Tennessee Hunter Education Instructor
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restrain the people; it is an instrument for the
people to restrain the government-lest it come to
dominate our lives and interests"
Patrick Henry
Ha, ha! It shoots as well as it looks!
Keep your powder dry,
Scharf
I've had three over the years if that says anything...still have two with one being a 1952 model that I'd put up against any in it's class for accuracy. My first 270 was a custom job built by Hal Hartley of Lenoir, NC. FN Supreme action, Douglas Premium barrel, tiger tail maple stock(his specialty), fleur de fis checkering and steel butt plate. There were no digital cameras in 1970 so this is the best I could do to show a Polaroid shot of it. $600 in 1970 was a fair chunk of change but it was beautiful and I only had to drive 75 miles to pick it up.
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Kids Are For People That Can't Have Dogs
Guess I shouldn't have gotten my new TC Encore 15" pistol in 270... So far it has caused all of my grandchildren born since to be born nekid.
Between the "3" (.270Win, .280Rem, 30-06) if you were to only jugde them on bullistics the .280Rem would be the winner.
It will match the .270 with like weight bullets and will deliver more energy at 500 meters than any other non magnum cartridge including the 30-06. For this very reason it became the caliber of choice in the late 1980s amoung Highpower Rifle Metallic Shilloutte shooters. Its popularity fell off when they started to lean back the rams so lighter recoiling calibers like the 7mm TCU would knock them down.
But, as many have already stated the difference is not really that meaningful when it comes to putting meat on the table.
Motor
What difference does that make? You shoot an animal at 546 yards you'd best have a spotter as by the time you walk toward where you shot him you may be off 75-100 yards of where you thought you saw him. I marvel at folks taking shots at those kind of distances.It will match the .270 with like weight bullets and will deliver more energy at 500 meters than any other non magnum cartridge including the 30-06.
The 270, 280 and 284 won't afford you a dimes worth of difference at normal hunting distances.
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Kids Are For People That Can't Have Dogs
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |