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@ 04:15 am (GMT) |
Gerard O'MearaHello all, and thanks Nathan for a great site.I have a lightweight rem 270 and a ruger vt 204. I rarely use the 270 but have handed it to Marty to breath some life into it. Reading some of your articles aftr using my mighty 204r on a lot on foxes my technique has become very wrong( I think Marty is pulling his hair out!) so hopefully by practicing with the 270 it will help with the 204. |
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@ 05:51 am (GMT) |
Mike DavisRe: New to sitewelcome aboardsounds backwards using .270 to improove .204????? most guys would be doing it the other way around LMAO |
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@ 07:03 am (GMT) |
Gerard O'MearaRe: New to siteWith my 204 it's basically point and shoot, virtually no recoil and you can watch the target after you pull the trigger. At the moment I don't have to hold the forend at all. I recently used Marty's 308 and 300wm and realised how bad I had gotten. I figured if I can get comfortable using my 270 that should improve my longer range fox shooting. |
@ 09:28 pm (GMT) |
Nathan FosterRe: New to siteHi Gerard, welcome aboard. Sounds like a plan. Marty has very good shooting technique and good workmanship. If he ever quits his day job, he will never be short of work, that's for sure.Mike, yes, on the one hand a person can use a small caliber to build skills. But on the other, we can only really see how good our skills are when shooting a larger caliber. I learned a great deal about shooting technique via the use of the .375 RUM, unbraked, sporter weight, shooting 300 grain bullets at 2900-3000fps and 225gr bullets at 3125fps with another sweet spot at 3200fps. The slightest error in technique would produce very wide fliers. I spent a great deal of time at the range, working on optimal technique as a means to shoot inside a half minute. Took a lot of panadol too. Not something I would recommend for everyone, just wanting to add some perspective. |
@ 11:03 pm (GMT) |
Martin TaylorRe: New to siteNo....... little calibres in heavy rifles let people develop & use little to no technique as Gerard has discovered. Which gives me heaps to laugh about at my local range, watching fore stocks flop around like dying fish.Yeah they are easy to shoot well, but as soon as recoil increases so do the group sizes and flyers. l chewed his ear off about it, then as he said after using my Rem 308 it all became apparent. It's easy to blame the rifle for a 3-4 inch group but when it's a proven, under .5 moa rig, it drives home the facts! Nathans new book will help sort this out for many people and l know he is working flat out to get it finished. Welcome Gerard but be careful, this accurate, LR stuff becomes very addictive, very fast!!!!! The little 270 will be a great rig, the machining & finish is really nice on the older Rem's, will be fun to workup. |
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