I have a very early 700 that belonged to my West Texas rancher uncle. He used it on untold numbers of whitetails, javelinas, coyotes, and anything else he felt needed to be killed. When my father, brother, and I hunted with him, we had strict instructions that any feral dog we saw on his ranches was to be killed on sight, so I'm sure that he shot a bunch of them with it, too.
It was in a laminated stock with a high-comb rollover cheekpiece when I got it. I put it into factory Tupperware that I got for a $25 donation to my club's youth program. In that stock, it's sub-MOA with cheap 150-grain Federal PowerShok ammo. I've put less than two boxes of factory ammo through it and no handloads. I've taken it as a spare on a couple of elk hunts but I haven't killed anything with it. I'm thinking of putting together an open country deer hunt in memory of my uncle, and it will be the one that I use.
I'd use it more if the load data wasn't so squirrelly.
Okie John
Last edited by okie john; 04/10/20.
Originally Posted by Brad
If Montana had a standing army, a 270 Win with Federal Blue Box 130's would be the standard issue.
