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Offline Gdbyrd

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270 weatherby range report :)
« on: October 14, 2011, 05:39:07 PM »
Got my MGM barrel in a couple weeks ago.  Mounted my revolution thumbhole stock last week.  Got the shepherd scope mounted today and headed out to my shooting spot.


With factory 130 grn spire points, I was seeing 1/2" accuracy at 100 yards.  I only fired two shots at 300 yards, "grouped" about 2" apart, about an inch and a half above the bullseye using the reticle in the scope.


Overall it's a very nice rifle.  It's balanced well, the thumbhole stock is very comfortable.  The scope is very clear, it was very easy to zero, took 2 shots at 50 yards and 2 shots at 100 yards.  The recoil was about on par with a 300 win mag. 


Gotta say I love it.  Looking forward to shooting some critters with it this year.  I was planning on pillar bedding the forend and reloading.  But I honestly don't think I could be any happier or expect anymore from the rifle.  The one thing I do need to improve on is the trigger, it's just heavy heavy and I wish it was flat instead of rounded...funny it didn't bother me as much when it was a pistol.


I shot 10 or so rounds through it and my only real complaint with it was how quickly the barrel got hot, but this is a hunting rifle and not a high volume caliber so I think I can deal with that.  Oh, that and the cost of factory ammo(60$ here), but ditto on the volume thing.

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Re: 270 weatherby range report :)
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2011, 04:57:59 PM »
I just traded for a Weatherby Vanguard 257 today...........waiting on ammo now................. :(