THAT WAS the title Jack O’Connor gave to his May 1946 Outdoor Life Arms & Ammunition column. The gun was a 1943 K98 Mauser battlefield trophy that he had P.O. Ackley barrel and chamber for the .270 Ackley Magnum. Stocked in Tessier French walnut by Keith Stegall, it hunted in the Yukon where it harvested two caribou bulls at nearly 300 and 325 yards with 140gr Barnes spitzers at about 3 200 to 3 250fps, it eventually landed in Albuquerque gun dealer Ron Peterson’s personal collection.
Ron invited me to see if I could make it shoot again, since .270 Ackley Mag ammo is not readily available. Very fortunately semi-retired and