Alfred Crouch
Well-Known Member
My choice of scope for the 270 would be a Leupy Vari X III 4.5 x 14 x 40 with an AO. Wonderful scope.
I have tried a good many calibers and finally settled in with the 270 caliber. About 85 % of my hunting for the last 39 years has been with a 270 and I have had a number of them. I hunt mostly in SC and TN with white tailed deer being my largest quarry. The most accurate round I have shot was 35 grains of 3031 powder pushing a 85 gr. speer boat tail bullet out of a 6 mm rifle. I never felt adequately gunned with the 243 or 6 mm rifles for white tailed deer even though I used 105 gr Speer bullets in them. Many people love them though. The 270 would do everything the 06 would do with less powder and noticeably less recoil. However if I lived out west I would seriously consider the 7mm or 300 WM. Wonderful thing abiout this country ....... the right to choose and use the one we want ....... or at least that has been the case.
I have tried a good many calibers and finally settled in with the 270 caliber. About 85 % of my hunting for the last 39 years has been with a 270 and I have had a number of them. I hunt mostly in SC and TN with white tailed deer being my largest quarry. The most accurate round I have shot was 35 grains of 3031 powder pushing a 85 gr. speer boat tail bullet out of a 6 mm rifle. I never felt adequately gunned with the 243 or 6 mm rifles for white tailed deer even though I used 105 gr Speer bullets in them. Many people love them though. The 270 would do everything the 06 would do with less powder and noticeably less recoil. However if I lived out west I would seriously consider the 7mm or 300 WM. Wonderful thing abiout this country ....... the right to choose and use the one we want ....... or at least that has been the case.
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