Thread: The 270 Guys - they are a changin'

Remember thirty years ago telling an older guy at the range that my 270 was shooting an inch to the right so needed adjusting. He scoffed at me and told me I and the rifle wouldn't shoot straight enough to know that. So I showed the target to him. It grouped .75 MOA consistently which back then was pretty good. He wandered off to bother someone else without apologizing. Only time I ever noticed the recoil on mine was when I used souped up 150gns in it. Ah those were the days, when 270s with a 4x scope were what you used for longer shooting (up to 300m) and everything else was a 308 or 7x57. And people wore their hunting clothes out, and we walked to hunting spots (even with a heavy pack on!), we mostly hunted public land, and stalked closer if the deer was a wee way away, and we could find our way around in the bush without a GPS. They were definitely simpler times and to be frank I miss that a bit. On the flip side gear was heavy, there were stuff all deer about, you saw one tahr for a week long trip and we all suffered hearing loss due to no suppressors.