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Hey, Tom. How about a pic of the old warrior? I'd love to see that rifle.

I also agree to leave her as-is. A rifle that good, and with that much experience deserves it.

I was talking with a PH friend that works mainly in SA and he said the 270 has worked perfectly for him. I picked up a Dumoulin 270 awhile back and have thought of taking it next time. It is pretty plain but dang fun tooo carry. It is the first bolt rifle I have ever had that had regulated sights. I have had fun playing with the open sights but I will be adding a scope probbaly soon. Guns with regulated sights have always facinated me.

The .270 and .375 is a combination that my wife and I have used several times. The .270 has accounted for a couple of kudu, a couple of gemsbok, a sable, both plains and mountain zebra, a black and a brindled wildebeest, innumberable impala, a warthog, a bushbuck, some duiker, a steenbok, a blesbok, a waterbuck, and others that don't spring immediately to mind. All were one shot kills from distances as short as 15 yards out to about 150. None required a second shot. The bullets were 150 grainers, some NP and some hornady. As always, shot placement counts for more than any other single thing.

There are a few pics in Turp's Modern Custom Guns book. Speaking of which, Tom how about a Volume II of that fine work?

CAS,

I tried several times today to post a photo of my old Miller rifle, along side Jack O'Connor's Nr.1 270, done up by Al Biesen. I was hunting Coues deer in Mexico with Buck Buckner and Hank Kaufman, both long time O'Connor pals, a couple years ago. Both Buck and Hank own several of Jack's rifles, and Hank owns Jack's Nr. 1 270, and used it on our hunt. I shot several images of my rifle and Jack's, side-by-side. Unfortunately, I couldn't get them uploaded into Photobucket. I'll try to figure out what the problem was and correct it. In the meantime, if you can locate a copy of Modern Custom Guns, there are a few photos of the rifle there.

As far as Volume II of Modern Custom Guns, I'm willing if I could just find a publisher.

Tom

Thanks....... I'll be looking fo rthe book today.

I'd be happy to post them for you if you want to email the pics to me. PM me if interested.

BTW, that sounds like a pretty cool hunt to be on. I might could have enjoyed that company.

AD- I've never been across the pond so I've kind of stayed away from responding.

But, I have used the 270 for a ton load of elk and from where I stand I can't imagine anything over there (with one big black critter and ele's) that I wouldn't take on with the 270 and a 130 TSX.

Just my take, you shoot well and there is no need to worry about taking Jacks old round on the trip.

Mark D