Fast twist 270 win (270 Northerner)

[Jpron]

No question here, just an update. Last winter I asked on here about doing this build. There was some good info. I was gonna do it, than my dad said he wanted it so I put one together for him. I used a 26 inch carbon six barrel with a 1/7.5 twist. We'll we finally had a chance to do some load development last weekend. All I can say is wow. I'm jealous of it. Basically a ragged hole at 100 yards with the 175 gr Sierra tgk. 2940 fps. And it's still doing half moa at 925 yards. If anyone has questions feel free to ask. I used a tikka action and factory stock, nothing fancy at all.

 

[elkaholic]

question here, just an update. Last winter I asked on here about doing this build. There was some good info. I was gonna do it, than my dad said he wanted it so I put one together for him. I used a 26 inch carbon six barrel with a 1/7.5 twist. We'll we finally had a chance to do some load development last weekend. All I can say is wow. I'm jealous of it. Basically a ragged hole at 100 yards with the 175 gr Sierra tgk. 2940 fps. And it's still doing half moa at 925 yards. If anyone has questions feel free to ask. I used a tikka action and factory stock, nothing fancy at all.

Is it modified 270 W?

 

[Jpron]

Is it modified 270 W?

Just a 270 win with a fast twist barrel

 

[mercerbear]

SAAMI spec reamer?

 

[Jpron]

SAAMI spec reamer?

Yep

 

[mercerbear]

That's pretty amazing. I'm going to have to get a 270 barrel for my Terminus Zeus switch barrel setup and try that out.

What brass and powder are you guys running?

 

[Jpron]

Nosler brass, rl26

 

[COL127]

Tagging in

 

[mercerbear]

I have Peterson brass ready to go. No RL 26 though.

 

[JumpinLegs]

You're really making me want to rebarrel my current .270 Win to be fast twist. Currently mine is listed as 1-10", but it must be slow because it likes bullets around 120 gr. best, and anything 130 gr. and up don't group tighter than 1.5" at 100 yards.

 

[grouse]

Custom weatherby vanguard barreled action 270

Tty

www.longrangehunting.com

Ready to roll!

 

[jbronner13]

No question here, just an update. Last winter I asked on here about doing this build. There was some good info. I was gonna do it, than my dad said he wanted it so I put one together for him. I used a 26 inch carbon six barrel with a 1/7.5 twist. We'll we finally had a chance to do some load development last weekend. All I can say is wow. I'm jealous of it. Basically a ragged hole at 100 yards with the 175 gr Sierra tgk. 2940 fps. And it's still doing half moa at 925 yards. If anyone has questions feel free to ask. I used a tikka action and factory stock, nothing fancy at all.

I have also wanted to do a similar build on a pre64 Model 70 platform with a 24 inch barrel and either a 1-7.5 or a 1-8 twist and load it up with 160 grain bullets. There are so many cartridges out there that have disappeared simply because they weren't marketed well or the right twist wasn't used (the 350 REM Mag comes to mind as being handicapped more by barrel length and ****** marketing). I hate seeing all these new cartridges, we just need to use the old ones better. I would love to see manufacturers start loading the 6.5x55 Swede to higher pressures for modern rifles, it would easily compete with the 6.5 PRC.

 

[Buckys]

Perfect for here in what used to be Northern Mexico (I'm assuming that that is what you mean by 270 Northern, lol)

 

[mercerbear]

I have also wanted to do a similar build on a pre64 Model 70 platform with a 24 inch barrel and either a 1-7.5 or a 1-8 twist and load it up with 160 grain bullets. There are so many cartridges out there that have disappeared simply because they weren't marketed well or the right twist wasn't used (the 350 REM Mag comes to mind as being handicapped more by barrel length and ****** marketing). I hate seeing all these new cartridges, we just need to use the old ones better. I would love to see manufacturers start loading the 6.5x55 Swede to higher pressures for modern rifles, it would easily compete with the 6.5 PRC.

There is a lot of truth in this.