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Thanks for the tip, I'll tak a lookNosler has 170 Ballistic Tip 2nds on sale right now. I believe $22 or $24 for 50 ct. Hard to get anything Berger these days.
270 Caliber 170gr Ballistic Tip Hunting (50ct) (BLEM)
270 Caliber 170gr Ballistic Tip Hunting (50ct) *** This bullet requires 1-8" barrel twist ***www.shootersproshop.com
Yeah I'm doing the same. I have to work on my 270 win some more. I don't think these have the best BC, but they are heavy and they are available. The price isn't bad either.
Curios why you want a heavier bullet , what distance and what type of game are you hunting.
Those FN,S have a chrome Vanadium steel barrel I have one , great rifles .
I'd be happy with chrome vanadium. But this article claims chrome lined. Either way is fine if it shoots.
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First off I think you ought to scrap that piece of junk and sell it to me!!!!
However I do not believe that is going to work out too well. Those rifles are find shooting rifles, and I am a follower of the .270 Winchester cartridge. I read on this forum all of the time about hunters making shots out to 500-800 yards on game animals, so yes that certainly is possible. Right now I have a .270 Ackley Improved with a 1:10 twist barrel. I built this rifle for whitetail deer hunting and with 300-500 yards shot as the furthest shots that I intend to be taking at game. I was also planning a mule deer hunt out west; however....with mobility problems due to too many orbits around the sun that probably is not going to happen. Anyway I've written what I have written as some ground work for my thoughts about a 1:8 twist barrel change. You really have a very nice, "ACCURATE", vintage rifle who some people would really love to own, in its original condition. With that said my only thought is, "do you really have a need for a rifle that shoots heavier .270 bullets??" Is there a particular reason for going this route, other than "it's because you want a rifle that shoots heavier bullets, or...you have a particular need for changing bullets from the 130-150s out of a .270?" I have had thoughts about changing the .270 Ackley Improved, 1:10 twist barrel to a 1:8 twist barrel; however, what I asked myself was do you really need to do that for what you plan to do with this rifle?? And for me the honest answer was "NO", it's more of a trendy thing that something that I really have to have or need for what I plan to do with this rifle. I actually built two, .270 Ackleys, with 26 inch Lilja barrels on them, and "if" I were to build them again, I would build them with the 1:10 twist only because these rifles are extremely accurate and will do everything that we designed and built them for. My only suggestion to you would be that if you want to shoot heavier bullets would be to purchase a donor rifle and rebarrel the donor rifle with a .26 inch barrel, 1:8 twist barrel and chamber that donor to .270 Winchester so you can shoot heavier bullets and get the extra horsepower out of the overbore .270 with the 26 inch barrel. The only difference in cost between rebarreling what you have and purchasing a donor rifle will be the cost of the donor rifle. One last thought is that just because the rifle has been rebarreled with a new, quality barrel, it does not mean it will be accurate, hopefully it will but not necessarily so. One-inch groups at 200 yards is nothing to complain about. Hope this helps answer your question, and good luck with any route you choose to go.
Yup but his issue, which will be the same as mine, is getting 7mm brass or bullets. The easy button is getting a Savage and doing a Shilen 270 win prefit barrel at Northlands Shooters Supply. You can get a 1-8.5" and just shoot the heavies with it. Save Dad's rifle for everything else.
Load some, 140 grain, Classic Hunter, Bergers in it at, 3,000+ FPS and it will, "Slay",.. Elk / Moose out to, 650-700 yards.
Thank you for the detailed answer to my question. I think I'm staying with my original barrel and will now look for either a different rifle to rework or maybe just purchase a rifle from one of the manufacturers here who can provide a 1/8 twist unit. MikeFirst off I think you ought to scrap that piece of junk and sell it to me!!!!
I wrote you a detailed reply and you thanked me for it. Thank you for doing that, oftentimes replies are written and the OP never even acknowledges that they read it by checking the "like" button. One last thing that I thought about if you want to stay with the .270 heavy bullets. I "think" that if I were looking to build a rifle that is capable of shoot the heavy .270 bullets out of I would be looking at the .270 Winchester Short Magnum (meaning short action donor rifle), only rebarrel that rifle with a quality "1:8" twist, 26 inch barrel. I like the longer barrel on the .270 to get as much velocity as possible out of that cartridge. I believe this set up is a much better alternative than the 6.8 Western due to the increased powder capacity of the .270 WSM over the 6.8 Western. This set up will (1) let you shoot heavy weight bullets, (2) still be shooting .270 bullets, (3) be able to find components (.270 WSM isn't going to go away in the near future), (4) have a "bragging rights rifle" (<<<----very important testosterone factor
) that will shoot heavy weight bullets at greater velocities than a regular .270 Winchester is capable of doing. So....if you are thinking of going the route of purchasing a donor rifle, perhaps want to keep these thoughts in mind.
