Re: Big stinky
Response to Q on the 270wms: I have a 300 wsm and 270 wsm (270 a blind gun and the other a big 300 heavy custom Clay Spencer I bought off CANAVAR here on the hide). The 270wsm tikka shoots really flat to 400 and is a slayer. It does amazingly well out to 800 on steel and has performed really well on game. I wish there was a better selection of bullets for the 270, but the 135 SMKs are extremely accurate; have had mixed results bullet performance-wise on game. Shot a doe on this same trip with the 270 at 300 yards; hit her double lung and got no pass through. Sounded like a sledge hammer on a bass drum. Her insides were vaporized so it seems the bullet bounced around. Only ran 30-40 yards but no blood trail, but don't like the lack of a through and through. Can't seem to justify building a 7wsm for the same purpose of the 270, but might at some point. I shot this hog behind the ear so bullet performance was not relevant. The tikka is shocking for a factory gun. Running an IOR 10-42 FFP MIL/MIL on it.