My first hunting rifle was a right hand Ruger M77 in 270 Win. Hunted one season with it. The next year they introduced the Ruger M77 Mark II and had them in left hand. I traded my right hand in on the left hand and paid $20 extra. The Mark II was also a 270. That was around 35 years ago. I had that one rebarreled with a Hart barrel, glass bedded the wood stock, shortened the LOP, and had the trigger pull reduced to around 3 pounds. Killed a pile of deer with it. Sold it last year. Kinda wish I hadn't.
I would like to do some work on my ruger's trigger because it's really heavy but other than that I really like it and yeah being my first deer rifle I'll never sell it :) happy to hear your experience with yours!
I found the Federal 136 grain "TL" bullets in 270 at a local store. Turns out it's the same bullet as their Terminal Ascent but with the previous name. I bought all of them and the 130 Trophy bonded and 140 Trophy bonded, all in 270. I loaded the 136 grain bullet in primed Federal nickel brass I bought from American Reloading after some brass prep. I uniformed all the necks only. The bullets are sitting on a stout load of Superformance powder and shot half MOA in one of my stainless Tikkas. I failed to bring my Garmin to clock them but considering the Barnes 130 TTSX are moving over 3325fps in the same rifle with the same powder and less of it, I'm guessing it's likely close to the same speed.
My first hunting rifle was a right hand Ruger M77 in 270 Win. Hunted one season with it. The next year they introduced the Ruger M77 Mark II and had them in left hand. I traded my right hand in on the left hand and paid $20 extra. The Mark II was also a 270. That was around 35 years ago. I had that one rebarreled with a Hart barrel, glass bedded the wood stock, shortened the LOP, and had the trigger pull reduced to around 3 pounds. Killed a pile of deer with it. Sold it last year. Kinda wish I hadn't.
I would like to do some work on my ruger's trigger because it's really heavy but other than that I really like it and yeah being my first deer rifle I'll never sell it :) happy to hear your experience with yours!
@@mike.hardy37 Just get a Timney or Rifle Basix and replace it. I think both get down to 1.5 pounds
Yeah I'll have to do that!
I found the Federal 136 grain "TL" bullets in 270 at a local store. Turns out it's the same bullet as their Terminal Ascent but with the previous name. I bought all of them and the 130 Trophy bonded and 140 Trophy bonded, all in 270. I loaded the 136 grain bullet in primed Federal nickel brass I bought from American Reloading after some brass prep. I uniformed all the necks only. The bullets are sitting on a stout load of Superformance powder and shot half MOA in one of my stainless Tikkas. I failed to bring my Garmin to clock them but considering the Barnes 130 TTSX are moving over 3325fps in the same rifle with the same powder and less of it, I'm guessing it's likely close to the same speed.
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