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Bought a .270 Today
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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 2008689" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>When I read about the "new" super-long-distance, one-shot, 1000 yard T-Rex dinosaur killers I will always go back and compare them with the .270 Winchester. "Unless" someone has to eek out every foot-per-second out of their round, the .270 Winchester is a tough one to beat!! And.....I am your average deer hunter, shoot quite a bit especially prior to hunting season, if presented I would easily take a 300 yard shot, much further than that starts to get questionable. I suspect that many of the people who are reading this thread will fall within this same category as me if they are honest with themselves. </p><p></p><p>What got me interested in the .270 Winchester is when bought a Ruger 77, tang safety in .270 Winchester as a donor rifle. I bought the donor because I was going to build a .280 Ackley Improved. The rifle looked like it had been dragged behind a pick-up for a couple of miles down a dirt road. It was in tough shape, but I wanted the action and saved the stock. While I had the rifle I decided I would shoot it until I actually decided what I was going to build. I wanted the .280AI, but was very disappointed with Nosler when they shortened their case up so they could hold everyone hostage to buy their head stamped brass. Anyway I shot the donor .270 and really liked the performance, the trajectory, and....<em><u>.the recoil.</u></em> While going through some comments on different threads I read a few replies by a guy named FEENIX, talking about the .270 Ackley Improved. I did some research and could not find much other than P.O. Ackley said it was already too overbore and not worth its weight as an improved cartridge. I wasn't too happy about reading that and then found a few articles about P.O. Ackley's remarks about the .270AI were like 50 years old and with the new powders the cartridge has become a great contender for many of the new "SUPER" cartridges that have been hitting the market. So there are two, .270 Ackley Improved Ruger 77s in the safe (son had to have one too), 26 in Lilja barrels, blueprinted actions, pillar bedded and glass bedded original stocks with trigger jobs on both rifles. These rifles are shooting 150gr ABLRs in the 3300+fps range with no signs of any pressure. They'll shoot one-inch or less, two shot groups at 300 yards consistently, the barrels are original contoured barrels after two shots they're getting quite hot and we'll get flyers. </p><p></p><p>Good luck with your new rifle, always good to read about someone's new rifle and the excitement that goes along with that gun.<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="👍" title="Thumbs up :thumbsup:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44d.png" data-shortname=":thumbsup:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="👍" title="Thumbs up :thumbsup:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44d.png" data-shortname=":thumbsup:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 2008689, member: 69192"] When I read about the "new" super-long-distance, one-shot, 1000 yard T-Rex dinosaur killers I will always go back and compare them with the .270 Winchester. "Unless" someone has to eek out every foot-per-second out of their round, the .270 Winchester is a tough one to beat!! And.....I am your average deer hunter, shoot quite a bit especially prior to hunting season, if presented I would easily take a 300 yard shot, much further than that starts to get questionable. I suspect that many of the people who are reading this thread will fall within this same category as me if they are honest with themselves. What got me interested in the .270 Winchester is when bought a Ruger 77, tang safety in .270 Winchester as a donor rifle. I bought the donor because I was going to build a .280 Ackley Improved. The rifle looked like it had been dragged behind a pick-up for a couple of miles down a dirt road. It was in tough shape, but I wanted the action and saved the stock. While I had the rifle I decided I would shoot it until I actually decided what I was going to build. I wanted the .280AI, but was very disappointed with Nosler when they shortened their case up so they could hold everyone hostage to buy their head stamped brass. Anyway I shot the donor .270 and really liked the performance, the trajectory, and....[I][U].the recoil.[/U][/I] While going through some comments on different threads I read a few replies by a guy named FEENIX, talking about the .270 Ackley Improved. I did some research and could not find much other than P.O. Ackley said it was already too overbore and not worth its weight as an improved cartridge. I wasn't too happy about reading that and then found a few articles about P.O. Ackley's remarks about the .270AI were like 50 years old and with the new powders the cartridge has become a great contender for many of the new "SUPER" cartridges that have been hitting the market. So there are two, .270 Ackley Improved Ruger 77s in the safe (son had to have one too), 26 in Lilja barrels, blueprinted actions, pillar bedded and glass bedded original stocks with trigger jobs on both rifles. These rifles are shooting 150gr ABLRs in the 3300+fps range with no signs of any pressure. They'll shoot one-inch or less, two shot groups at 300 yards consistently, the barrels are original contoured barrels after two shots they're getting quite hot and we'll get flyers. Good luck with your new rifle, always good to read about someone's new rifle and the excitement that goes along with that gun.👍👍 [/QUOTE]
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