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Won a Kimber 8400 270 wsm, what now?
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<blockquote data-quote="RockyMtnMT" data-source="post: 1445887" data-attributes="member: 7999"><p>All you guys winning rifles, what the heck! Pretty cool.</p><p></p><p>The 270 cal is held back a bit by the 10" twist for true long range shooting. Originally the 27cal was designed for fast and flat to 300y and the standard twist has never changed. With the lead free pure copper bullets it is tough to get a fully stable bullet that has low drag design to weight much. With that said our 117g Hammer Hunter has been stellar on game out to 570y on a big bull elk from a 270wsm. My buddies son is running that bullet in a Savage 270 win and took 3 mulies last year all between 400y and 450Y. Our customer that shot the big bull with the wsm is running the 117g pretty close to 3500fps, if I remember correctly. This makes the wsm very capable out to 700y on game. Max point blank range with this is 410y at 3000' elev zeroed at 350y. Meaning that from muzzle to 400y you can take a center hold with no correction for elev and still land in the 5" kill radius. </p><p></p><p>Otherwise our Sledge Hammer line will run up to 145g for the 10" twist. The Sledge Hammers are a large 2.5mm hollow point bullet designed for normal range hunting under 500y where bc is not needed. The Sledge Hammers straight up hit hard.</p><p></p><p>Steve</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RockyMtnMT, post: 1445887, member: 7999"] All you guys winning rifles, what the heck! Pretty cool. The 270 cal is held back a bit by the 10" twist for true long range shooting. Originally the 27cal was designed for fast and flat to 300y and the standard twist has never changed. With the lead free pure copper bullets it is tough to get a fully stable bullet that has low drag design to weight much. With that said our 117g Hammer Hunter has been stellar on game out to 570y on a big bull elk from a 270wsm. My buddies son is running that bullet in a Savage 270 win and took 3 mulies last year all between 400y and 450Y. Our customer that shot the big bull with the wsm is running the 117g pretty close to 3500fps, if I remember correctly. This makes the wsm very capable out to 700y on game. Max point blank range with this is 410y at 3000' elev zeroed at 350y. Meaning that from muzzle to 400y you can take a center hold with no correction for elev and still land in the 5" kill radius. Otherwise our Sledge Hammer line will run up to 145g for the 10" twist. The Sledge Hammers are a large 2.5mm hollow point bullet designed for normal range hunting under 500y where bc is not needed. The Sledge Hammers straight up hit hard. Steve [/QUOTE]
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