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[Turpentine]

Welcome to the forum! Glad to have you and your experience here! Been a good place to chat throughout the years and being as your a 270 guy, it’s a good thing. Lotsa riff raff 30-06 guys who need keeping a solid eye on

I Bet! Definitely have to watch out for those guys. Though I kinda like the old 30-06 myself. I have a couple of the newer calibers and they work fine. But I tend to be drawn to the older common calibers. They work and I don't have difficulty finding brass.

 

[Guy Miner]

I Bet! Definitely have to watch out for those guys. Though I kinda like the old 30-06 myself. I have a couple of the newer calibers and they work fine. But I tend to be drawn to the older common calibers. They work and I don't have difficulty finding brass.

Don't listen to that SJB fellow... He's just not big and strong enough to deal with the 30-06...

Yes - that's a complete joke! Scotty is one big, strong fellow and I'm the 30-06 fan. He knows I'm old and wimpy now and prefer my 25-06, skipping past that danged 270 Winchester...

Okay... The 270 is pretty awesome. Dang. I said it. Online. It's there forever. Sheesh...

Guy

 

[Joec7651]

Okay... The 270 is pretty awesome. Dang. I said it. Online. It's there forever. Sheesh...

Guy

Finally!! It’s about time!

 

[Turpentine]

Don't listen to that SJB fellow... He's just not big and strong enough to deal with the 30-06...

Yes - that's a complete joke! Scotty is one big, strong fellow and I'm the 30-06 fan. He knows I'm old and wimpy now and prefer my 25-06, skipping past that danged 270 Winchester...

Okay... The 270 is pretty awesome. Dang. I said it. Online. It's there forever. Sheesh...

Guy

I really enjoy shooting my sons 1903-A3 30-06. I download it just a bit and we shoot targets with it with open sights. That gun certainly has a strong action. My main 150 grain load in 308 runs 2905fps. Right in there with factory 30-06 offerings. It has a 26" varmint contour barrel and is heavy so it has very little recoil.

I've hunted with the 270 win. for going on 37 years now and have never been disappointed. Any failure was on me. I moved to the 6.5-06 to try something different and to take advantage of its high BC bullets and long range performance. I built it heavy. Mack Brothers action, heavy varmint Criterion barrel throated for long bullets, triggertech two stage trigger, and Oryx chassis. Around 13 pounds loaded. I broke my back 20 years ago and after 9 operations I can walk again but I don't handle heavy recoil well. I don't have to carry it far. I shoot from prepared positions off of a portable shooting table over my long fields. I have been extremely happy with it.

 

[TackDriver284]

Good to hear you a 308 / 6.5 Creed fan as well, I love my .308 GAP and 6.5 Creed. Don't miss out on the 6.5 x 284 as well, they are sweet. Easy to find killers loads for them too! I just need a 30-06 or the wildcats 06 in my arsenal and don't get me started yet.

 

[highoctane]

Welcome to camp my friend. I'm from SC as well, however we are miles apart
Im from the Upstate. About 10 miles from Clemson University.

I love the Lowcountry of SC and cherish every chance I get to hunt down there.

Again, welcome!

 

[salmonchaser]

Back injuries are no joke. Glad you’re able to get out.

 

[DrMike]

I can certainly emphasise about back injuries. My back was broken in three places when I and a truck took turns jumping on one another, The truck got the last jump. I managed for a good number of years, but in the last two years the old injury has begun catching up to me. At the range this weekend proving a couple of rifles and loads reminded me that there are still consequences. My 338 Federal wasn't bad to shoot. The 358 Norma Magnum (shooting 280 grain A-Frames) was bracing. Either rifle/load will work just fine for any game I want to take, however.

 

[diverdown]

I can certainly emphasise about back injuries. My back was broken in three places when I and a truck took turns jumping on one another, The truck got the last jump. I managed for a good number of years, but in the last two years the old injury has begun catching up to me. At the range this weekend proving a couple of rifles and loads reminded me that there are still consequences. My 338 Federal wasn't bad to shoot. The 358 Norma Magnum (shooting 280 grain A-Frames) was bracing. Either rifle/load will work just fine for any game I want to take, however.

At 80 years of age My old injuries have come back to say hello when I do certain things I shouldn't. A motorcycle accident when I was 20 shortened my back of my left leg about 3/4 of an inch which was fine for many years. Now the arthritis creeps in when least expected.

 

[DrMike]

At 80 years of age My old injuries have come back to say hello when I do certain things I shouldn't. A motorcycle accident when I was 20 shortened my back of my left leg about 3/4 of an inch which was fine for many years. Now the arthritis creeps in when least expected.

I empathise, brother. The foolishness of our youth does have a way of catching up to us. The many years of wading glacial streams wearing blue denim waders has contributed to the present condition I am enjoying.

 

[Blkram]

Don't listen to that SJB fellow... He's just not big and strong enough to deal with the 30-06...

Yes - that's a complete joke! Scotty is one big, strong fellow and I'm the 30-06 fan. He knows I'm old and wimpy now and prefer my 25-06, skipping past that danged 270 Winchester...

Okay... The 270 is pretty awesome. Dang. I said it. Online. It's there forever. Sheesh...

Guy

Well you're in good company!
Wasn't it Elmer Keith who said it would make "a damn fine coyote rifle"?

While I prefer the 280 Rem, I do own a 270 Win at the moment, and bought one for my daughter (as she chose the rifle (a Rem 700 Titanium) out of the half dozen rifles chambered in various cartridges that she tried when I was buying her, her first big game hunting rifle). I have taken some game on memorable hunts with it, and been there when my daughter took her first moose, caribou and stones sheep with her 270. So it has proven to be more than adequate for game larger than coyotes!

 

[300WSM]

Hey Guys. I'm new here. I hope I'm posting this in the right spot as one of my main interests is reloading. Been lurking for a while and participate on a couple of other sites. Been in the South Carolina Lowcountry my whole life. Been hunting for 50 years and reloading 35 of those. Hunted with recurve and low bows and actually built a couple of my own. I'm also an NSCA Level 2 Sporting Clays instructor and work on all types of guns as well. I build my own ARs. I use quite a bit of Thermal because I shoot depredation permits on deer and hogs. I also do long range depredation in our big fields during daylight hours so I do quite a bit of shooting out to 1000 yards and with our range improvement this year will get to stretch out to about 1300 yards. For the longest ranges I shoot a custom 6.5-06 that I built Remage style in a chassis 2 years ago. For mid range out to 800 I shoot a custom 308 Varmint that I built, a 308 AR, and a 6.5 Creedmore AR. I'm also a long time 270 fan. For shorter ranges and also happens to be my favorite depredation gun I shoot 6.5 Grendel ARs that I built. Once I built the Grendel's the 223s have been collecting dust but I have a few of them. I also like pistols, mainly 45acp and 45 long colt for now and loaded 44 mag for a long time. My son and I both like vintage military rifles as well. Our favorites being a1903-A3 Springfield, a Korean K2, a 1911 (pistol of course)and an AK 47.

Hopefully I can add a little bit to some of the discussions and learn a little more every day. That's always been a goal of mine. Thank you guys for allowing me to participate.

Quite possibly one of the best introductions on here ever...

Welcome aboard...

I look forward to future engagements and paths crossing.

P.s.
This is a unique forum and although
"Nosler" driven it really is a place we discuss any bullet/load/weapon combo with good interaction.
Most here will shoot you straight no matter the topic because at the end of the day we're all shooters here and we use different components from many mfg's.

Again, welcome abroad.

 

[300WSM]

I empathise, brother. The foolishness of our youth does have a way of catching up to us. The many years of wading glacial streams wearing blue denim waders has contributed to the present condition I am enjoying.

Doc,
Please elaborate !!!!

Thx

 

[Wolfshead]

Welcome!
I’m certain you’ll provide as well as get answers here.
Turpentine is an interesting handle.
Is it anything special or just something you like? just curious….

 

[Turpentine]

Welcome to camp my friend. I'm from SC as well, however we are miles apart
Im from the Upstate. About 10 miles from Clemson University.

I love the Lowcountry of SC and cherish every chance I get to hunt down there.

Again, welcome!

I was in Clemson last week with the wife watching girls softball. I graduated from there 30 years ago. It's pretty up there but I'm a flat lander and love the swamp. I live just south of Kingstree on Black River. I used to fish Cape Romain a lot plus down in Beaufort a good bit. Don't get down there as much now. So I fish at the house and in lake Moultrie for schooling stripers mostly.

 

[Turpentine]

Yes

I can certainly emphasise about back injuries. My back was broken in three places when I and a truck took turns jumping on one another, The truck got the last jump. I managed for a good number of years, but in the last two years the old injury has begun catching up to me. At the range this weekend proving a couple of rifles and loads reminded me that there are still consequences. My 338 Federal wasn't bad to shoot. The 358 Norma Magnum (shooting 280 grain A-Frames) was bracing. Either rifle/load will work just fine for any game I want to take, however.

Yes sir I'm fortunate to be alive after my fall and even more fortunate that I was later able to walk again. I fell 23 feet while hanging a loc on tree stand. I had unbuckled my harness to get past a limb I wanted to use for camo. Then for some reason I couldn't get the buckle reconnected so I tried to step on the platform and slipped. I fell on the exposed roots at the bottom of the tree. L1 and 2 were burst fractures and blown apart. T12 and 11 were compression fractures. I had already been fused from tailbone to L3 which helped transfer shock to the vertebrae above. I could not feel my legs but they would move a little. No one knew where I was. I'm first responder trained and was showing signs of internal bleeding. I knew I had to move before the adrenaline wore off and the real pain set in. I crawled on my elbows 50 yards to my Atv and cell phone. Called my dad, told him my back was broken and where to meet me. Then I pulled myself onto my 4 wheeler, laid my chest across the gas tank and seat and drove 2 miles out to the road. Then collapsed in the highway. I had 6 surgeries that failed. Some with hardware that snapped. I finally met a surgeon at Emory university that said she could fix me. I was bent forward at L2 which had fused crooked at about 35 degrees. I looked like the hunchback of Notre Dame. She 3 surgeries in one week. 22 total hours on the operating table. They removed all the existing hardware and re broke my back in 4 places. Then made an 11 inch horizontal incision above my hip, punched a hole through my diaphragm, and put 3 wedges in the front of the vertebra and jacked my spine back straight. Then went back into the back and put rods, pins, screws, and disks from tailbone to shoulder blades. Later on I walked out of that hospital as straight as an arrow. Very weak, but straight, and I could walk! The moral of the story. Wear a harness and use a lifeline if possible!
An old football injury later flared up and caused a fusion of c6-7. That's the one that makes me recoil sensitive. Later on a MRSA infection liquified part of my left elbow bone and ate through part of my tricep tendon. A good surgeon was able to grind down to good bone. Re attach the tendon as best he could and kill the infection over the course of 8 weeks. MRSA is no joke. It put me out of my favorite hobby which was shooting recurves and longbows. Last month I got a new knee.
I am truly a walking, talking miracle! I always take time to share my story as it just may help keep someone from falling like I did and just to let them know I'm here if they have an injury like mine and need someone to talk to. I counsel other folks all the time. I know I needed that when I got hurt. Sorry for such a long post.

 

[DrMike]

Thanks for the reminder. You've been through the wringer. Sounds as if you managed to come out mostly whole on the other side. Good to have you aboard.

 

[highoctane]

I was in Clemson last week with the wife watching girls softball. I graduated from there 30 years ago. It's pretty up there but I'm a flat lander and love the swamp. I live just south of Kingstree on Black River. I used to fish Cape Romain a lot plus down in Beaufort a good bit. Don't get down there as much now. So I fish at the house and in lake Moultrie for schooling stripers mostly.

Even though I live near Clemson, I've never been a fan. Always been a Carolina fan.

On another note, I saw some hybrid bass schooling activity this morning as I crossed the bridge on the Keowee River, right there at the nuclear plant. Ive caught some good fish in that spot over the years.

 

[Turpentine]

Even though I live near Clemson, I've never been a fan. Always been a Carolina fan.

On another note, I saw some hybrid bass schooling activity this morning as I crossed the bridge on the Keowee River, right there at the nuclear plant. Ive caught some good fish in that spot over the years.

I have nothing at all against Carolina. I used to party with some of the guys that played there. I just don't pull for them when they play Clemson.

 

[Turpentine]

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Welcome!i
I’m certain you’ll provide as well as get answers here.
Turpentine is an interesting handle.
Is it anything special or just something you like? just curious….

I live right on the Black River in the low country of South Carolina. The area right around my house was well known for its stands of big long leaf pines. The majority of those pines at one point in time had catch cans on them to collect the resin just below where an area of bark would be scraped off. That resin was used to make turpentine. The area was later named Turpentine. My house actually sits at the old Turpentine boat landing. Long description but that's where the name comes from.