The .277 caliber is a pretty interesting one.
Unlike the 7mm or 30 cal it's been one that has barely been explored. it's impossible to count how many factory 30 cals exist, they are everywhere!
The 270 Win has a bunch of stories behind it, like Winchester meant to introduce a 7mm but didn't want to call it a a 7mm due to European connections, or someone made a mistake in bore/rifling and it ended up as a .277. But who knows?
But after the 270 came the 270 WBY. Weatherby, always ready to make something "bigger and better" but in typical WBY fashion not really understanding what the majority of people wanted. No wonder that when the 7RM came along the 7RM flourished while the 270 WBY died...Kudos to Weatherby to finally entering the 20th century in the 21st century and offering a non belted cartridge though.
,The after that...except for some specialized cartridges like the 6.8, nothing until the 270 WSM. The 270 WSM was Winchesters second best selling WSM cartridge. But IIRC it also used a 1-10 twist which just makes it a slightly faster 270 Win. Of course, Winchester still sold more 270WSM than WBY ever sold 270WBY's!
Noslers new offering changes the game a little, with a 1-8.5 twist rifle and their new 165gr 270 bullet.
New cartridges always make some people mad and demand "why do we need this new cartridge." They always sound like people that say that we have chocolate and vanilla ice cream, so there is NO NEED for strawberry ice cream.
We will see where this new .277 goes....
Unlike the 7mm or 30 cal it's been one that has barely been explored. it's impossible to count how many factory 30 cals exist, they are everywhere!
The 270 Win has a bunch of stories behind it, like Winchester meant to introduce a 7mm but didn't want to call it a a 7mm due to European connections, or someone made a mistake in bore/rifling and it ended up as a .277. But who knows?
But after the 270 came the 270 WBY. Weatherby, always ready to make something "bigger and better" but in typical WBY fashion not really understanding what the majority of people wanted. No wonder that when the 7RM came along the 7RM flourished while the 270 WBY died...Kudos to Weatherby to finally entering the 20th century in the 21st century and offering a non belted cartridge though.
,The after that...except for some specialized cartridges like the 6.8, nothing until the 270 WSM. The 270 WSM was Winchesters second best selling WSM cartridge. But IIRC it also used a 1-10 twist which just makes it a slightly faster 270 Win. Of course, Winchester still sold more 270WSM than WBY ever sold 270WBY's!
Noslers new offering changes the game a little, with a 1-8.5 twist rifle and their new 165gr 270 bullet.
New cartridges always make some people mad and demand "why do we need this new cartridge." They always sound like people that say that we have chocolate and vanilla ice cream, so there is NO NEED for strawberry ice cream.
We will see where this new .277 goes....
