What about .270 Winchester?

[JiggyIi]

Hmm my first .270 was 1968, missed my 50 year anniversary in 2018 with same rifle! So guess I will see what pops in 2 years. Maybe Remington new 700 Alpha 1 will be used for Centennial. The long magazine COAL with fast twist a natural in this platform!

Lol I was born in 68'

 

[Window]

Hmm my first .270 was 1968, missed my 50 year anniversary in 2018 with same rifle! So guess I will see what pops in 2 years. Maybe Remington new 700 Alpha 1 will be used for Centennial. The long magazine COAL with fast twist a natural in this platform!

Muddy, you and Tim are making me feel like a spring chicken who's wishing it was fall already! It would be awesome if your intuition comes to fruition!

 

[Muddyboots]

Heck, sending email to Remington, Winchester, Savage, and Browning!!

For Centennial

 

[manitou]

Yeah, we had .308 and 30-06 here from last summer theough all winter. I never saw .270 ammo anywhere.

 

[JiggyIi]

Heck, sending email to Remington, Winchester, Savage, and Browning!!

For Centennial

A M70 Classic Featherweight with 24" perhaps?

 

[hunterbob]

Let's get rational and unbiased. The 6.5C and the 270 are nearly equal at 700 yards. The 270 has 1874fps and 1133ft/lbs with a drop of 109 inches. The 6.5C 1842fps and 1077ft/lbs with 120 inch drop. This from two of my rifles shooting Hornady Precision Hunter ammo, clocked with LabRadar and solved with StrelokPro and proved at the range. This is about the normally touted limit for deer which I recall as 1000ft/lbs and 1800fps is sufficient for good bullet performance. This would now come down to how accurate is your rifle and do you shoot better at distance with less recoil or do you manage recoil well and its not a factor.

I can't understand the managed recoil aspect ? I have had a 270, 308, and 3006 for 50 years. I'm 75 and still shoot all the time. I never think about recoil. I'm thinking bout the target and my hold.

 

[JiggyIi]

I can't understand the managed recoil aspect ? I have had a 270, 308, and 3006 for 50 years. I'm 75 and still shoot all the time. I never think about recoil. I'm thinking bout the target and my hold.

Recoil IMO can be a taught mindset. Teaching ones self you know your going to get it and concentrating on what you said about target, hold, squeeze, even though you might be shooting a " slugger"

 

[john k]

I don't notice recoil while hunting and shooting an animal, but when developing a load and shooting several rounds down range I definitely have a tendency to get recoil fatigue without a brake or some device to mitigate recoil. I promise I don't wear pink or drink Bud lite.

 

[hunterbob]

No Q - just like something a little heavier - 180 g? - for bigger game - Elk, Moose,

I don't notice recoil while hunting and shooting an animal, but when developing a load and shooting several rounds down range I definitely have a tendency to get recoil fatigue without a brake or some device to mitigate recoil. I promise I don't wear pink or drink Bud lite.

It depends how many rds you have to use on the range. I only shoot one or two just to check my zero every couple weeks. I can sit down and zero a news scope with 6 at the most..with my 308 I can do 14 if I'm playing with reloads. Then break time lol

 

[hunterbob]

I don't notice recoil while hunting and shooting an animal, but when developing a load and shooting several rounds down range I definitely have a tendency to get recoil fatigue without a brake or some device to mitigate recoil. I promise I don't wear pink or drink Bud lite.

reminds me back in the 80s there was a range near Channelview TX. A beer joint right slap next to it..we could take 20 steps and go in an grab a beer; bring it right over to our shooting bench with us. I loved that place.

 

[73driver]

I can't understand the managed recoil aspect ? I have had a 270, 308, and 3006 for 50 years. I'm 75 and still shoot all the time. I never think about recoil. I'm thinking bout the target and my hold.

Heavier recoiling rifles will move around more that lighter recoiling rifles. I you are not properly lined up behind the rifle in a good natural point of aim your accuracy will be degraded with more recoil. When hunting you do not always conditions that give you a good shooting position. Recoil+management:+how+you+hold+makes+all+the+difference.-a0150451288

 

[Muddyboots]

The biggest issue with recoil off bench is related to great extent to proper rest and bag set up to set rifle at best height to shoulder. Most rifles are set too low thus intensifying felt recoil. A few extra minutes spent to set rifle correctly can mean a lot to felt recoil. A PACT shoulder recoil pad will alleviate felt recoil quite a bit and worth the minimal cost!

 

[JiggyIi]

The biggest issue with recoil off bench is related to great extent to proper rest and bag set up to set rifle at best height to shoulder. Most rifles are set too low thus intensifying felt recoil. A few extra minutes spent to set rifle correctly can mean a lot to felt recoil. A PACT shoulder recoil pad will alleviate felt recoil quite a bit and worth the minimal cost!

I built my bench (in my profile pic) on skids for winter, also summer to double as a picnic table. It sits taller so when one sits to shoot there is No Slouching square to the shoulder with the rifle butt front & rear bags are Midway Brand, I really like them

 

[hunterbob]

The biggest issue with recoil off bench is related to great extent to proper rest and bag set up to set rifle at best height to shoulder. Most rifles are set too low thus intensifying felt recoil. A few extra minutes spent to set rifle correctly can mean a lot to felt recoil. A PACT shoulder recoil pad will alleviate felt recoil quite a bit and worth the minimal cost!

Right, and on those light fold up tables. You can get a bounce affect. Giving you a verticle string for a group.