As for the Baeel lenght, you will lose some MV, there are ways to get by that. It is called reloading, find a powder that is a little faster burning, this will allow all the poder to burn before the end of your barrel is reached.

Factory ammo is designed to burn thru a 24 in barrel (large  hunting cal). Remington producted thier :Mohawk with 18 in barrels (modle 600?) very nice rifle.

Do so research on the relaoding and you will find the pet load,

as for the distance the 270 is very capable of 300yds, the shooter must do there part

Good luck

M. Bird

I'm suprized you don't get a lot of muzzle flash with it. Doesn't matter how much velocity you lose, you only shoot to 200yds or less. You can figure loseing 35 to 50fps per inch if barrel. As long as it works for you, I wouldn't want to know what its doing. You get a bug for something for longer range, be a good idea to get something else.

Thanks for the help m.bird and don thanks I love this great little gun because it is a great brush gun. I was only going to use it in an area I know pretty good and the shots aren't to far! But in other situations were I will be hunting longer ranges I will bring out the 06. I just wanted to no how for I would be able to ethically take an animal with it if I were in a situation were the shot could be a little farther than 200 yds. Bust as far as muzzle blast my rifle is actually very tame because of the heavy barrel, and I found that 130 grain bullets are the sweet spot for this rifle