Thread: Firearm upgrade options?

My mate has only one rifle, it is a 270 Tikka and he shoots Thar routinely. 270 will do everything you need.

You have already achieved #5: "Sell .270, buy something else that acts as an all rounder."
Change to read: #5: KEEP .270, it IS an all rounder!

Fix whatever accuracy problems you have with your current 270.

Hornady Reloading manual list five projectile weights from 100 - 150grn, so you have projectile options for different hunting scenarios.

My suggestion is:
- Buy one box of bullets for short range bush hunting (I used to use 180grn Nosler Partition in my 30-06)
- Buy a second box for long range Thar shooting
- Buy a third box of 100grn for small game, goats, hare, at long range
- *Unless you can find one round to rule them all!?

Acknowledging that guys who are doing long range shooting required BIGGER optics, buy a second scope. Have one scope, say, 2.5 - 6x or 3 - 9 x40mm (or FIXED POWER WTF!!!) for bush hunting, then a second BIG scope (25 x 56mm WTF) for long range shooting on the tops. Mount a picatinny rail on your 270 and when you leave the hut, carry your second scope (and a spanner), in your day pack. When you get above the bush line, swap scopes.

That might sound crazy, but I'm currently experimenting with exactly that set-up. It allows me to leave the car with my daylight scope attached, then change to my thermal after dark. The point of impact does change slightly, but I'm finding sighting-in is a one or two shots process. NOTE: I only have to sight-in to "minute of rabbit", not, "minute of nat's cock! Three bullets touching at 1000 metres and all that crap!"

Another option is buy a second rifle in 270 calibre, of the same Brand/model. Have one set-up for bush and one for open tops. By doing that, the "feel" is the same and your reloading is simplified, if and when you get into that. I've done that with my Weihrauch HW60J in 22LR, 22 Hornet, 222 Rem, I can change from rifle to rifle seamlessly, and reloading components, projectile, powder, primers (not brass or dies obviously) are the same/interchangeable.

Don't get too hung up on bush hunting with a long barrel. I've bush hunted all my life with a long barrelled 30-06. Now I bush hunt with a long barrel (whatever) with a suppressor fitted and you just get used to carrying what you are carrying.