I sort of ticked off my nephew when he brought his new Remington 700 over to the house for me to take a look at and tell him what type of rifle scope to put on the gun. I told him that rifle is not the type of gun for shooting 400 to 600 yards at tin cans in the field. I told him to get a Savage model 12! Then I explained that the .270 caliber, though very good for shooting animals under 400 pounds, it is not a long range type caliber that one needs for shooting smaller groups. Also will be sporting a Bushnell rifle scope in the 6 X 24 power with mil-dot recticle and adj AO with turrets.

So now he is going to sell the new 700 Remington and proceed with a model 12 Savage with accustock in a 25-06. However this barrel will be removed and a custom made bull barrel in stainless will be chambered in the 260 Remington caliber. I have one in a 6.5-06 and it is a real dandy shooter using a 140 grain bullet out to 600 yards.