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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 1727768" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>I just booked a white tail deer hunt Maine in November. I only wish I could walk as good as I shoot (lots of orbits around the sun), so...... before I booked I asked the outfitter if there was a possibility for some long-range hunting; in Maine that is unusual. The outfitter told me that there certainly was due to some newer clear-cut and he had shooting stands already up. Presently I have a 30-06 that really likes 168gr BTSP bullets pushed with Superformance powder; and, that is what I presently have and so is what I am taking. But.....I also have a custom .270 Ackley Improved that I have had built over the past year; Ruger 77, blueprinted action, 26 in Lilja barrel, trigger job, pillar bedded/glass bedded barrel. I'm still in the stages of getting a set of dies from Hornady; 4 months now, Benn said he'll try to get them to me before deer hunting season? I've been fireforming brass and then neck-sizing with a .270 WSM sizing die. Presently getting 3300fps with 150gr Nosler Ballistic Tips; and I'm not maxed out with that load yet. "If" I get the dies within the next couple of weeks, I "will" be taking the 30-06, but.....the 06 will be sitting in the warm camp; just in case just in something happens to the .270 Ackley. I think that the .270 Winchester is a great cartridge, that's what got me hooked on the .270AI. I also believe that the .270WSM is far superior than the .270 Winchester, but.....it isn't easy in the recoil department.</p><p></p><p>I am a fan of the older cartridges, and like many we all have opinions. I have already expressed my opinion on the "modern" designer cartridges; and, we all have opinions on them too. From my previous reply on this thread, when it is all said and done, I read the ballistics on the "new" cartridges and then compare them to the .270 Winchester. From what I am reading there really is not enough difference to make me want to go out and buy one for the game that I hunt, and at the distances that I will shoot them at. I certainly will not throw my 30-06 away or sell it as I believe it is a good cartridge and worth lauding; I just happen to like the .277 bullet and its performance. I also have a .358 Winchester, a 35 Whelen and a 45-70 in the locker! These .358 Winchester and the Whelen really do not get the recognition that they deserve; and, I can bang 8 inch steel at 300 yards all day long with them. The .280 Ackley Improved is another great <u><em>"ole-school"</em></u> cartridge that got resurrected. I would have built a .280 AI instead of the .270 AI, but....I refused to be held hostage to brass prices for the .280AI.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 1727768, member: 69192"] I just booked a white tail deer hunt Maine in November. I only wish I could walk as good as I shoot (lots of orbits around the sun), so...... before I booked I asked the outfitter if there was a possibility for some long-range hunting; in Maine that is unusual. The outfitter told me that there certainly was due to some newer clear-cut and he had shooting stands already up. Presently I have a 30-06 that really likes 168gr BTSP bullets pushed with Superformance powder; and, that is what I presently have and so is what I am taking. But.....I also have a custom .270 Ackley Improved that I have had built over the past year; Ruger 77, blueprinted action, 26 in Lilja barrel, trigger job, pillar bedded/glass bedded barrel. I'm still in the stages of getting a set of dies from Hornady; 4 months now, Benn said he'll try to get them to me before deer hunting season? I've been fireforming brass and then neck-sizing with a .270 WSM sizing die. Presently getting 3300fps with 150gr Nosler Ballistic Tips; and I'm not maxed out with that load yet. "If" I get the dies within the next couple of weeks, I "will" be taking the 30-06, but.....the 06 will be sitting in the warm camp; just in case just in something happens to the .270 Ackley. I think that the .270 Winchester is a great cartridge, that's what got me hooked on the .270AI. I also believe that the .270WSM is far superior than the .270 Winchester, but.....it isn't easy in the recoil department. I am a fan of the older cartridges, and like many we all have opinions. I have already expressed my opinion on the "modern" designer cartridges; and, we all have opinions on them too. From my previous reply on this thread, when it is all said and done, I read the ballistics on the "new" cartridges and then compare them to the .270 Winchester. From what I am reading there really is not enough difference to make me want to go out and buy one for the game that I hunt, and at the distances that I will shoot them at. I certainly will not throw my 30-06 away or sell it as I believe it is a good cartridge and worth lauding; I just happen to like the .277 bullet and its performance. I also have a .358 Winchester, a 35 Whelen and a 45-70 in the locker! These .358 Winchester and the Whelen really do not get the recognition that they deserve; and, I can bang 8 inch steel at 300 yards all day long with them. The .280 Ackley Improved is another great [U][I]"ole-school"[/I][/U] cartridge that got resurrected. I would have built a .280 AI instead of the .270 AI, but....I refused to be held hostage to brass prices for the .280AI. [/QUOTE]
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