Originally Posted by
Turbolung
Interesting thought on building on the 270..but its an old Stevens model and was kind of an inheritance..fam rifle kinda deal. I like the 243 cause its always a readily available cartridge. Part of the desire to relaod to reduce ammo cost so o can shoot as much as I wanna without feeling like I set a dollar on fire every time I pull the trigger lol but also for the ability to be in control of my ammo supply. With whats going on these days, that's important to me. Feel free to read into that, its important to me. I also desire to do it for the reason brother Foxx mentioned. I had never thought of the satisfaction of taking a deer with a bullet I built, but really like that. I am totally on board with quality rings and mounts and use a one piece mount dang near every time, and if not, its top shelf mounts and rings. Leopold is by far my favorite scope and agree with every word you said about them. Oh, your right about the HB Russ..learned that today at the gun shop. Looks like I'm going to have to settle a little or I will end up holding out until the whole thing bits a back burner to other things lol im OK with that cause I know any Savage rifle is gonna get me very close to my goal and I can always change the barrel and stock later. You Fellers are top notch and I greatly appreciate you sharing your wisdom with me..too bad none of ta live in KY. Couldn't get any better than to be able to shoot with the likes of y'all lol