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Yep Kitch. Those are some mighty fine groups right there. You sure you didn't steal my targets? smile. Those groups look familiar.

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Not unless you were using 59.5 gr of H4831 with a Nosler 130 gr Ballistic Tip. Targets from a good 270 will look familiar as they group 3/4"-1". Just a different pattern.

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Originally Posted by Kitch
Not unless you were using 59.5 gr of H4831 with a Nosler 130 gr Ballistic Tip. Targets from a good 270 will look familiar as they group 3/4"-1". Just a different pattern.



I agree if we are talking 5 shot groups. wink


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With my .222 I shoot five shot groups. With the Browning 45-70 and black powder, five shot groups but, with the 270, 7x57 it's three shot groups. Them FW barrels heat up a lot quicker than a bull barrel an inch across like the Browning.


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Originally Posted by Kitch
With my .222 I shoot five shot groups. With the Browning 45-70 and black powder, five shot groups but, with the 270, 7x57 it's three shot groups. Them FW barrels heat up a lot quicker than a bull barrel an inch across like the Browning.


Yeah, my fwt barrels really suck too:

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My 1957 270 fwt shoots even better than my 30-06. The rifle I sold to 79s (270 XTR fwt) shoots like this:
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Quick 10 shot group...

Just barely good enough for hunting. I hope he forgives me blush


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I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style.
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I never load more than 3 rounds in a rifle so 3 shot groups are it for me.

Now that doesn't mean I haven't shot some 5 shots group in my life.

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When I shoot comp, they don't let us shoot 3 shot groups. It's 10 shots at a time. Even my 9.3x2mm doesn't mind:

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This is just a hunting rifle without a heavy barrel contour:
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Skinny barrels shoot good too. I don't buy into the nonsense about groups walking all over because the barrel heats up too much. If your rifle is glass bedded properly and it has a good barrel, it's going to shoot good 5+ shot groups. As far as loading a rifle, I load the sob up if it takes 5 like my 30-06's and 9.3x62mm I put 5 in and maybe even one in the tube. I also automatically jack another one in after firing the first. If you want to see what rifle and shooter can do, fire off some 10 shot groups:
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My 375 H&H even holds 4 in the magazine, but I generally only fire 3 shot groups in that rifle:
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Admittedly, I find 3 shot groups very boring...


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I'd send 'em back. wink


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Thanks everyone. Woodworking and building stuff has always been a hobby of mine. This stock stuff is really growing on me and I have even received three jobs to start at the beginning of the year for checkering/finishing.

I am also working on a new stock for my 59 Alaskan. I already have it pillared and bedded, just need to finish it up once we move to New Mexico at the end of the month.


I look forward to seeing your Alaskan!!


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Pat, nice work on stock of first rifle. Would like to see the Alaskan. Second rifle looks like a real keeper, too. I likes me some .270, myself. Great shooting.

BSA, you always crack me up when you post those targets. You are a friggin riot with that. Here it is. It is what it is. Hilarious. Good stuff. Keep it coming.


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I'll never get a ten shot group like that. That's why I only fire three. Them pencil thin FW barrels heat up enough after three rounds to light a cigarette off the barrel. That's after you've sit there a while, scratch your azz a bit, spit on the ground half a dozen times and poke around in your range bag before the next shot.


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Nice targets, BSA! That'll work in a pinch. Lol. wink

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Originally Posted by local_dirt
Pat, nice work on stock of first rifle. Would like to see the Alaskan. Second rifle looks like a real keeper, too. I likes me some .270, myself. Great shooting.

BSA, you always crack me up when you post those targets. You are a friggin riot with that. Here it is. It is what it is. Hilarious. Good stuff. Keep it coming.


Ha ha. If for nothing else, it is good entertainment grin. I always have a little fun doing it too. Hopefully you guys don't take me too seriously. I love the shooting sports, have belonged to many gun clubs where I've shot competition trap and won quite a bit of money doing it. However, my love for rifles has always superseded the shotgun end of things. About 4 years ago I got an infection in my left eye that almost caused me to go blind in that eye. I shoot left handed, so it ended my trap shooting. At the time I was making about $100/weekend with my shotgun, so I gave that up and went back to shooting rifles. My eyesight was down to 20/80 in my left eye and lines were not straight anymore (like macular degeneration). Crosshairs were really screwed up to look at. My first eye injection was on a Friday night and I shot rifle comp the next day with my FN PBR XP 300 wsm and my hunting loads. I averaged 100-9x on my targets (10 shot groups) . My eyesight is much better now and I have not had to have an eye injection for 3 years almost to the day. I realize I post a lot of target pictures, but I feel as though I am lucky to even be shooting and even more blessed that I can still hit the bull grin. I hope everyone here has successful hunts this year and shoot straight. Make that shot count!! I'm really looking forward to my bull elk hunt that starts on Nov. 8th!!!


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BSA, you keep on the pedal, buddy. Always enjoy reading your posts.

A couple good friends have been going through this eye stuff, too. One, a USmC force recon officer Vietnam 7 yrs older than me, fell in the shower recently and got his eye worked on and stitched.

They took out half the stitches last week. ? He cannot see worth a schit. Bums me out for him because he is into Cowboy shooting and has the Uber gear.

I told him last night to just come out and shoot with me. I really don't care if he hits anything. I will just keep feeding guns and magazines.


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