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<blockquote data-quote="QuietTexan" data-source="post: 2744515" data-attributes="member: 116181"><p>Agree, there's no reason a 6.8 CM or 277-08 couldn't be made to work, they just don't offer anything different enough to exist commercially yet because the bullets that make it worth it are just coming about. We got a 25 cal LRHT from Berger, but nothing in the .277/6.8 yet. There's no factory 270 Win I've ever seen that will stabilize a bullet needing an 8 twist.</p><p></p><p>There's pretty much no argument against the .277 bore being a step-child at this point, it's neck and neck with the 25 cal in terms of being in a great ballistic spot that gets overlooked. 6.8 SPC and 277 Wolverine are about the only SA .277 calibers I know of. The 270 WSM suffers from the same COAL disease that all the short mags do when loaded with newer longer bullets and isn't a true SA chambering in my book. 6.8 Western is a meh to me so far, 2.955" book COL isn't going into anything shorter than an XM.</p><p></p><p>There are a lot of places between 6mm and 7mm for matches between bullet weight, bullet BC, and case capacity to build short action 1000 yard cartridges. 25 cal has the bullets finally, 277 will get its LRHT bullet eventually (if only because the 6.8 Western needs it), and we'll see hopefully see more chamberings get developed.</p><p></p><p>People hate the 6.5 CM but I wouldn't mind the 25 Creed going mainstream. What else is there, 257 Bob or 25-06? Both of those will always be limited by being standardized before the long-bullet era began and limited to handloaders to use long bullets. Great for those of us that load and mess around with reamers, but terrible for actually selling.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="QuietTexan, post: 2744515, member: 116181"] Agree, there's no reason a 6.8 CM or 277-08 couldn't be made to work, they just don't offer anything different enough to exist commercially yet because the bullets that make it worth it are just coming about. We got a 25 cal LRHT from Berger, but nothing in the .277/6.8 yet. There's no factory 270 Win I've ever seen that will stabilize a bullet needing an 8 twist. There's pretty much no argument against the .277 bore being a step-child at this point, it's neck and neck with the 25 cal in terms of being in a great ballistic spot that gets overlooked. 6.8 SPC and 277 Wolverine are about the only SA .277 calibers I know of. The 270 WSM suffers from the same COAL disease that all the short mags do when loaded with newer longer bullets and isn't a true SA chambering in my book. 6.8 Western is a meh to me so far, 2.955" book COL isn't going into anything shorter than an XM. There are a lot of places between 6mm and 7mm for matches between bullet weight, bullet BC, and case capacity to build short action 1000 yard cartridges. 25 cal has the bullets finally, 277 will get its LRHT bullet eventually (if only because the 6.8 Western needs it), and we'll see hopefully see more chamberings get developed. People hate the 6.5 CM but I wouldn't mind the 25 Creed going mainstream. What else is there, 257 Bob or 25-06? Both of those will always be limited by being standardized before the long-bullet era began and limited to handloaders to use long bullets. Great for those of us that load and mess around with reamers, but terrible for actually selling. [/QUOTE]
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