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Thank you for the recommendation. I did look into the .270 Gibbs, however I was a little more familiar with Ackley's line and went with the .270 AI. And.....presently with all that I have invested in the .270AI rifles, dies, and range time I couldn't afford going into another cartridge. I like what I get for performance out of the .270AI. For me it was built for whitetail deer hunting, however if I win the lottery it would be nice to go on a mule deer, antelope hunt.
Yay. I'm not the only one, either.Might I also add We may not agree on some things but at least I'm not the only weirdo up at 2 am on a hunting forum. I don't feel so alone anymore.
If I get back to Colorado for a reasonable amount of time this year, and can get tags, I plan on going on both. I've been visiting family and grandkids most of the time. But I live in Colorado, and have deer and antelope permissions on some ranches. I mostly use the 30-06 or the 25-06 for antelope. I hunt Area 110.
Do you know why he gets to bed so late? He works a regular job and goes to college after hours. I've done that, and was up all hours doing homework, while juggling a family and their priorities. I am surprised he has time to eat, much less take a day out to go to the range. You might want to back off a little on the arrogance at this point, and actually read what he wrote about what time he has lately, and what he is doing.
I think that's the intention of some of the Fed. guys, especially the politicians.
Yeah it's weird. I don't even care about BC when I got a bullet that keeps killing things impressively great!
Again, BC is a moot number when the lethality is greater than a BC number. Not that I don't understand BC. I shoot a very high BC bullet in my ELR 1 mile rig. All it has to do is tickle a piece of steel though.
Yes Sir.
This is why I have my self-imposed range limit. There are no range flags and canyon ground is terrible for reading wind. All the mesquite trees are stiff/still and don't give an accurate wind call. All those unknowns are easier to handle at my range set.
Here's where the buzz word, egocentrism, can explain your wonderment of my decisions.
That's actually a good question. Not part of the forum, but a really good question.
They banned lead in shotguns for ducks/geese. California banned it in all hunting. I am sure the rest is coming...just don't know how soon
Back to the thread, this bullet might be good. I'll be watching it, especially if they come out with a 165 grain or so, and it will stabilize in a 1 in 10 twist barrel. I still think that the Speer, Nosler BT and the Sierra Gameking meet most if not all my hunting requirements in the rifles, calibers and muzzle velocities I shoot, including the Whelen, -06 and 300WM, out to 1,000 yards, though. And yes, I've shot the .35 Whelen to 1,000 and a little further. The Speer 250gr at 8,000ft is going over 1350fps and hits inside moa. It retains about 1,000ftlbs at that range. You aim a little higher, but it makes a bigger hole both entering and leaving. The Sierra 225 grain isn't bad either. It makes up for the lower BC by a higher velocity of about 80fps. I hunt in the Rockies, hence the altitude caviat.
I'll go w John. If he says NE Mich is Free. Its so. Still that leaves the SE.......
What bullet weight, what velocity do you get, and how much do they cost? Is your Whelen a standard or an AI? I shoot two 35Whelens one with a 24" and one with a 26" tube. Both are less than 1" rifles at 100 yards with 5 shot groups. Both are easily capable of hitting deer at over 800 yards at sea level, and hold inside moa at 1,000 at or above 5,000ft above sea level. I'd like to try the Barnes 225 grain bullet in them, too.
I shoot low BC bullets for practice because they're inexpensive, and higher for hunting, if I can. As to drift and drop inside 400 yards, the old CorLokt 180 grain with a BC of .385 drifts only a couple of inches more in a 10 mile an hour wind than the much higher BC Sierra game king. I used to shoot them all the time, when I could get them at 500 for $125. I didn't hunt them past about 300 yards, though. I really like the Nosler Ballistic Tips for hunting, and the Hornaday 178 gr. Match for practice, because they're close in load data, bc and flight characteristics. I also shoot the Speer 180 gr. BTs because of their high BC and low cost. The Sierras are a little higher, but also high BC with the 180 grain, almost matching the Nosler Ballistic Tips, so I can practice with either of these bullets and expect to shoot to within 2 or 3 inches of drop for the Nosler out to around 800 yards. The Speer will actually be flatter. I'm retired Army and a retired NCO, so cost is probably more important to me, and I don't spend much on really high-dollar components as a result. But if I win the lottery, all bets are off.
I have got to agree with you on this one, in my mind an opinion is formed after a person has some experience with said product, a thought which means nothing except to the person having it really is no contribution. I dont mean this in every situation but when talking about a product I do believe it applies
