This year, I kinda know how that guy feels. At least he found it and knows the deer isn’t suffering. As others have said, I hope it works out for him as well as it can at this point.

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Quote from: DW5 on October 29, 2019, 08:57:49 AM

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Quote from: DW5 on October 28, 2019, 09:51:26 PM

For me, no, I wouldn’t trade it for either. Slinging a 140 grn bullet at 3100+ft a second with the sectional density it has out of the .277 was always very appealing to me. Only thing I’d consider trading it for would be a 270WBY.

Hmmm, https://www.gunbroker.com/item/836097159

That is not nice! So tempting! One of the things holding me back is I think when I do pull the trigger on one I think it will be one of the lightweight models.() I see the the 270WBY as one of the best all around (maybe the best??) hunting rounds for the lower 48. Already have the heavier version covered with the 270WSM as the rifle weighs about 8lbs and I have a 4-16x50 Nikon Monarch 7 sitting up top.

I’ve started to get the 270bee project going twice before and twice got side tracked. Once was when I ran across a Vanguard in 300WSM that I bought on the spot for sentimental reasons and the second time I back burnered it for the Ravin R20 project. I’ll get around to it eventually. Now some of the newer model MKVs have thrown in even more decisions!

The whole problem with waiting for the new models is do you buy a 270 or try the new 6.5RPM. I have a price watch on an Arroyo 257 RC and I already have 2-257s, then again a Backcountry TI in 257 sure would be a sweet rifle to pack around in the Mountains or the thick swamps. I do feel your pain, especially since I keep putting off buying a Ravin.

The Ravin's are sweet! Can't say enough good things about mine. Only downside is probably how quickly you will go through strings and cables, but, you can't expect race car performance and everyday driver maintenance. I hear that the older and/or slightly slower models are just as good too, and probably even a little more forgiving on the S&Cs. If I happen across an R9 or R10 (or one of the newer 26 or 29 models, although I doubt I'll be seeing any great deals on those any time real soon) at a good price I'll probably grab it up as a backup/on the move bow.

As for the 270WBY, I'll probably end up going with one of the older model lightweights. I do like a "light" rifle for a lot of walking, but there is a limit on how light I want to go. I have a Vanguard Wilderness which is somewhere around the 6.7lbs range. I put a lightweight Swaro Z3 on top of that and carried it for 3 days of mountain hiking in the Big Bend National Park area on the Texas/Mexico border last February. Those mountains are not the Rockies by any stretch, but they did a good job replicating the work on my legs. I found that rifle to be a pleasure to carry and it has just enough weight that I still feel comfortable shooting it accurately with just a so-so rest. 

I would like to get another .257WBY in a heavy MKV. Hard to beat that with a heavy scope for TX stand hunting.

Quote from: DW5 on October 28, 2019, 09:51:26 PM

For me, no, I wouldn’t trade it for either. Slinging a 140 grn bullet at 3100+ft a second with the sectional density it has out of the .277 was always very appealing to me. Only thing I’d consider trading it for would be a 270WBY.

Hmmm, https://www.gunbroker.com/item/836097159

That is not nice! So tempting! One of the things holding me back is I think when I do pull the trigger on one I think it will be one of the lightweight models.() I see the the 270WBY as one of the best all around (maybe the best??) hunting rounds for the lower 48. Already have the heavier version covered with the 270WSM as the rifle weighs about 8lbs and I have a 4-16x50 Nikon Monarch 7 sitting up top.

I’ve started to get the 270bee project going twice before and twice got side tracked. Once was when I ran across a Vanguard in 300WSM that I bought on the spot for sentimental reasons and the second time I back burnered it for the Ravin R20 project. I’ll get around to it eventually. Now some of the newer model MKVs have thrown in even more decisions!

For me, no, I wouldn’t trade it for either. Slinging a 140 grn bullet at 3100+ft a second with the sectional density it has out of the .277 was always very appealing to me. Only thing I’d consider trading it for would be a 270WBY.

I have a WBY Vanguard in 270WSM. I run Nosler Accubonds and Barnes TSX factory ammo through mine, but the reason being that those are just what I knew I liked when I was setting up the rifle. As everyone else has stated, if your rifle likes the Fereral Fusion you have been feeding it, that round out of a 270WSM will hammer any whitetail on earth.

I was tempted to not post any of those and still not real sure if I should have. Is it good to point nonsense like this out or is it simply one of those “it is what it is” things and is all I’m doing helping gin up anger by pointing this out and everyone would be better served if I just let it be??

Congratulations on taking a very nice 10 point. The daytime video showed exactly where the 10 point was in relation to stand and feeder, but the video at dusk is hard to make out. (it only matters that you could see the buck clearly at dusk and made an excellent vitals shot  .

Here is another video that shows the pig trial I was hunting.

I was concentrating on this spot and the field directly on the other side of me than the feeder was. That is to say, if I was looking at it, I would have my back to the feeder... wish I would have panned over to it as well in this video. It’s where I took the doe a few weeks ago.

https://youtu.be/R-mF0tFFmTc