Final artillery check
When dawn breaks after a quiet, frosty night, and there is no wind to speak of, you have to grab the opportunity, and check the rifles' trajectory one final time. So this morning I loaded up my sheep/deer/goat-and-pretty-much-everything-else unless-it-gets-really-big-or-nasty rifle, and its back-up, and headed West to crown land.
My go-to rifle is my Sako A7, in 270 Winchester, topped with a Leupold VX-3 2.5-8x36 scope. This a lightweight package that I just love to carry everywhere, even when lightweight isn't really important. I worked up a load of 130 grs Barnes TTSX bullets over 56 grs of IMR 4350 that is as accurate as I can shoot.
The back-up gun is my old Tikka M65 in 300 Winchester Magnum, with a Schmidt and Bender 6x42 scope. This rifle has killed a few deer, a ram, a wolf, and wears the battle scars from the first years of hunting the mountains in Alberta. It is terribly heavy, and I don't mind leaving it at home in favour of the Sako; but in a pinch it'll do. I'm shooting factory loaded 180 grs Trophy Bonded Bear Claw bullets out of this one.

100 yds : + 3 1/4 inch
200 yds : + 3 inch
300 yds : - 1 inch
375 yds : - 3 3/4 inch
Not counting a weird flyer, the group at 375 measured about 3 1/4 inch, well under one MOA, which made me a very happy shooter!
Let the games begin!
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