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- Mar 1, 2007
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A few of you may remember I got a LH Sako 85 in 30-06 a while back. The short story is it shot ok but not great and I have been sitting on this Benchmark 1 in 9 twist 277 blank for a couple of years so................ :roll:
Off it went to a semi retired gunsmith and it came back a 270 Win
I messed up a bit on my order so the barrel ended up being 23" long but it fit perfectly into the wood stock. I wanted 24" but it really wasn't a big deal being 1" shorter. As it turns out speed isn't an issue.
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Had to try out my favorite 277 bullet which is the 160 gr Partition and wasn't disappointed. Working up from 58-60 gr with IMR 7977 the groups measured .700", 1.03"and .730" so it looks like it will be a shooter 8) probably only some slight tweaks and it will stacking them. Taking it black bear hunting this weekend :lol:
![](http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk31/gerrygoat/P1020615_zps8agzhf7v.jpg)
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Going to shoot again this week and hopefully all goes well so I can hunt it on Friday. After this load is done I'm looking at the 140 gr Sierra HPBT with IMR 4451 or H 4350 and the 150 gr Ballistic Tip with one of those powders plus Magnum, IMR 7977 or H 4831sc. Have to say I do actually miss the 30-06 too so can totally see another one in the near future.
Off it went to a semi retired gunsmith and it came back a 270 Win
![](http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk31/gerrygoat/P1020609_zps9cmzgsbz.jpg)
![](http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk31/gerrygoat/P1020610_zps56taangn.jpg)
![](http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk31/gerrygoat/P1020611_zpsygaamsbu.jpg)
![](http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk31/gerrygoat/P1020612_zpsopsnexsp.jpg)
Had to try out my favorite 277 bullet which is the 160 gr Partition and wasn't disappointed. Working up from 58-60 gr with IMR 7977 the groups measured .700", 1.03"and .730" so it looks like it will be a shooter 8) probably only some slight tweaks and it will stacking them. Taking it black bear hunting this weekend :lol:
![](http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk31/gerrygoat/P1020615_zps8agzhf7v.jpg)
![](http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk31/gerrygoat/P1020614_zpsepsmli05.jpg)
![](http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk31/gerrygoat/P1020613_zpsh1cbqwpc.jpg)
Going to shoot again this week and hopefully all goes well so I can hunt it on Friday. After this load is done I'm looking at the 140 gr Sierra HPBT with IMR 4451 or H 4350 and the 150 gr Ballistic Tip with one of those powders plus Magnum, IMR 7977 or H 4831sc. Have to say I do actually miss the 30-06 too so can totally see another one in the near future.