Whatever 45 or 50 grain soft point was loaded by imperial, dominion or Remington or whatever the local store stocked has been killing whitetails and the occasional black bear since the late 1940s on the inlaws farm.
The trick is they have a very solid rest and about a 70 yard shot to stand of...
At a glance it seems the easy option to achieve your goal would require a long action. The 25-06 or .257 Weatherby, it seems like the easiest way to achieve your higher velocity .25 cal and head stamped brass.
I know a group of friends that got starline to do a custom headstamp for them but how...
I'll have a tag in my pocket and a bow or gun with me incase I find an eating size bear in a convenient spot.
I may set a bait in one spot with a camera on it to see if an old boar is still alive. That may excite me enough or I'll let a friend take it over if he's not there.
Not as rapid expansion as the tmk or perhaps not as much fragmentation. But I'm basing that off of the btsp in .264, .277, .284 and .308 as well as not having much first hand tmk experience on game. They certainly are soft though.
They do kill and I'd keep more Speer on hand if they were as...
I believe they're no longer in offered with a heavy duplex reticle but Leupolds fixed 2.5 is an often over looked gem. Not as fond of the wide duplex but used or maybe the custom shop could get around that.
The fixed 4 power or small variables such as 1-4 or 2-7 are reasonable second choices...
Sometimes when the birds seem spread shy I will set the bulk of my spread down wind of me by about 100 yards. Then a few goose decoys and a jerk rig of duck decoys infront of myself. Around here spinners seem to lessen their effectiveness as the season goes on unless fresh birds are in or you...
No elk but a couple moose.
At 30 yards I tend to shoot critters where a suitably sized rock will kill them. I'd shoot a shoulder if I had to but I generally avoid that placement anyway.
The 150 accubond isn't required with the performance of the 150 nbt in the 7mm08 in my opinion. If you were after elk/moose and expected shots sub 100 yards I can appreciate them more but the nbt is cheaper and kills well.
The 150ish grain cup and cores really shine in the 7mm08 and the 154...
No cooper has a decent rep but you have a decent set and forget scope and the .270 already in hand. Any new rifle particularly in a new cartridge is likely a sideways move at best.
Not knowing why you're looking to move away from it. You haven't put an entire box of ammo through it in 2...
I wouldn't trade that .270 for an unknown rifle in a 7mm or 6.5 cartridge.
While the 7mm rem mag is my favorite all around NA big game cartridge its only advantage over a .270 is being the legal minimum for bison in some areas that don't have a .30 caliber minimum. Other than that the 2 are...
Had the 12 gauge version. I enjoyed it. A friend offered me more for it and I've been doing most of my wingshooting with the 20 gauge.
I wouldn't hesitate to pick up a sweet 16 if it scratched an itch for me and I had the cash at hand. Unless a 20 gauge version was available if only for more...
I have a CVA wolf v2 I picked up this year. Factory fiber optic irons, 2 white hots under a 295 grain powerbelt sparked by a cheddite 209 and it seems to shoot an honest 3.5" at 100 yards. Now optics or a peep and finer front might tighten things up some since the front bead covers a lot of...