Originally Posted by verg
I may be in the market for a model 70 in a synthetic version. Thinking the .270. Looking at the extreme weather and the ultimate shadow..they have different barrel lengths for the 270. ES is 22 and the US is 24. Why is that? I think I prefer the 22 in barrel but think I like the ultimate shadow better.
Anyone have experience with either of these two...thoughts/opinions?
thanks


Verg, I've had them both. The nice thing about a 24" barrel is you can always have it cut and re-crown to whatever length you want. I prefer less than 24 on a 270 and think 22-23" is about right. But that, of course, is personal preference.

The Ultimate Shadow stock is typical injection molded plastic. If you get one I'd recommend you bed it. It's a pretty straightforward job. Nice thing about the Ultimate Shadow is it's about $300 less than the EW. If you want a fiberglass stock that additional $300 gets you a long way to replacing the factory stock.

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