6.5 creedmoor to 270 wsm

[MOOSE39465]

I hear ya. It seems. Nowadays i'm fire-forming for everything i own. I have been very interested in the 270 wsm as well and almost bought one for my son. Figured we could save you some dough and use the same bolt, and find brass real easy.




Do we not fireform for all of our cartridges? The ackley may shoot factory ammo just fine. Then you can supercharge them when you get the chance. But hey man, whatever works for you. Love the 270 wsm as well

Hopefully when I get more time to invest in fireforming I can venture off into those cartridges. My brother has very good results using his 270 wsm.

 

[Jluck]

Don't discredit the 260/708 AI ideas either..: that's actually what I'd do in your shoes.

 

[B23]

Or, depending on how long in the tooth or the condition of your current 6.5CM barrel, after you have the bolt face opened up and a M16 type extractor installed, you could have your existing barrel rechambered to 6.5 PRC too.

 

[MOOSE39465]

Depending on how long in the tooth or the condition of your barrel, after you have the bolt face opened up and a M16 type extractor installed, you could have your existing barrel rechambered to 6.5 PRC.

I don't have personal experience with the 6.5 PRC? I pretty much settled on the 270 wsm because I seen how it performs on game.

 

[Jluck]

Any of the aforementioned calibers within this thread CAN perform excellent on game...

 

[MOOSE39465]

Any of the aforementioned calibers within this thread CAN perform excellent on game...

I completely agree.

 

[Mram10us]

I would always rather buy the different bolt face rather then modify the standard to a Magnum. Just me.

 

[Raudy707]

Throw a 1:8 twist barrel on there and that 270 wsm will turn into a beast. Slinging 156 Hammers, 165 Matrix and 170 Bergers makes that cartridge really impressive and lethal at long ranges as well. Good luck on your build!

 

[MOOSE39465]

Throw a 1:8 twist barrel on there and that 270 wsm will turn into a beast. Slinging 156 Hammers, 165 Matrix and 170 Bergers makes that cartridge really impressive and lethal at long ranges as well. Good luck on your build!

Thanks for the encouragement.

 

[del2les]

Since I love the performance my 260AI's, I am biased, but I would go with that and forego the bolt issues. If not the 260AI, I would do a 7mm/08AI next. YMMV

 

[IdahoCTD]

Personally I'd do a 7saum or 7WSM just for available bullets. There are more .270 bullets then ever right now but the number of 7mm bullets dwarfs a .270.

You will have to modify the feed rails to get it to feed right too.

 

[COBrad]

I had a standard bolt face opened to accommodate a magnum round. It was a small task for the gunsmith as was modifying the feed rails. As to the 270 WSM I had one for a few years and sold it to finance a NULA in .284. Love the rifle but should have chambered in 270 WSM again. Great cartridge IMO.

 

[Pmacc60]

I really like the 270 wsm although I have read that I'm wrong for doing so on several different sites. It's a easy round to handload and very accurate. The big knock is the lack of bullet selection available but there are still plenty to choose from. Performance in the field is impressive , overall it's a sweet deal. If your going to change out it's not a bad way to go. I have A new Remington XCR that i picked up in 270 WSM that I'm going to work on , it will be my third one.

 

[Mram10us]

I've built 2 7-08ai rifles in the past year and would go another direction. Fun to shoot and the wife loves it, but the extra fireforming to me isn't worth it. I'd sell/trade your action for the correct one. Gunsmithing ain't cheap