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Originally posted by tiggertate:
To twist the argument a little, let's say you win an all-expense-paid brown bear hunt with the caveat that you have to use a 270. Would you turn it down? I would not but I would spec my own ammo.

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Originally posted by 458Win:
Maybe we can ask this question in a different way. Can You Shoot? Yes or No

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Originally posted by Hunter54:
Exactly!

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Originally posted by Magnum308:
I have recently acquired a Winchester pre 64 M70 fwt in .270 Win (from the US). Here in Australia we have ADI powder (repakaged for the US market as Hodgdson). I cannot get AR2213SC (H4831SC in the US) to shoot with 130 or 140 gr bullets (Hornady). I tried AR2209 (H4350 in the US) and it shoots keyhole groups . One group with 130 gr FB interlocks (stock #2730),doesn't like the SSTs though, measured 0.216" (3 shots @ 100 yards) this gave an average MV = 3,095fps

The 140 gr Hornay SPBT (stock# 2735) shoots well too (most groups under 1" and one @ 0.573") with an average MV = around 2,950 fps. Although this MV is only moderate the higher BC and weight give almost identical tradjectory to 500 yards as, but about 200flbs more energy than, the 130gr bullet.

As you can see from my previous post it's quite a hitter at 400 yards (which I consider absolute maximum for the .270 Win).

I haven't tried the 150 gr bullet weight yet.

So I guess, so far, the powder for my rifle is 4350 not 4831.

Cheers & Good bless
Magnum308

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Originally posted by Hunter54:
Exactly!

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Originally posted by 458Win:
Maybe we can ask this question in a different way. Can You Shoot? Yes or No

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Originally posted by Snellstrom:

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Originally posted by Hunter54:
Exactly!

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Originally posted by 458Win:
Maybe we can ask this question in a different way. Can You Shoot? Yes or No

Hunter54
What is your fascination with dredging up 10 year old threads.?
I've seen several now that have been resurrected from 10 years gone by.

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Originally posted by BigRx:
Man! Lots of opinion here!

There is a thread just above this one on favorite "hunting one liners" I figured mine better fit here.........

The year was either '58 or '59. Bill Kirkendahl hunted elk more than anyone I knew (and probably have known) He worked at the same place as my father and I. Bill sometimes hunted three states for his annual quest of elk.
One of his hunts that year was in Colorado. He had hunted with a doctor friend and others for several years there.
The doctor had a then brand new .338 Win Mag.
Bill was with doc when doc shot his elk opening morning. The next day Bill was hunting with the doctor's new gun. Bill got his elk, a six point bull. Bill and the doctor were so impressed with the performance that the new .338 got passed on to others in the group. All told, five hunters bagged their bull with the doctor's gun.

Upon returning home and to work, Bill ran onto my father and excitedly told him the elk story. My father's comment would plague me for about the next year...............
"My boy has one of those .338's."

The Model 70 in .338 was hard to find when first out I guess, and Bill "pounded" me to sell him mine! The closer to hunting season the worse it got. he finally found one before Colorado!

I will never forget his one liner we all grew so tired of hearing that first year in 58 or 59 when Bill had his first "taste" of the .338 on elk....

"Man, that .338 hits elk like my .270 does deer."

That's how it was 50 years ago; that's how it is today.......

BigRx