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<blockquote data-quote="azsugarbear" data-source="post: 2598262" data-attributes="member: 4809"><p>Making shots at 600-700 yds. is a serious step up. Your current rig has the ability to reliably take deer at that range with 130-140 grain bullets. I am assuming your current accuracy is acceptable. The first requirement to hitting at 600-700 yards is not a heavy-for-caliber bullet (read faster twist barrel), but rather a quality scope that will dial up to that range and then return to its original zero with 100% repeatability. Additionally, you will need a reliable range finder with some kind of ballistics calculator to provide you with your dialing solution. Get these two things and your current 270 Win will kill deer at that range. Then you can start worrying about more speed (read magnum cartridges) and faster twist barrels.</p><p></p><p>If you are going with a new custom barrel in order to get a faster twist, it will run you about $700-$800 dollars. If you are going that route, then why stick with the 270 Win? For the same amount of money, you could buy a new Tikka in a magnum cartridge such as 270 WSM, 7mm Mag, 300 WSM or 300 WM. Any of those would give you a better LR advantage through faster speed. Plus, future barrel swaps are easy and prefit barrels are less expensive than going through a gunsmith. And they even come in faster twists.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="azsugarbear, post: 2598262, member: 4809"] Making shots at 600-700 yds. is a serious step up. Your current rig has the ability to reliably take deer at that range with 130-140 grain bullets. I am assuming your current accuracy is acceptable. The first requirement to hitting at 600-700 yards is not a heavy-for-caliber bullet (read faster twist barrel), but rather a quality scope that will dial up to that range and then return to its original zero with 100% repeatability. Additionally, you will need a reliable range finder with some kind of ballistics calculator to provide you with your dialing solution. Get these two things and your current 270 Win will kill deer at that range. Then you can start worrying about more speed (read magnum cartridges) and faster twist barrels. If you are going with a new custom barrel in order to get a faster twist, it will run you about $700-$800 dollars. If you are going that route, then why stick with the 270 Win? For the same amount of money, you could buy a new Tikka in a magnum cartridge such as 270 WSM, 7mm Mag, 300 WSM or 300 WM. Any of those would give you a better LR advantage through faster speed. Plus, future barrel swaps are easy and prefit barrels are less expensive than going through a gunsmith. And they even come in faster twists. [/QUOTE]
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