Weapon help

I have shot pronghorn, mule deer, and elk with a 270 Win and 308 Norma Mag . Used a 340 Weatherby to shoot elk.  Now ,if I could  only have one big game rifle it would be a 300 Win Mag. I would load up some 165 grain bullets for it . The new rifle would be a Weatherby Vanguard with a Leupold 3-9 X scope. I could also look at a Howa 1500 .  I would give the new rifle a tune up, that is glass bed the action, freefloat the barrel , and adjust the trigger pull down to about three pounds before I started to work up reloads for the new rifle. Over the years I have tryed out various calibers and brands of big game rifles . With the bullet to match the game , put the bullet in the lung heart area with any big game caliber  rifle and there will be game hanging fron the meat pole.  My old Win Mdl 70 270 Win that I got in 1952 is staying home this year. Now, for me there are more up hills than down hills -- Im over the hill so a Ruger 77 UL 257 Roberts w/ 2-7 X scope with 115 Gr reloads will be used to get a mule deer .

Edited by tuck2

i'll bet you're pretty happy with it!

savage, as you know is known for being american made and being accurate right out-of-the-box. let us know what you think of it!

Mickey: THE answer to your inquiry is - the 270 Winchester!

I am probably the only person on this thread that has actually killed all three species of Deer that you mention WITH a 270 Winchester Rifle!

I have also killed big Bull Elk, Black Bear, Antelope and world class Mt. Goat with my various 270 Winchester's!

ANYONE that berates the 270 Winchester for the type animals you have mentioned is WAY out of touch with reality.

Mark down anyones name that shows such poor judgement as that and call into question EVERYTHING such type person says!

I repeat - EVERYTHING!

Because they know not of which they speak!

Period!

The 270 Winchester is an exceptional round for the type game you mention and it does so without being heavy of recoil allowing for the Hunter to observe the effects/location of his shot and if need be allowing for even a quicker follow-up shot than many larger calibers.

Make no mistake the 270 Winchester will do an exceptional job at what you are asking to be done.

Long live the "exceptional" 270 Winchester cartridge!

Hold into the wind

VarmintGuy

Ok-what the hell is glass bed-or has phraseology changed again-and cost involved-thanks

Fella's;

Hmmmm, I don't recall myself ranting about the .270 in this thread.  One sentence giving good advice, that was it.  There was a rant, but I really don't believe it was mine.  And although I've been known to take in strays and orphans, I don't believe I'll adopt the rant.

 900F

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BEAR wrote: I guess I disagree with Rocky on this one.  NEVER CHANGE IT IF IT AIN'T BROKE. Take it to the range and shoot a box of shells, if it shoots for you clean it and put it in the rack and you have a winner.

+1 on this.

If you don't shoot it first, even if you decide to bed it, you wouldn't know if it made any difference.  People who know a lot more than me, will tell you this also.

Personally if it didn't group, I'd ask myself if it's me or the rifle, if I could say it was rifle, then I'd check scope, action screws, rings and bases first, then I'd try a couple different loads, then I would consider groups.  Are they all over place, vertical stringing, horizontal stringing? 

If it doesn't shoot an honest 2" group(I wouldn't expect 1/2" or less groups out of factory rifle),  I'd look for shooter(you said you'd had a long layoff right?) or rifle problems, it would be rare for bedding to be bad enough, to cause bigger groups than that.  Before I bedded it, I would ask someone else to shoot it for me or at least describe groups and maybe someone could give you suggestions.

Here's a link that lets you know what's involved to bed a rifle

http://www.6mmbr.com/pillarbedding.html there are other methods out there and may be better one's available, but this one is pretty through.

RC

Edited by RobertMT

Hi all,

Well it's home-my Savage 111 .270,Nikon Buckmaster 4.5X14X40,and I'm tickled ignorant. Will head to the range this Saturday to site it in.

Will go with the 130gr Winchester Supreme E-Tip-also open to suggestions.

Yep-Xmas has come early

BEAR wrote: I guess I disagree with Rocky on this one.  NEVER CHANGE IT IF IT AIN'T BROKE. Take it to the range and shoot a box of shells, if it shoots for you clean it and put it in the rack and you have a winner. Glass bedding is filling the gap between the stock and the barrel with fiberglass.  some time this can improve the shooting sometimes not.  Many people believe in the opposite, Free Floating.  that means removing and wood or fiberglass between the stock and the barrel. I have rifles that a re wood bedded, glass bedded, free floating and pillar bedded.  No one fix to get the smallest possible group. Most people can't shoot as tight a group as there rifle can do.  So shoot it  and enjoy shooting first before doing anything. Enjoy. BEAR   ps if you want to know what pillar bedding is ask and we can explain that.

+1

Shoot it first and see how it works. If not well enough for your liking then worry about tuning it. Most Savages are for more accurate than the average hunter needs a rifle right out of the box.

As to your original ?.

I would have gone 308win in a Savage or Ruger moutain rifle. I like the short action rifles for deer and elk. Lighter and easy to carry all day, but that said you did fine and I wish all the greatest hunting in the world.

Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MM