Hello rustyshackleford, please read my post again, especially the last sentence. I wrote:
"I'll go out on a limb here and probably get beat up pretty bad, but I will state that "any caliber that is sub 30 caliber" (.257 to .284) will be hard pressed to beat the performance of the .270WSM; I suspect that I'll get some flack from the 26-28 Nosler crowd here! This doesn't mean that it is the catch all, do all caliber, just that it is a pretty good performer for just about any long range shooting on game.". I didn't say the .270WSM is the
catch all,
do all caliber just that one would be hard pressed to beat its performance, there are good calibers that will outperform it as well. From the Nosler Reloading Guide#8 all comparison made with a 140gr bullet:
.270WSM-3200fps, 28 Nosler 3500fps, 7mmRemMag 3300fps, 7mm WSM 3200FPS, 26 Nosler 3200fps, .270Win 3000fps, .264WinMag 3000fps, 6.5-.284 3000fps, 6.5-06 2900fps, 260 Remington 2800fps, 6.5 Creedmore 2750fps, 6.5 Grendell (125 gr bullet) 2500fps. These ballistics were from 24 and 26 inch barrels, the 26 inch barrels were mostly Wiseman proof barrels. With the exception of the 28 Nosler the .270WSM holds its own with the rest, and what I wrote is a generalization nothing more. And......something that I'd like to address here about the person (won't call anyone names, however.......) in reference to the
"ole guy who is stuck in his ways" !! Statements such as this really --ss me off because it shows a lack of respect for a person. Apparently whoever is making a commentary like this is young, and as such making a statement as harsh as this is like the guy who gives comments on how good their Creedmore is on killing an elk at a 1000 yards, but has never shot an elk!! With that I'm going to make a comment: Thus because you are young you are not there/here yet (ole), so you really do not know what you are talking about when you make such a comparison of comparing "ole" as something inferior!! I've been shooting since I was eight years old, hunting since I was fifteen years old, thirty years law enforcement, five years SWAT, fifteen years armorer, fifteen years tactical firearms instructor.
"The only source of knowledge is experience." Albert Einstein. I'm seventy-two years
"ole", sharp as a tack, and I consider myself one of the lucky ones because I made it this far!! I'm done with the dissertation,
said my piece!