[Bubba]

Wow, that's impressive!

[Bubba]

I have purchased a good quantity of Win 180gr. Ballistic Silvertip and some 180gr. Federal and Winchester Power Point to start off with. I had thought of getting some Barnes, but it's not as available locally and I'd have to purchase online. Plus I figured the heavier 180gr. would be a tad better for Elk.

All good choices…make sure you don't hit any meat & bone with the Silvertips… You'll be picking bone fragments out of your teeth when your eating your nice steaks!  But, I love reloading with the nickel plated brass!

The Fed's are awesome especially if its the Trophy Bonded Tipped or the Triple shock barnes bullet.

Let me know how each performs for you when you get to shooting.

Yea, my Dad uses the .270WSM silvertips to hunt deer and has noticed how devastating they can be. Looking forward to shooting this thing! It's my first dedicated high powered hunting rifle, since we can't use rifle here in Ohio. When I hunt in Florida where I'm originally from, I use my AR15 or M1A.

[Bubba]

It is difficult to quantify the reduction in recoil I get with the Witt Machine muzzle brake, but when shooting Hornady light mag 180 gr 30-06 off the bench, the rifle jumps off the bags far less than without brake.
also I don't have to strangle (grip hard) the rifle to keep from getting “scoped” with the old short eye relief scope I was using.  It does make that rig loud though…

By the way I put a SWFA SS10x42 scope on it this winter and for the price ($299.00) it is a great optic.  I use the gen 2 mountain tactical pic rails on all my tikkas so I can swap scopes with no fuss and no re-leveling (at least with the one-piece DNZ Freedom Reaper).

I'll just have to see how it feels when I shoot it. I'm pretty prepared for the recoil, I'm expecting it to be pretty significant so if it's a bit too much I'll keep the brake option on the table.

[Bubba]

I have purchased a good quantity of Win 180gr. Ballistic Silvertip and some 180gr. Federal and Winchester Power Point to start off with. I had thought of getting some Barnes, but it's not as available locally and I'd have to purchase online. Plus I figured the heavier 180gr. would be a tad better for Elk.

[Bubba]

Thanks for the info! I haven't shot it yet, but had thought of getting a brake. I shoot a Remington 1187 12 gauge slug gun for deer here in Ohio and figured so long as the felt recoil is equal or less than that, then I'll survive…;). I plan to handload for it later on after getting it dialed in with some factory ammo and build up some brass for reloading.

[Bubba]

Here are some pictures. Not the best (cell phone picture) but you get the idea.

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The new stock had a recoil lug bedded into it, no need to re-use the old one. I'll take some pics when I get a chance.