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6.8 Western
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<blockquote data-quote="DavidA" data-source="post: 2085703" data-attributes="member: 72334"><p>We have entered crazy time for cartridges. 6.8 Western, 6.5 PRC etc, etc, etc. I built what this is all about 3 years ago. Pulled my stock barrel off my 270 win and put a McGowen Precision 1-8 twist 26" barrel. Shoot 170 gr Bergers at 2,930 fps using RL26. You can get 270 brass everywhere. I really do not get it. It's all public relations and marketing. Same thing 260 Rem only failed because of lack of marketing. Hands down the 260 Rem is a better cartridge IMHO. I have a 260 Rem set up as well. Roll your own if the market does not support it. This is just all about looks I think more than anything else. </p><p> </p><p>Now something game changing is the 277 Furry. The ballistics performance is ridiculous. It makes sense as a mountain packing riffle, small, light and powerful. Unfortunately pushing 80,000 psi, I would think your barrel life would be fairly limited. I looked at Speacial cases made out of stronger alloy brass and $4.95 per case, couple that with limited barrel life and it is pretty expensive to shoot. Glad to see more people entering the long and heavy .277 market though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DavidA, post: 2085703, member: 72334"] We have entered crazy time for cartridges. 6.8 Western, 6.5 PRC etc, etc, etc. I built what this is all about 3 years ago. Pulled my stock barrel off my 270 win and put a McGowen Precision 1-8 twist 26” barrel. Shoot 170 gr Bergers at 2,930 fps using RL26. You can get 270 brass everywhere. I really do not get it. It’s all public relations and marketing. Same thing 260 Rem only failed because of lack of marketing. Hands down the 260 Rem is a better cartridge IMHO. I have a 260 Rem set up as well. Roll your own if the market does not support it. This is just all about looks I think more than anything else. Now something game changing is the 277 Furry. The ballistics performance is ridiculous. It makes sense as a mountain packing riffle, small, light and powerful. Unfortunately pushing 80,000 psi, I would think your barrel life would be fairly limited. I looked at Speacial cases made out of stronger alloy brass and $4.95 per case, couple that with limited barrel life and it is pretty expensive to shoot. Glad to see more people entering the long and heavy .277 market though. [/QUOTE]
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