Run mine at 18", use quicker burning powder like 2206. Only use 80-85gr projectiles, max range I get shots at is approx. 250 metres.
Liked On: 21-02-2019, 04:36 PM
Ah yes @Sako (https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.nz/member.php?u=880) 851... the .243 and me are best buddies. Go make yourself a cuppa and sit back... Reading the above, @Sarvo...
Liked On: 21-02-2019, 04:34 PM
This is the number one thing that really really pisses me off when not adhered to.... Respect your quarry, it gave its life for you. There is nothing worse in my book than the blokes you see...
Liked On: 20-02-2019, 08:27 AM
Spent all day plinking gongs with the 270 out to 500 comfortably with no dialing .:thumbsup:
Liked On: 17-02-2019, 01:54 PM
You really just can't beat a .270 for a hunting rifle. If they invented it today it would be a top big game cartridge all over again. New powders have made it even better. It will kill anything a...
Liked On: 17-02-2019, 01:47 PM
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Liked On: 14-02-2019, 08:47 AM
New scope and quick release mount on the 9.3x74, hoping to get it sum what dialed in this days off, but very cold -40 last ten days, Leupold 1x4 x20 pig plex, I like it, seven lbs even for weight...
Liked On: 12-02-2019, 06:17 PM
Mines going def :( he's mostly a peg dog, this means you use him for picking up once the drive has finished. So he's had thousands of rounds fired over him. I usually get through more than 700 game...
Liked On: 10-02-2019, 07:26 PM
I’m only just starting out with the dog, but I have spent the last year training her and buggered if I’m going to fire supersonic rounds over her and in a couple of years time she’s going deaf. So...
Liked On: 10-02-2019, 07:25 PM
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Liked On: 10-02-2019, 07:25 PM
Hey GSP Hunter, All depends on how much shooting you will be doing over your dog and what degree of deafness your happy with i guess, If your going to be firing
Liked On: 10-02-2019, 07:24 PM
I have 2x .270's - a Rem 700LH and a BAR LH. Suppressed, it's a great cal. I've shot Reds, fallow, wild cattle, wild sheep and wallabies. I only remember 1 taking more than a couple of steps (a...
Liked On: 10-02-2019, 05:18 PM
The word Rainbow is already taken to describe 308 ballistics
Liked On: 10-02-2019, 12:13 PM
if I ever feel the need to rebarrel mine it will get a 28" barrel (if I can find one that long) after 30 years of use mine still does sub inch groups at hundy if I do my part. yes rifle/stock...
Liked On: 10-02-2019, 12:10 PM
I had a 270 once
Liked On: 10-02-2019, 12:08 PM