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I did too, my first gun was a singe shot one shot .22lr, you pulled the pin back and everything, teaches a guy to make the first shot count, since then, my hills deer last year going old school with my fathers 30/30 that was handed down to me at 214 yds, open sights, I have since started picking up on bow hunting, but im really wanting to get into long range coyote hunting, which is where this gun comes in....I guess I learned how to shoot with iron sights and a fixed 10x scope, plain barrels and plain stocks. Everything else just makes it too easy.
Ill haveto take a look at these here fore too long, the brownings included, but i couldnt find anyone who made a thumbhole stock in a .270 caliber.....Take a real hard look at the new Marlin bolt Gun !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm sure someone will be building aftermarket stocks for it, if they're not already. GREAT gun for the money !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HD1
Idk, they can be called in for sure, but after a first shot even, they will run for a bit if they are not sure where you are at and usually stop and turn to give you a second shot on them, after that, its "if you can see them they are in range"Nice .22! I have a few Remington single shot bolts that I have refinished and plan to give to my nephews when they get to that age.
Coyotes rarely give a shot at long range, they are always bouncing. I shoot a lot of them every year and I call the vast majority into 25-50 yards, my longest shots even in the open prairie are 100 yards.
I'm with you on your second idea, i just didnt really know where i could find a used savage action for sale, and i just returned to my dads house for christmas, and realize i didnt have as much leftover 270 ammo as i thought i did, so the option of a WSM i am highly considering but is there much difference trajectory wise with the WSM?If you can deal with, in my opinion, a crappy stock take a look at the Remington 700 series of rifles, particularly the SPS (what ever is the cheapest) they usual go for 500-600 where I'm at. Then take and spend every penny you have left on the best optic, rings, base as you can. The M700s are generaly pretty well off out of the box with a quick bed job about all that's require to make them preform decently. If your the handy man type of guy you can use a dremel tool and steel/aluminum rods combined with epoxy to stiffen the forend of the stock so it won't flex under pressure.
Another route to go is do some research on an optimal length/twist rate for the bullet you want to use. Once that's done by the cheapest M700 or Savage action you can. Go to Pacnor, Krieger, Bartlien, Rock or Shilen (there are others I'm sure) and get the correct barrel for your needs. Then pick your poison for a stock and buy as much optic as you can. The action should be 100-150, barrels will go from 300-600. If you get your action trued that's another 150 or so. That's 900 without a stock if everything is the high end in exspense. You can find used stocks all over the web so you can keep costs down as well in that department. If you get a nice stock to go along with your barrel and action you'll have a rifle that costs what a factory rifle costs but with much greater potential for accuracy.
The 8-24 scope is a bit much, a 4-16 with a 50mm or so abjective is a good balance of magnification and size. If the objective size doesn't bother you then go 56mm for the extra light gathering.
If you want to stay in the .270 cal range then take a look at the .270 WSM and .270 Weatherby, both fly a bit flatter.
