marksman wrote:"Point taken on 270 with limited bullet selection."
rubbish, the 270 is a true 7mm caliber and has plenty of very good bullets out there, for crying out loud you only need one :lol
the 270 is under rated by people who are blinded by bullchit dont underestimate the 270 cal
TassieTiger wrote:If you already have a 260 and a 308 - isn’t adding a 270 little.... trivial?
SCJ429 wrote:marksman wrote:"Point taken on 270 with limited bullet selection."
rubbish, the 270 is a true 7mm caliber and has plenty of very good bullets out there, for crying out loud you only need one :lol
the 270 is under rated by people who are blinded by bullchit dont underestimate the 270 cal
Is there any advantage shooting a 270 compared to a 7mm or 30 cal in the same case? Say a WSM or Weatherby? Why did you select a 270 WSM?
I don't think people under rate the 270 just overlook it. For me the 30 cal is the pick because it has the largest selection of bullets and you can always get them. Same thing for brass.
marksman wrote:"Point taken on 270 with limited bullet selection."
rubbish, the 270 is a true 7mm caliber and has plenty of very good bullets out there, for crying out loud you only need one
nosler sells from 100gr to 160gr bullets including partitions
berger sell from 130gr up to the eol 170gr elite hunter with a bc of .662 perfect long range bullet that is made for hunting
sierra sells 115gr to 150gr including smk's
hornady sell 100gr to the 150gr sst's I shoot and have a .525 bc, they are rated for medium to large game from 50lbs to 1500lbs
I recon you should be looking at the 270wsm for shooting 150gr bullets very flat and very far
my 270wsm shoots the 150gr sst's one hole at 200yds and 3220fps, whooooompa
it is a bit flatter shooting than my 6.5x284 with 142gr smk's .535 bc at 2950fps
and its on par with my 22 dasher shooting 55gr zmax at 3800fps with both dialed in for a 200yd zero they hit bull again at 450yds
the 270 is under rated by people who are blinded by bullchit dont underestimate the 270 cal
SCJ429 wrote:You need to read and understand what people write. When they say that a 30 cal has a larger selection of projectiles, they are correct but you take it as there is not a good selection of projectiles for a 270.
If someone told me that it was harder to source .411 projectiles than .458 I would not get upset. It is true. It would not stop me shooting them or call all the 458 fans ignorant. Shoot what you want and enjoy yourself. Try to be more positive in your posting and understand than some people have a different opinion to you. And that is fine, the difference is what makes things interesting.
flutch wrote:SCJ429 wrote:You need to read and understand what people write. When they say that a 30 cal has a larger selection of projectiles, they are correct but you take it as there is not a good selection of projectiles for a 270.
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Not really, people specifically try and assert that there are no decent bullets in .277 they claim its inaccurate and they claim its limited to only low BC bullets, that simply isn't true. Its a reoccurring theme and it isn't rare whatsoever. and eh 30cal might have a lot of projectiles but the actual effectiveness out of a .308 cartridge is exaggerated greatly.
duncan61 wrote:Not sure what you guys are shooting at but my man beliki hit a medium size boar on the run with his 308 behind the front leg and it went right through and blew a big hole on the other side and the opposite leg off.It stopped running at that point.Its been a long time since I was in the Army but a Bren gun in 308 can cut trees down and thats with FMJ NATO ammo
Mark wrote:I can't find any data to back up your claim of 3100fps comfortably ?
Bill wrote:Mate the 7-08 can not drive a 150gr bullet at any where near 3000fps and if you have evidence I'd love to see it, sorry but I've gotta call your statement as bollocks.
The 270 can comfortably push a 150gr at 3100fps, get with the program SCJ429
bigrich wrote:i love reloader 22 powder for my 6.5x55 . works with 140's and 120's better than ADI powders in terms of excellent accuracy,good velocity and low preasure. it actually seems to be a common thing with reloader that it keeps preasures lower . i've pushed my 6.5 up real close to 3000fps with 120's before any preasure signs . keep up the good work bill, ya got that 270 workin'
SCJ429 wrote:Bill wrote:Mate the 7-08 can not drive a 150gr bullet at any where near 3000fps and if you have evidence I'd love to see it, sorry but I've gotta call your statement as bollocks.
The 270 can comfortably push a 150gr at 3100fps, get with the program SCJ429
I am not sure what you are saying Bill? The 270 Win cannot drive a 150 grain bullet at 3,100 fps either. The ADI data puts it at 2,830. Where did I say that the 7mm08 could?
What program do I need to get with and are you sure you are with it?
SCJ429 wrote:If you can push the speed a little in your particular 270 do you think you could do something similar to the 7mm? Why don't you moly coat your projectiles to gain even more?
Bill wrote:bigrich wrote:i love reloader 22 powder for my 6.5x55 . works with 140's and 120's better than ADI powders in terms of excellent accuracy,good velocity and low preasure. it actually seems to be a common thing with reloader that it keeps preasures lower . i've pushed my 6.5 up real close to 3000fps with 120's before any preasure signs . keep up the good work bill, ya got that 270 workin'
Yeah bigrich I took your advice and loaded up some 120gr mono s with RL22 and bang on 3000fps with plenty spare case capacity.
Will hopefully get a chance shortly to do some 130 VLD development, 3000would be nice but I'd be happy with some acuracy over speed
Oldbloke wrote:Here is an article on bullet testing.
https://www.chuckhawks.com/column74_bullet_testing.htm
Bill wrote:
nuthing special about my 270win, CRF fairly new barrel, 26inch to get the most out of case capacity. I have no doubt the 280 and 7 rem mag would get a 100fp or so jump with Alliant powders.
a recent article on the stability side of thing.
https://www.rifleshootermag.com/editori ... ity/330773
I think ADI have stood still to be honest other manufacturers now make better powder, availability with Nioa just the only issue