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<blockquote data-quote="epoletna" data-source="post: 2001909" data-attributes="member: 87371"><p>73driver:</p><p></p><p>I'm pretty serious about serious shooting -- I shoot (and win) mini-palma with 22 RF at 100 yards, and 300 yard BR with a .30 BR and a 6 PPC. But I love the look of the pre-64 Model 70 and I had never shot a .270 until two months ago, when someone offered one locally at a fair price. So I bought it and began trying to see what it would do.</p><p></p><p>I'm not using a serious scope -- it's more of a target scope I had hanging around. But I can dial it up and down reliably.</p><p></p><p>To my surprise, the rifle does moderately well off the bench with no special tuning. I'm getting sub MOA at 100 yards (barely), but now I need to stretch that out a little to really see if it will shoot. So I'm going to try moving it out in increments to see how it does. At my age, I doubt I'll ever go elk hunting again, but its fun to dream.</p><p></p><p>I didn't want to use trial and error to find out how much to dial in at each range, and so I posted my request. Sure enough, I got exactly the advice I was looking for. Now to go to the range and see if I can keep it under one MOA.</p><p></p><p>I'd still like to find a pre-64 (preferably in the 1954-1955 range) model 70 in .257 Roberts, as a friend shoots that caliber (not in Model 70) and says it has less recoil, but those are getting pretty pricey. So I shoot what I have and see if I can develop a decent load and get any better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="epoletna, post: 2001909, member: 87371"] 73driver: I'm pretty serious about serious shooting -- I shoot (and win) mini-palma with 22 RF at 100 yards, and 300 yard BR with a .30 BR and a 6 PPC. But I love the look of the pre-64 Model 70 and I had never shot a .270 until two months ago, when someone offered one locally at a fair price. So I bought it and began trying to see what it would do. I'm not using a serious scope -- it's more of a target scope I had hanging around. But I can dial it up and down reliably. To my surprise, the rifle does moderately well off the bench with no special tuning. I'm getting sub MOA at 100 yards (barely), but now I need to stretch that out a little to really see if it will shoot. So I'm going to try moving it out in increments to see how it does. At my age, I doubt I'll ever go elk hunting again, but its fun to dream. I didn't want to use trial and error to find out how much to dial in at each range, and so I posted my request. Sure enough, I got exactly the advice I was looking for. Now to go to the range and see if I can keep it under one MOA. I'd still like to find a pre-64 (preferably in the 1954-1955 range) model 70 in .257 Roberts, as a friend shoots that caliber (not in Model 70) and says it has less recoil, but those are getting pretty pricey. So I shoot what I have and see if I can develop a decent load and get any better. [/QUOTE]
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