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I've built 3) 270 Win that shoot the Berger 170gr EOL right at 2950fps. All three shoot 1/4 moa or less with new cheap Winchester brass, 215m primer, 60.5-61 grains of H1000. Blueprinted Rem 700's with Proof Research 1-8 twist Sendero Light barrels. Tack drivers, no recoil. 2 of these guns have shot 3 shot groups at 1000yds under 2". Kill anything you want with this build...
Why not re chamber a 270win to 270weatherby. plenty of accuracy and horse power for steel and elk with factory ammo.The .270 Win. has been getting it done for a long time and will never die, just like the 30-06 and several more. It's an amazing round.
I for one am into A.I.'s and other variants like the Sherman line, the added edges they offer are worth it to me.
I have a shoulder injury which doesn't care for heavy recoil, I had a 7 mm-08 A.I. built because I had a short action to build of off or I would have chose the .270 Win. My wife currently shoots a 25-06 for deer and antelope and a 7RM for elk. Don't you dare tell her a .270 Win. would fill the bill for both.
But I gotta admit it, if had gotten a .270 or ever do, it will get reamed or rebarreled into a .270 Sherman.
Well, it's all about C.O.A.L., using a standard bolt face an shooting more modern High B.C. Bullets which tend to be longer and I predominately reload unless fireforming a factory load for a wildcat. That phase of reloading is only a year old to me but is very addictive. And it's only gonna get worse.
The excessive freebore and price of the components would be another reason. Great cartridge for mpr no doubt. However to build a tight twist rig you would want to have a reamer cut for a specific bullet. Now you will run into issues with factory ammo blowing primers in summer if that throat is too tight. At minimum $30 on ammo seek for federal and the cheapest weatherby ammo and most of the stuff you'd want to use being over 50 a box it would be tough to just throw that brass away to find out. I had a 300wby with a shillen cut for the 190smk for camp perry that would not shoot box ammo safely. I never made to Ohio with that rifle but I did shoot a bunch of local events with excellent results at distance. This was 89-91 time frame. The smith who built that rifle is still with us at 92 or 93years old and he still shows up at his shop every workday. His son in his late 60's runs things now
Just curious what your load/speeds are with RL26 and 150gr BTs. I got great groups in my JC Higgins M50 with 59gr and COAL 3.36'', but they weren't moving quite as quickly as I would've expected.
Getting 3060 average , accuracy .6 at 100 seated at 3..340
I agree. The .270 Winchester is the first gun I bought when I was 16. I've hunted deer and elk for the past 40 yrs and dropped every big game animal in its track. The .270 has been under rated. My 270 is 40 yrs old but you'd never know it as it still looks new except a scratch on the stock. You take care of it and clean after that yrs hunting season it will remain accurate and in good condition.
Update- bad luck/Karma be damned,, I took a cow elk at 390yds last season in Idaho with that little jewel. She did a little spin move, took about 3 steps backwards and collapsed. I'll just keep using it I guess. I have owned many 270's over my whole entire put together and have never been disappointed in any of them, but this one will be with me until my passing.
