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IMO the key thing is as long as you're going...grin
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My next rifle will be a 270 Kimber 84L MT with the barrel cut to 23"... Dober's weird ways are rubbing off. I gotta get out of Montana 
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How far would you shoot an elk with a 270? Bout 10 yds.....thats about as far as they are good for....maybe 12 yds if I get a wild hair and want to really really stretch it out.
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That was vicious... really vicious...
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Like Swampynipples says.... "I am here to help"
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Like Swampynipples says.... "I am here to help" You're on quite a roll today Tom264 - you drinkin' already??
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As far as I need to,.With MY 270...........Weatherby!!!!!!!!!!
If you are going to be a Bear, Be a Grizzly!!!!!!
AMRA
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How far would you shoot an elk with a 270? Bout 10 yds.....thats about as far as they are good for....maybe 12 yds if I get a wild hair and want to really really stretch it out. Would you use a scope with dotz or turrets at those extreme distances? 
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As far as the bullet retains 1500 foot-pounds of kinetic energy. Bullets with 1499 foot-pounds bounce off elk, as everybody east of the Mississippi knows. The 'bounce-off' distance with the 270 WSM is a bit further downrange......although, here in Colorado, the 'bounce-off' energy threshold is a bit lower, as elk have been known to be killed with muzzleloaders, etc. at less than 1000 foot-pounds
I'd rather be a free man in my grave, than living as a puppet or a slave....
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Like Swampynipples says.... "I am here to help" You're on quite a roll today Tom264 - you drinkin' already?? Coffee.... *grin*
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How far would you shoot an elk with a 270? Bout 10 yds.....thats about as far as they are good for....maybe 12 yds if I get a wild hair and want to really really stretch it out. Would you use a scope with dotz or turrets at those extreme distances? Most definitely a combination of both.
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very true! took the Ti 270 out today and almost wrapped it around a tree is shot sooooo poorly! new tsx load with 140's.... then i shot a new load with 140 Hornady's and viola! 1.2"! it's a start! had this thing shooting great with 130TSX's then all of a sudden it just stopped? from consistent .5-.75" to 2-4".... Can't know why? scrubbed the tube bare and started over and same same? so figured i'd try the 140's....
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Paul...just say "NO" to .270s.....
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yes, i did check all fasteners and scope bases. Replaced scope with another known scope and same same? weird..... I just chalk it up to being a 270..... grins
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if it hadn't started shooting so so, it wasn't going to be one much longer!
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30-06 = capable if unspectacular worm aka caterpillar
7x57 = butterfly perfection
Think of it as divine design ...
\Fixt it
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very true! took the Ti 270 out today and almost wrapped it around a tree is shot sooooo poorly! new tsx load with 140's.... then i shot a new load with 140 Hornady's and viola! 1.2"! it's a start! had this thing shooting great with 130TSX's then all of a sudden it just stopped? from consistent .5-.75" to 2-4".... Can't know why? scrubbed the tube bare and started over and same same? so figured i'd try the 140's.... Different bullet lot? Only thing I can think of.....  Is it floated bedded, etc? But I mean you know all that stuff...... Are you using R22? With Fed 215's? Give it a try, if not......
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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i thought lot too but i checked and all the ones i have are the same lot #.
Full length bedded, trigger tweaked, RL22 Kiss, CCI... worked great then not? and i don't mean one range trip or two... We're talking almost 4 years worth of consistency! and then it stopped? seems to be showing promise with the 140 Hornady's and i have some NBT's to try too..
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nope... still kissing and at the same COAL... only have about 600 down the tube... just baffles me? i figure to hell with it and i'll just run a conventional bullet. i did break down and buy some GMX's to try... grins
i thought maybe the molly/copper had something going on but it was whistle clean and did same same..
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