Welcome to the family of short mags. I got my .270 wsm in January 2004. I got the Winchester model 70 in synthetic stock with the stainless barrel. I originally put a Simmons Pro-50 6-18x50 powere scope on it but I was having trouble with the mounts and decided to get the Leupold rifleman in a 4-12x40. It shoots great for me. I took it out to the range and was getting it dialed in. I was using those shoot-n-see targets and after a shot I was wondering where did I hit. Well a few seconds later I said "wasn't there an X in the center" well now there was a hole. That was as sighted in as I needed to see. It performed well for me. I worked up some reloads and went with the Nosler CT Ballistic Tips in 130 grain. They worked well for me to shoot my biggest deer to date this November.