[PoorMuttly]

Alaskan friends tell me they often arm their wives and children with 6.5x55s...because the recoil is light...and it hauls in a LOT of meat...BIG stuff...every year.

The .270 has proved itself in the hunting fields of America for very many years, and I would really like to see it take its place in our fighting military.

I have been studying the ballistics of .30'06-cased rounds...and am literally amazed at .270 cal. ballistics. I hardly see a reason to own a .25'06 now, which I had been considering. (probably will own both though...Muttly being...well...Muttly!)

[Travis McGee]

Somebody at the SHOT showed me a brand new 6.8 Rem and a brand new 6.5 Grendal. The Grendal is a LONG slug in a slightly shorter case. It starts out 100fps slower in a heavier bullet, but with a far superior BC it passes the 6.8 at 100 yards, and just keeps on going. Much better ballistics downrange. Fitting into rifles and mags is another subject, of course.

[Squantos]

I have an old desert one delta hammer monkey that took a 96 Swedish Mauser and cut it back to 16.5 inches. Loss of velocity is evident but it makes a really kewl truck gun ! A cheap piece of glass from Tasco makes it a viable beater gun for when I go wheeling . Very accurate and with the 140 gr Alaskan loads has dropped it's share of Mulies.

Stay Safe !!