It's finally happened: I saw a large mountain lion and a much smaller one in one of my favorite hunting areas, not very far from where I live. The hidden canyon has lots of water, great cover, and fields of everything white tails and mulies like to eat. Now I know it has something that likes to eat them. My son and I were able to watch the small one about 20 minutes later as it was watching something in a pasture. 
Time to get some trail cameras up to prove the apex predator of the High Plains is indeed right here  -- some people just don't want to believe certain things.

Big-time thumbs-up for the Redfield Revolution scope with the AccuRange reticle. I finally got a 3-9x40mm and put it on my 300 Wby Sporter. Right after sighting it in, the next three shots produced a sub-1" group. (See profile pic)
Anyone with champagne taste and a 7-Up budget will enjoy the quality of a Leupold at a lot less money. I liked the AccuRange reticle better than the bullet drop compensator one on the Nikon ProStaffaff -- they're about the same price. The Redfield's hold-over points are right on, so I will not hesitate if a 300 yard shot at a lazy whitetail buck presents itself. Also impressive is the image clarity. I am ready to get another one.

This summer I did a lot of experimenting / working up various powder loads and various bullet weights and designs, arriving (I think correctly) at the conclusion that my 270 Win simply didn't print 130gn boat tails like it can 130gn flat bottom or 140gn boat tail bullets.
I recently learned more.
On a whim, I decided to try some 130gn Nosler ballitic tips I loaded this summer. Knowing they have a slight boat tail, I was hoping they would print as well as the others I know do well, but I didn't know how the 270s barrel would react to this particular type of boat tail. I know the Hornady InterBonds print high and left compared to the others.
I was amazed at what I saw---see the pic below. From a cold barrel with no slighter rounds at all, I shot a sub 1" group at 200yds. The 49gn of H-414 and the 130gn Nosler ballitic tips were super. To those who gave advise on how to overcome the mystery of how some bullets print better than others, Thank you again.

I saw a nice-looking 1950s-era Southgate Weatherby 270 at an auction and am curious what anything thinks the value of such a rifle would be? I think the barrel was 24", it had a clean Mauser action and what I think is a Weatherby-style Monte Carlo stock.

My new .270 Win shoots 140gn bullets fine, but the 130gr bullets are all high and left. I think the high 130s are due to the barrel whipping up, thus causing the bullets to print high @ 200yds. I think a barrel deresenator will help the problem, but I'm asking for any suggetions on how to make the 130s shoot as low as the nicely-grouping 140s do.

Is there any interest in a new caliber for deer and small game? Where I live, .23cal is the smallest caliber allowed, but there is no rifle made (that I know of) to chamber a round that size. Would a .233 or a .235cal using a a necked-down 240 Wby Mag case be something anyone is interested in? Your thoughts, please.