like a Chevy nova 4dr, straight 6, throw the wsm on the back and it becomes a big block chevelle coupe.
My moose hunting handload used 140 grain Nosler Accubond with a stiff load of Reloder 22. Accurate as heck and hits like a Mack Truck, only faster. I was sitting on my folding stool and held as steady as ever. Wasn't nervous at all. Accubonds are devastating and very accurate!!!
I have an irrational dislike for the .270 for two reasons.
I used to use my uncles’s to Shoot groundhogs. The guy that loaded for it was proud of the fact that he “loaded ‘em hot”. Light rifle, no recoil pad. Kicking S.O.B. If I Shot it more than 4-5 times I’d be black and blue.
Other was Jack O’conner. When I was in grade school and later, I read absolutely every issue of Outdoor Life and Field & Stream religiously. I swear the only thing O’Connor had ever done in his entire hunting career was sheep in the Sonoran desert. And the .270 was the only rifle that every existed that was worth having. Even at that young and impressionable age, I knew bull feces when I read it.
Was your uncle's rifle a Savage 110? Mine kicked like a mule until I got/configured a stock that was kinder to the shoulder and cheek than my early, low-comb Savage 110. Attached picture shows it with the new stock, a Bishop inletted blank that I configured at 16 yrs.I have an irrational dislike for the .270 for two reasons.
I used to use my uncles’s to Shoot groundhogs. The guy that loaded for it was proud of the fact that he “loaded ‘em hot”. Light rifle, no recoil pad. Kicking S.O.B. If I Shot it more than 4-5 times I’d be black and blue.
Other was Jack O’conner. When I was in grade school and later, I read absolutely every issue of Outdoor Life and Field & Stream religiously. I swear the only thing O’Connor had ever done in his entire hunting career was sheep in the Sonoran desert. And the .270 was the only rifle that every existed that was worth having. Even at that young and impressionable age, I knew bull feces when I read it.