Both of my grand fathers were my inspiration for hunting. Like many hunters during the 1940’s & 50’s one of my grand-fathers carried a Savage Model 99 in 300 Savage and it served him well in the Texas hill country as well as South Texas. The other was motivated by Jack O’Conner’s magazine articles and hunted with a pre-64 M-70 in 270 Winchester and it served him extremely well in Texas & Wyoming. I followed his advice and got my first 270 Winchester in a Remington 700 back in 1979. (I now have three 270s, the M-700 and two Winchester Model 70 NH Classics.) The old reliable 270 has done all I could ever ask for over the years and did me good again this past weekend on a large bodied Northern Kansas buck as well as doe. Took the buck at a measured 509 yards with a 130 grain Hornady SST. He fell with in 25 feet of the hit. With out a doubt, the 270 Win. is still my favorite.
