First shots through my vintage Remington 700 .270

[GOHUNT]

I finally got to get out and try out my new-to-me Remington 700 .270 caliber with the vintage original Mossy Oak Bottomland camo pattern that I recently purchased from a member here. It came with a Leupold Vari-X 2c 3-9x50 scope in matte finish which is probably exactly what I would've put on it if I had been buying a scope for it. I did have to loosen the rings and align the scope to my satisfaction with the barrel and then I bore sighted it.
I can't say exactly what load I was shooting in this rifle as I had a box of mixed hand loads, but I did have five that I was confident were just alike based on the ballistic tip bullets so that's what these five shots represent. The first three were to the right and low for my satisfaction at 100 yards so I moved at four clicks to the left and four clicks up and fired two more shots.
I would be very happy to hunt with this rifle with the scope right there. I believe this rifle was made in 1994 and it's in great shape for its age…. I am very happy with it.

 

[wcw280]

Can't kill deer with 270's according to some on here, but in my opinion you got a fine rifle in one fine deer killing caliber!

 

[DaveB]

That caliber kills a TON of elk out west. My BIL has one....killed his first muley with it.... This was a cross-canyon 200 yard minimum for a first time deer hunter from a sitting position. I will say he had good glass...still has the same one.....Leupold Vari-X III 3.5 x10 I think. Oh Yeah. Rem 700 BDL

You'll kill just about everything in North America with that thing.