Hey board,

haven't been on in a while. (Wife and I just bought our first house) Between the moving, painting, unboxing..still have some to do! Well, I have ordered my first hunting rifle. I went with a Savage Model 111 in .270 win.(It's a package gun w/ Simmons scope 3-9x40) It's a composite stock gun. I loved the accutrigger on it. I hope it shoots as good as it feels. Debated between the 270 & 30-06. Having never shot either, I went with the standard 270. Gun should come in today at the gun store. Hope I made the right choice. Next season, I will probably upgrade the scope to something better. (They hade a youth model of the exact gun on hand) The gun smith talked to me about the gun and showed me some things about the scope..it seems fine for starting out. Both of the gun smiths said the 270 was a flat shooting cartridge. I wanted to thank the board for all the advice on calibers. I'll post a pic of it later guys.