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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 25294" data-source="post: 1548941"><p>Wow I'm a little surprised by that choice for 1200 yard shooting, I'm not knocking the 270 WSM at all I think it's awesome with 170 EOL's. </p><p></p><p>I'm just curious what made you decide to forego a caliber increase of .007 with better long range bullet options? I'm sure you have a good reason, I'm asking sincerely.</p><p></p><p>I've run the numbers and if I pushed my 270 WSM to 3100 with the 170 it would be traveling 1690 FPS, and retain 1078 Ft/lbs of energy at 1200 yards. Not too bad..</p><p></p><p>A 7 WSM with a 180 ELDM at 3050 will arrive at 1200 yards with 1374 ft/lbs of energy and traveling 1855 fps. </p><p>Pretty big difference in knockdown,and velocity for reliable expansion.</p><p></p><p>I totally get your point in moving away from the 28 Nos though, there comes a point where driving a smaller bullet to ridiculous velocities just doesn't pencil out, and moving up a caliber makes more sense..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 25294, post: 1548941"] Wow I'm a little surprised by that choice for 1200 yard shooting, I'm not knocking the 270 WSM at all I think it's awesome with 170 EOL's. I'm just curious what made you decide to forego a caliber increase of .007 with better long range bullet options? I'm sure you have a good reason, I'm asking sincerely. I've run the numbers and if I pushed my 270 WSM to 3100 with the 170 it would be traveling 1690 FPS, and retain 1078 Ft/lbs of energy at 1200 yards. Not too bad.. A 7 WSM with a 180 ELDM at 3050 will arrive at 1200 yards with 1374 ft/lbs of energy and traveling 1855 fps. Pretty big difference in knockdown,and velocity for reliable expansion. I totally get your point in moving away from the 28 Nos though, there comes a point where driving a smaller bullet to ridiculous velocities just doesn't pencil out, and moving up a caliber makes more sense.. [/QUOTE]
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