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What would you rebarrel a .270 into?
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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 1772898" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>Wish that what you were going to use the rifle for, game/distance, I did read "elk-ability" so that's got to be one of them. I wasn't a .270 fan until I bought a rifle to use as a donor in .270 Winchester and found that I really liked the cartridge. I wanted a wildcat cartridge, so I built a .270 Ackley Improved and very happy with the performance; 150gr ABLR, 3200+FPS out of a 26 inch Lilja barrel. I also believe that part of the heart of the .270 is the 130gr and 150gr bullets and really do not have a <em>desire or a need</em> to shoot anything heavier out of this cartridge/rifle combination. My rifle will handle any of the game that I intend to hunt at the distances that I am going to be shooting at; whitetail deer/antelope/mule deer at 300-500 yards. It's great to read about all of the heavier rifle/bullet combinations for "really" long shots, I think that the 130 and 150s give all that is needed for the .270. I like the .270WSM but I had the long-action donor receiver. I would have gone with the .270 Sherman, but at the time I could not find anyone who wanted to do the build because I was using a Ruger 77 action and could not find anyone who wanted to do the build for <em><u>various reasons;</u></em> I wanted a Ruger 77 tang safety build to match my other rifles. If you PM <strong>elkaholic</strong> (forum search) on the site he will gladly provide you with some answers to your questions.</p><p></p><p>And....I'l probably get beat up here, however I do not believe that if <u>given true comparisons</u> there's really not too much out there that can be more versatile than the .277 cartridge/caliber, and that includes some of the new "high-velocity" 6.5s. If a comparison is made and barrel for barrel length are part of that comparison, mostly everything is within 200-300fps and the faster cartridges are burning a whole lot more powder, powder= weight=recoil.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 1772898, member: 69192"] Wish that what you were going to use the rifle for, game/distance, I did read "elk-ability" so that's got to be one of them. I wasn't a .270 fan until I bought a rifle to use as a donor in .270 Winchester and found that I really liked the cartridge. I wanted a wildcat cartridge, so I built a .270 Ackley Improved and very happy with the performance; 150gr ABLR, 3200+FPS out of a 26 inch Lilja barrel. I also believe that part of the heart of the .270 is the 130gr and 150gr bullets and really do not have a [I]desire or a need[/I] to shoot anything heavier out of this cartridge/rifle combination. My rifle will handle any of the game that I intend to hunt at the distances that I am going to be shooting at; whitetail deer/antelope/mule deer at 300-500 yards. It's great to read about all of the heavier rifle/bullet combinations for "really" long shots, I think that the 130 and 150s give all that is needed for the .270. I like the .270WSM but I had the long-action donor receiver. I would have gone with the .270 Sherman, but at the time I could not find anyone who wanted to do the build because I was using a Ruger 77 action and could not find anyone who wanted to do the build for [I][U]various reasons;[/U][/I] I wanted a Ruger 77 tang safety build to match my other rifles. If you PM [B]elkaholic[/B] (forum search) on the site he will gladly provide you with some answers to your questions. And....I'l probably get beat up here, however I do not believe that if [U]given true comparisons[/U] there's really not too much out there that can be more versatile than the .277 cartridge/caliber, and that includes some of the new "high-velocity" 6.5s. If a comparison is made and barrel for barrel length are part of that comparison, mostly everything is within 200-300fps and the faster cartridges are burning a whole lot more powder, powder= weight=recoil. [/QUOTE]
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