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I bought this a few weeks ago with the Vari-X-III AO for $1000 and am pretty happy about that. I cleaned it up, got the bolt jeweled, installed some Talley's and brought the stock back to life.
I'm ready to see how it shoots now with a variety of 130gr TSSX loads. I trade guns a lot and hope this is a keeper.. Any .270 criticism will be considered jealousy.

Nice!

Snazzy.

Congrats on a good buy ! I have the same in Left Hand. If you decide to trip that one, let me know. I have a couple Right Handed grandsons who would appreciate a nice light 270.

Nice.

What did ya have ta do ta the stock?

That's about perfect!

Mike

It had a spray can camo job and some sort of unknown bubba texture as well as dings. Cleaned all the crap off with lacquer thinner and sanded and filled the dings. Minor dings got bondo and a couple got acraglas. I used duracoat for the finish because it air dries. I tried to match my other KS, but this is a bit darker. I put a top coat of Duracoat Duravelvet. It has a bit of texture and is made to feel tacky, although it isn't sticky. I've had that stuff on my muzzle loader for a few years and it works good. I prefer cerakote, but don't like baking stocks. Fortunately, the bluing is pretty nice. Thanks

Very nice. The KS is a great rifle.

That's a very nice looking rifle in a great caliber & you got it for a very good price.....Congrats.

The KS stock pattern, IMO, is the absolute very best feeling & fitting synthetic style ever built.......the only thing better might be to clone the Dakota 76 stock style into synthetic.

Here's a KS, also in 270, with the stock cerrokoted. Needless to say it's one of my two most favorite rifles.

MM

7 pounds 8.2 ounces as pictured

Very nice! I like the skeleton handle and your yard.

Thanks.......that rifle, like most KS's, just bugholes.

Weight is 7,4 as shown.

Let us know how yours shoots; I've got several 270's & had several others & RL-22 or Norma MRP under most any bullet that you like almost never don't work.

Waiting for the weather to warm up so I can work on some loads with the Nosler LR Accubond 150 gr. bullet.

MM

Beat me to it.

Mercy, you sure do treat your grandkids well!

I'm glad to hear your granddaughter bloodied that XL7 - good stuff.

FC

Couple of questions about the KS:

1. What is the bare weight?
2. What contour is the barrel?
3. Who makes the stock?
4. Barrel length for magnum and non-magnum cartridges?

Nice rifle OP, looks like you done a great job on the stock.

Drooling here Ken. Your work is great as usual. I suspect you have a bughole gun there.

Very nice, I love the lines of the KS and only wish there were more of them north of the border so I could find one in 270/280. The only ones I have seen have been magnums.

I'd not want to deal with one in a magnum. The only one I owned was in .35 Whelen, and 250 grain loads were quite a bit more than I cared to deal with.

Sweet rifles, nonetheless.

FC

My KS in 280 weighs about 8ozs less than yours. Some may be the scope as I don't have AO. Is yours loaded?

Good looking rifle for sure.

I'll take it.

That is not gay !

I would not want to shoot a sub 8lb whelen either. I had one (on an FN action) that was a shade heavier, perhaps 4 ounces, and with full power 250s it was a handful. BTW, it got sold! An 8lb 7mm rem mag would be as light as I'd want to go.

1. 6 lbs 4 ozs +/- an oz depending on who made the stock
2. Contour on the KS is unique to the KS, half way between a Mtn rifle contour and a sporter I suppose.
3. Stock was made by Brown Precision for early ones, then McMillan and at the end I think B & C made them.
4. For non-magnum they are 24", think some of the mags where 26" but not 100% on that.

My KS .280 is a Brown Precision stocked one. wonderful rifles.

Congrats to the OP, that sure looks like a nice clean one!!

Nice looking rifle. Bolt looks great.

I hope she shoots for you.

How did you "spruce up" the stock? What did you do to it?

Nice. I had an early (had a Brown Precision stock) KS in 375 H&H that I should never had sold. It was one of the most accurate centerfire rifles I have owned. With a Leupold 2.5-8 it went 7 3/4#. Dumped this guy with it.

Well... of course Grandpa would have to set it up... Find a decent load... Etc... Couple of the grand sons want to go to Colorado if the SIL and I make it back out to hunt elk. Figure that might be a nice "loaner rifle" they could borrow. Light enough to hump up and down the mountains. Not so much recoil that they wouldn't practice with it regularly before going out.

No criticism on rifle or chambering from me.

Good job!

I've had two LH 280 KS and for some reason sold them both over the years. For some reason I've a hankering for an old early LH 270.

Crazy........

No sir, not loaded

Jeweling was $30 plus shipping. I don't know how the guy does it, but it wasn't gone a week.

Love it! You did well Grasshoppa...Congrats

Nice gun.

Totally!

Crazy that is , try to enjoy it

Kend, nice rifle, hope it shoots great. Who did the jeweling of the bolt? I need to have the one on my 700 in 7mm Mashburn done.
Thanks Randy

Well the reason I traded them off is to fund NULA's.......worth it to me but I do like the KS guns.

Kend, super nice rifle in the perfect chambering!

If I may, what color Duracoat did you choose? I'm going to do a gray one myself and would like to know.... thanks.

Yep. Best to stay with 225 flavored bullets in the Whelen KS.

Nice rifle Ken, you did quite well on your purchase.

Another question: Did the KS rifles come out of the custom shop or were they regular production rifles?

Custom Shop.