Testing out my new 270wsm in sambar country - 11/02/23
Got back from a couple of days away visiting a mate took the newly built Tikka 270wsm 28”carbon wrapped bartlien barrel 1in 8” twist sitting in a McMillan game hunter stock ,shooting 170grain Bergers at 3130fps , great setup have a lot to learn with the kestrel the wind played hell was gusting 25-35km an hour it was killing us taking a reading then changing angle or just not being in the direct wind to get an accurate reading , the drops were perfect at all ranges, first arvo we missed several stags just not holding enough wind out to 650 yards even a mil hold wasn’t enough! , next day the wind was no better so we opted for a closer gully and got afew small ones you can see down low it was a .1mil hold but the higher animals it was moving over half an animal the last stag I held just in front of his back leg and just missed his neck it was 500yards I got a doe off film and it hit abit far back holding on the front of the shoulder at about 420yards , left us with a lot of lessons learnt and quite afew animals that the local hound hunter took for his dogs , plenty of deer about would’ve seen 30 in just three gullies you can see from the house , the bush is dry and the farm is very attractive to them atm , sorry for the paddock talk I’m not quite bolt action productions at this stage but it shows abit of action