I'm going to upgrade my 270 to 708, any suggestions? :redbullsmiley:
Liked On: 11-10-2024, 02:32 PM
Greetings GlennJ, From this and your previous post I think that you have decided current 7mm-08 fills your needs so if you are not there already perhaps handloading might be considered. The 7mm-08...
Liked On: 11-10-2024, 02:32 PM
I own a 7mm-08 and a 270, both Winchester Model 70s. I only bought the 270 because it was a flasher version of the same rifle I already had and loved and it was going for a good price. Not because I...
Liked On: 11-10-2024, 02:31 PM
Thanks for the input. So by the sounds theres not much to be gained by going from 7-08 to .270. I have a 12 year old howa 1500. Only thing I dont like really is the shitty hogue stock with a flexy...
Liked On: 11-10-2024, 02:30 PM
But why when an 18" or 20" 7-08 will do all that a .270 will do. Sent from my CPH2531 using Tapatalk
Liked On: 11-10-2024, 02:29 PM
I note the 2 items on your wish list = #1 shoot out to 300m and #2 light weight. As others have mentioned 708 is very capable at ranges you state, & further. But you need the right projectiles &...
Liked On: 11-10-2024, 02:29 PM
7 08 should do what you need easily. Just upgrade rhe scope maybe? Whats the actual rig
Liked On: 11-10-2024, 02:27 PM
Unless its got WSM after it:)
Liked On: 11-10-2024, 02:26 PM
The words 270 and "upgrade" don't belong together Sent from my SM-S916B using Tapatalk
Liked On: 11-10-2024, 02:26 PM
300m. Just keep the 7mm08. More than enough for that distance.
Liked On: 11-10-2024, 02:25 PM
Yes between us 99 animals shot including the ducks. There are 5 deer standing in the snow filled gully just above the front right corner of the truck too far for us as we had all the eaters we...
Liked On: 09-10-2024, 09:34 AM
The 9.3x62 has been down south for a few weeks never had to shoot an animal twice. This poor bugger had 3 old bullet wounds maybe 2 weeks or more old. 9995 An easy pick up right on the track from...
Liked On: 09-10-2024, 09:34 AM
Hope there is a stag with my name on it in the Kakanui Mountains,I will be hunting the Taieri area around Patearoa for Ducks, and the rivers that run out of the Kakanui's last week in April and first...
Liked On: 09-10-2024, 09:33 AM
I recovered a bullet today after shooting over the chrony to check if a primer brand change had changed anything. 82958296
Liked On: 09-10-2024, 09:32 AM
I made my longest range kill with the 9.3x62 this evening a rabbit at 330 yds. Prone just off the elbows,very happy with a hit on a stags head size target at that sort of range.Also the Accu-Range...
Liked On: 09-10-2024, 09:32 AM