If memory serves, Boddington became a believer after killing a large bull elk in New Mexico with the 270?
If he wasn't a believer until the kill, why did he take the rifle hunting and take the shot?
Because many people had pointed out that Craig had zero experience with the .270 Winchester on elk, and since he's a real professional he decided to remedy that. (He also mentioned that the bull dropped quicker than any he'd killed with larger cartridges. Oh, and I hunted elk at the Whittington Center around around 15 years ago with Mike Ballew, then the long-time director and the guy who was with Craig. At one point Mike and I ended up in the same spot where Craig shot from, and Mike point out the clearing across the canyon in front of us where Craig's bull stood.
Among other things involved, Mike had not only guides a lot of hunters who used .270s and similar cartridges with great success, so wasn't hesitant about guiding Craig on his first ".270 elk field-test."
In other words, you'd say he did have confidence it would work based on second-hand information?
Aren't we all in that position the first time we take a game animal with a cartridge we haven't used before?
“Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
