Thread: Is it reasonable to expect....

Originally Posted by Grunta

.270 - It's my fourth one now. Was going to go 7mm rem mag, but I just seem to love the .270. Never lost an animal to it and I know the caliber pretty well now.

Thats good news yours shot well with the factory barrel. Out of interest - did the right hand side bolt lug gouge a mark down the right hand side of the action? This one has and at first I though it was the extractor claw, then the "fin" below it, but have now come to the conclusion it's the bottom of the bolt lug. The smoothness seems lacking a wee bit - could be because it's new, but it feels "off" Maybe I'm just use to brownings. The rifle itself including the action seems well made and solid - there's no plastic on it at all which is great and the factory bedding is one of the better I've seen. Fark, maybe I'm just a fussy prick?....

You have every right to be you have invested good money for a good rifle and you should be getting good quality. I was shocked to see the pic of the barrel at the start of this thread and thought shit even the budget rifles had a better finish.

Hey hunter308,

You may be talking about my other thread re the bedding job - and by christ that was shocking. I ended up getting Abe (Tuiman) to sort it out and he did mint - cheers Abe!! Shouldn't of sold the friggin thing but I was going to be buying my mates 7mm rem mag but just couldn't do it, an then I couldn't re-neg on salling the a-bolt either so I was stuck between a rock and a hard place - re-neg (not an option) or buy the 7mm (love my .270's)

Too me it's a lot of money, and the money I've invested in my hobby (as we all have) is quite large and it's the justifying to the wife part thats the most difficult - shit, half my gear is my "mates"....hahaha. But I just love the hills whether I carry a rifle or not. I give away almost 70% of my meat as I enjoy doing it. Share and share alike I say