Bullet types

[firstcoueswas80]

lark loaded some of those interbonds for my rifle, got some ok groups, and one really really good group out of the 270 wsm

[Dodger2]

I've been playing with some loads for my 7mmWSM. I shot some 160gr. Nosler Partitions, 140gr. Nosler Silvertips, and some 139gr. Hornady Interlocks. I got the best groups out of the Hornady. I was able to shoot a two inch group at 200yds. These are the same bullets that I have been using my whole hunting life (20 or so years). I've also never lost anything with them. I would like to try some of the Accubonds and Interbonds just for fun to see what happens, but I'll be hunting with my 139gr. Hornady Interlocks this season.

[.270]

group size an' all that doesn't mean as much to me as it once did. mainly because i have a horrible right shoulder that can't take recoil like it once could and my eyes aren't near as good anymore either. just can't shoot like i once did. and my old winchester has had several thousand rounds through it and it doesn't shoot as tight as it once did. if all my bullets hit in roughly the same place at the range, i'm pretty well satisfied. my kid can take my gun and shoot under an inch with it while i have a hard time staying inside of 2 or 3 inches. but when i pull down on a buck i seem to steady down a lot and usually get the job done. a rifle needs to be as accurate as it can be and the shooter needs to know the rifle. that's why i can't see changing rifles every few years. i own all kindsa guns. dozens and dozens and dozens of em. all different calibers. they are all good. just bought a different one the other day. but when i go hunting i take my old .270. not one of the other 6 or 7 .270's i own. the old one. the one i know. the one i have faith in. the one with the dot in the scope and the hair trigger. the one with the beat up stock and very little blue left on it. the one that weighs almost 11 pounds loaded. the one that is almost 60 years old. i've shot probably in the neighborhood of 40 bucks with in the last about 25 years. probly a dozen elk. etc. it never fails. sometimes i do, but it don't. i've shot deer at 20 yards standing and at almost 700 running, with it. sometimes i take "FARKILLER", a .300 mag. but most of the time, like 95%, i take my .270. missed a few too. but most of the time it connects. most any bullet will shoot well out of most any rifle (of the the same caliber, of course), you just have to figure out how to make it do it. i've never seen a big enough difference in bullet styles or brands to make a lot of difference in accuracy, for hunting anyway. if a guy is shooting 1000 meter benchrest stuff, he better have exactly what is required. as long as you load your ammo with the correct overall length that your gun likes, you should able to hit fairly well. any reasonable bullet will kill anything. "Karamojo" Bell, the greatest ivory hunter ever, used a 7x57 for elephants. everyday. don't put a lot in numbers on a paper. sectional density, balistic coefficient, knockdown, etc., none of it means a thing if you hit em in the lungs. the deer don't say, "ow, that bullet had really good sectional density". accuracy at the range, your ability to shoot offhand and turn the range accuracy into hunting accuracy, the intimacy you have with your rifle and the flattest trajectory you can get are what really matters. and having a gun you have faith in. Lark.

[More D]

Once again Lark, well said.

 

 

 

and '06 is better that .270

 

 

 

[.270]

ya big dummy, listen to what i say. two-seven-dee. all other guns are woman guns. all an '06 is, is a necked up .270. why mess with perfection? actually, there are no bad guns. there are some crummy ones, but they ain't bad. there are some bad shots out there tho. Lark.

[More D]

ya big dummyerer

 

seriously isn't the .270 a necked up down 30-06? I think so...........even if you don't want to.

There once was a beautiful custom '06 left handed thumb hole stock(may be a David Miller job) that was ruined by shooting .270 thru it. I might be bull but thats how my uncles told it. Iremember seeing it when I was younger and thats the story they tell as to why its no longer around.

 

 

 

 

[.270]

i'd think it'd be the other way around. if you shot a .270 in '06 barrel it's just gonna make a funny sound and blow the neck out to '06 size. wouldn't build much pressure at all. it'd be real hard to shove an '06 into a .270 chamber, but stranger things have happened. and it would be nasty. Lark.