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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2013 9:42:17 GMT -5
what about a 25 06 for bear? I wouldn't do it. I'd only use the 6.5's with a very heavy bullet which the .25's don't offer. Bear aren't all 200 pounds and under and they aren't always broadside and they aren't always standing still. I have killed a PA Bruin but if I saw them with any kind of regularity in hunting season I'd switch to at least a .338-06.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2013 19:34:51 GMT -5
I didn't think but wanted other's opinions thanks a bunch!
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Post by Muab Dib on Feb 8, 2013 11:02:57 GMT -5
I "grew up" reading Jack O'Conner in Outdoor Life. Every free period in High School I'd go down to the library and take out back issues and read and re-read everything he wrote. Ate it up like candy. When his books were found I bought them. He was and remains my guns and hunting guru despite what Elmer might have had to say about him. Truth is, I think O'Conner used an '06 as much as his beloved 270 Win. But having said that, there will always be a 270 Winchester in my stable. IMHO there is no finer cartridge to hunt 98% of the critters on this continent.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2013 8:05:05 GMT -5
I "grew up" reading Jack O'Conner in Outdoor Life. Every free period in High School I'd go down to the library and take out back issues and read and re-read everything he wrote. Ate it up like candy. When his books were found I bought them. He was and remains my guns and hunting guru despite what Elmer might have had to say about him. Truth is, I think O'Conner used an '06 as much as his beloved 270 Win. But having said that, there will always be a 270 Winchester in my stable. IMHO there is no finer cartridge to hunt 98% of the critters on this continent. Muab An elder member of my camp gave me one of Jacks books to read when i was about 16 years old. I saved my shillings & immediately went out and bought a Mod 700 270 plus a supply of Jack's favorite deer bustin 130 grainers. It served me well for a few years. At that time mine & my elder friends were the ONLY rifles smaller than our camp's mainstay 30's(300 sav, 348 Win, 30-06, 30-40 etc). We took a lot of good fun ribbing re carryin a "cat rifle"!! ;D Oh how things have changed.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2013 8:24:19 GMT -5
What I dearly loved was the conflict between Jack O'Connor and Elmer Keith. I read everything I could find that was written by both of them. Even though I loved to read what O'Connor wrote, I have never owned a .270. No particular reason except for the fact that the .30-06 is a whole lot more versatile in what you can load for it. The .270 was made for that 130 grain bullet and is limited to loadings from 110 through 160 grains, but it seems to shoot best with the 130s. The ought six loadings range from those darned accelerator 55 grainers all the way up to 220 grains, with good to excellent accuracy with 150, 165, and 180 grain hunting bullets. This is where I tended to agree with Elmer Keith. Over the course of my hunting career I have owned half a dozen ought sixes. Currently I have two of them; a remington mountain rifle and a browning acera.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2013 8:39:11 GMT -5
Agree on the ole 06 there Mutt!! My Dad was really disappointed in me going with the 270 as my first cf. I used borrowed guns & sluggers before I bot my 270. I finally gave in & got a 06. Will never forget Dad's big pat on the back when i went 06!! He carried a 760 30-06 pump for almost his entire hunting tenure on this earth. Killed 5 bears plus he left my mom with a large trophy room of so many bucks i wont even venture a count. Dad was a taxidemist so there was a lot mounted for sure!! i sure miss his reasonably priced taxi service!!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2013 10:20:57 GMT -5
What I dearly loved was the conflict between Jack O'Connor and Elmer Keith. I read everything I could find that was written by both of them. Even though I loved to read what O'Connor wrote, I have never owned a .270. No particular reason except for the fact that the .30-06 is a whole lot more versatile in what you can load for it. The .270 was made for that 130 grain bullet and is limited to loadings from 110 through 160 grains, but it seems to shoot best with the 130s. The ought six loadings range from those darned accelerator 55 grainers all the way up to 220 grains, with good to excellent accuracy with 150, 165, and 180 grain hunting bullets. This is where I tended to agree with Elmer Keith. Over the course of my hunting career I have owned half a dozen ought sixes. Currently I have two of them; a remington mountain rifle and a browning acera. Every .270 I have owned (I'm up to having had five of them) liked 150 grains better than 130 grains. I never even bothered with 130 grains for antelope. The 150's shoot plenty flat enough.
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