Jaunty Dan,

This is a great gun...one of the best lightweight you can get, although as you may know it will costmore than the average rifle = $1200. I too am looking at purchasing a lightweight mountain rifle and in addition to the wby I am considering these two: Sako Finnlight and Kimber 84 or 8400 Montana. All three are $1000+. I have found the weight, balance, synthetic material, action is superior on these three vs all other"lightweight" rifles.

The 270wby maground would be ideal for the west up to CXP3 game but a little overkill in the Forested areas of the east. The exorbitant priceof Weatherbyammo would be the only reason preventing me from purchasing this round. For one who frequents thethe rangethis round would betoo expensive to shoot.If this is your first gun I would get a bread and butter 270, 30-06, or a .308.

Therefore, this rifle/caliber combination would begreatfor someone that hunts out west often, does not shoot a large number of rounds often, is purchasing as a novelty gun in addition to a bread and butter gun, or is willing to spend the extra cash on ammo.