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<blockquote data-quote="TRexF16" data-source="post: 1906211" data-attributes="member: 108912"><p>Ha, glad I dropped back by this thread and saw your question. If you don't mind a little backstory, I got that rifle used at a gun store in Albuquerque last September. I'd taken my wife there from Tucson to hear Peter Frampton on his final tour, since I was going to be elk hunting the following week when he was in Phoenix (much closer to our home). The Mrs. was feeling pretty happy about the trip and encouraged me to buy it as kind of a reward I think. Its serial number indicates it was made in early 1998 but it appears to have been fired very little.</p><p>I had a successful AZ elk hunt and then got back to wrestling with a new .243 I wanted to take to Montana in late October for deer and pronghorn, but just could not find a load that I felt confident in. In desperation I opened the Nosler manual, turned to the 270 WSM / 140 grain tables, and just picked their "most accurate" powder and "most accurate" charge (a middle charge of MagPro). It shot great! So with all of 9 rounds through my new barrel, I headed to Montana with it. (I did check and adjust my zero the day I got there - so fired a few more rounds doing that.) I ended up killing a pronghorn at 407 yards and a mule deer at 453! After getting home I finally got a load figured out for that .243 and used it to kill an AZ Coues deer in late December. It was the best hunting season of my life, and my first one after retiring last April.</p><p></p><p>So, that's a long answer to your question. Short answer - deer and pronghorn, so far.</p><p>BUT I think with the right bullets and good shot placement it's just fine for anything that doesn't fight back. A little better than the .270 Winchester, and the .270 Winchester is just great. .270 WSM doesn't kick much either.</p><p></p><p>However, I'm having kind of a medium bore orgy in my workshop right now. I will have to look for excuses to use the mediums that have come into being this year, so I probably won't hunt game bigger than deer with the 270 WSM (but I can really reach out with that one). Since last season I have built or acquired two 338-06s, and a 9.3x62. I've dusted off the old Savage 99 .358, and just yesterday scored a Mauser .375 H&H barrel off our classifieds here. And all I have to use them on for this coming fall is a cow elk tag. I may have to shoot a deer with "too much gun."</p><p></p><p>Good luck in your quest - I just felt like telling a story,</p><p>Rex</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRexF16, post: 1906211, member: 108912"] Ha, glad I dropped back by this thread and saw your question. If you don't mind a little backstory, I got that rifle used at a gun store in Albuquerque last September. I'd taken my wife there from Tucson to hear Peter Frampton on his final tour, since I was going to be elk hunting the following week when he was in Phoenix (much closer to our home). The Mrs. was feeling pretty happy about the trip and encouraged me to buy it as kind of a reward I think. Its serial number indicates it was made in early 1998 but it appears to have been fired very little. I had a successful AZ elk hunt and then got back to wrestling with a new .243 I wanted to take to Montana in late October for deer and pronghorn, but just could not find a load that I felt confident in. In desperation I opened the Nosler manual, turned to the 270 WSM / 140 grain tables, and just picked their "most accurate" powder and "most accurate" charge (a middle charge of MagPro). It shot great! So with all of 9 rounds through my new barrel, I headed to Montana with it. (I did check and adjust my zero the day I got there - so fired a few more rounds doing that.) I ended up killing a pronghorn at 407 yards and a mule deer at 453! After getting home I finally got a load figured out for that .243 and used it to kill an AZ Coues deer in late December. It was the best hunting season of my life, and my first one after retiring last April. So, that's a long answer to your question. Short answer - deer and pronghorn, so far. BUT I think with the right bullets and good shot placement it's just fine for anything that doesn't fight back. A little better than the .270 Winchester, and the .270 Winchester is just great. .270 WSM doesn't kick much either. However, I'm having kind of a medium bore orgy in my workshop right now. I will have to look for excuses to use the mediums that have come into being this year, so I probably won't hunt game bigger than deer with the 270 WSM (but I can really reach out with that one). Since last season I have built or acquired two 338-06s, and a 9.3x62. I've dusted off the old Savage 99 .358, and just yesterday scored a Mauser .375 H&H barrel off our classifieds here. And all I have to use them on for this coming fall is a cow elk tag. I may have to shoot a deer with "too much gun." Good luck in your quest - I just felt like telling a story, Rex [/QUOTE]
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