is your 270 not getn things done in the deer dept with enough frazel for you.
i realy think the 270 is the biggest thing you need, exsperience tells me that.
im completly convinced that your side stepping the varmit rifle world on purpose.
being a gun nut like you are there is no sence in the world to be with out atleast one varmit caliber in decent rifle with decent glass. maybe the 17hmr would even fit in the this group.
im completly wrong if you like two things, while varmiting, heavy recoil from the 270 hundred of times a weekend while blasting prair dogs . and not being able to see your impacts on critters.
i varmit hunted with my 270 for years. i used it alot before i was old enough to purchase firearm. that thing pounded the livn daylights out of me on conscistent basis. ive been scope numeras times from shooting in aquard postions. my shoulders been batterd and bruised. i weigh 150 now. so you can imagine me as 12 year old getn mule kicked.
my first rifle i bought and payed for myself was 22/250 22" barreld ruger. the rifle was completly inconsistent and im sure so wwere my abilties.
but this didnt hide the fact that the 22/250 opend my eyes to varmiting. though i dang near couldnt hit the broad side of a barn i still managed to kill some coyotes and varmits with it.
second purchase was the 10/22 i now have. this rifle also popped my eyes open and taught me how to shoot. then the 22/250 also started getn batter aswell.
i was lead into this hunting world kinda backwords. first rifle i ever fired was a dads 3006. he used to let me hold the rifle up and dry fire it. in the direction of the target. he must have had a bad day or something this one time and needed a laugh. this time unknown to me when he handed me the rifle with the safety engaged it was loaded one in the pipe.
i get all hungerd down on the target click the safety off and yanked the trigger. i was porbly maybe 9 at the the time. that dang thing ratled my world and ive never forgotten the drama. thought my shoulder was broken. so the flinge grew instantly right there.
what am i getn at here.
heck i dunno. but i do know that there are calibers out there a heck of alot more fun to play with than the 270. the 2506 is even leaps and bounds a better fungun when compared. my 220
now were talking the 220 is difrent league all together. a freind of mine already bought one after shooting mine. the rifle just plain doesnt miss and if it does its my fault not the rifles.
i counted 12 jack rabbits kills between 200-300yds the other night with no misses. just hold dead on and watch the red mist fly. theres alos something cool about thumpn a rabbit at 400yds and watchn it crumble then hearing the loud whop as the ipact is transfred back to you in sound waves.
but not everyone is i9n love with varmit hunting and just plain rifles like i am. im true gun nut and will try my damdest to pry that 270 out of your hands and so you can give it break and have some fun varmiting. no 4570 is ever gona be as much fun varmiting as good 224 varmit rig will be.
it takes time to break into this world, even i was reluctant at first. pickn rifle was hard i didnt know what i wanted or even what kinda varmiting i wanted to do.
now i do it all and have a caliber for each use .
im complety jabering
if the lever gun in 4570 blows your skirt up then get one. chances are youl be wanting something new soon and ill try and get you in varmit rig then.
happy shooting
Evan