see the how short with 270 thread...... I used a 20" non suppressed 270 for 20plus years as main rifle....suppressed it was a heap nicer rifle to use...the 308 or 7mm-8 wont do anything much...
Liked On: 28-02-2021, 08:46 PM
Last year I put some .270 loads through Labradar, Tikka T3 .270 standard 22" Barrel, Oceania Defense Suppressor and this is what I found in this rifle. 140 SST Super-performance Factory Ave...
Liked On: 28-02-2021, 04:07 PM
never been there...BUT you planning 7-8hr walk....minimum....could be far more productive to walk for hour or two to good vantage point,stay UNSKYLINED and sit and let binoculars do the...
Liked On: 28-02-2021, 10:51 AM
I have been hunting those areas for 20 years plus. This time of year bush hunting in there will be very difficult, the leaf litter on the ground is crunchy and stalking will be very noisy. During...
Liked On: 28-02-2021, 10:50 AM
The goat above today.... All the goats are in beautiful condition at the moment. Mind you, they tend to be in good nick in the valley I hunt. The shoulders will be used for curry tomorrow night ...
Liked On: 27-02-2021, 08:46 PM
The Duleys said the point of their bushpig was primarily to use factory ammo and be short. This obviously skews in favour of the 270 as it has the most case capacity. It wasnt the most efficient it...
Liked On: 27-02-2021, 06:00 PM
jeeez Phil...I dont need a flashasmichaeljackson gonkulater to tell me that.... 3" high at hundy,near enough to dead on at 270 yards,backbone hold at 350 ...and that right there is all I NEED to know...
Liked On: 27-02-2021, 07:39 AM
I dont own a trebly,but do own a 223 and she gets lots of use.......also have a 7mm mag sitting in cabinet......so fallow yearling at say 150 yards......now which one is MORE SUITABLE???? re...
Liked On: 27-02-2021, 07:25 AM
Philip Holden wrote a chapter some ?????40-50 years ago now.....222 the controversial one..... NOTHING written then is so out of date now OTHER THAN PROJECTILES AND RANGEFINDERS........ rangefinder...
Liked On: 27-02-2021, 07:23 AM
I use a vixen 222 quite a lot and the beauty of the caliber is it’s accuracy, most of my hunting is bush or clearings near cover so I don’t shoulder shoot but go for head and neck shots which sack...
Liked On: 27-02-2021, 07:21 AM
I'm finding the 55gr Sierra Game Kings in the Buffalo 223 ammo really good. This is one from the opposite shoulder of a fallow yearling at 346m (used a rangefinder). it held together really well...
Liked On: 26-02-2021, 10:20 PM
There are two ways to look at this. 1. Be properly old school and use a simple scope and know how to use it, and what the limitations are. Oftentimes this means faster reactions to the...
Liked On: 26-02-2021, 03:34 PM
222,inch high at a hundy,all deer dead 220yds.No need to play around with scope again.
Liked On: 26-02-2021, 03:32 PM
Being .270 owner I just happen to have the Intel on hand.:thumbsup: 18 inch barrel. Dpt magnum suppressor. Factory 130 fusions at 2800 fps 145. Eldx* 2965fps. ( hand loads )
Liked On: 26-02-2021, 03:29 PM
If your last 14 deer were all inside 150y why even bother with cds? You could go old school and zero at 200 and shoot anything out to 250
Liked On: 26-02-2021, 12:37 PM