A 277-08

277/08 would be able to push a 130 over 3000 with 44grs of Varget and a 22" tube.

Would make a great round in a Rem Ti Action :D
 
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mikeelliot said:
277/08 would be able to push a 130 over 3000 no?

Would make a great round in a Rem Ti Action :D
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That would possibly be pushing it's capabilities; with a 24 inch tube you may be able to achieve 2950FPS with the 130gr bullets, and with the 150gr bullets, you may be able to squeeze 2700FPS. If I where ever to take a cartridge like that seriously, I would house it in a model 7 action, and go for a slender 20 inch barrel. With that criteria it would make an excellent thick timber rifle with the capabilities to take a long shot on a deer. Of which, I would use 130gr bullets, and expect about 2850fps at the muzzle.
This is all moot though, as I had a model 7 with an 18.5 inch barrel on it. Beautiful little gun, and very accurate, but there was no weight in the muzzle, and I need that to shoot offhand well, and when your stillhunting, odds are that's the shot your going to get.
Mike
 
The .270 Savage predates the whole lot and was based on the 300 Savage parent case.Recommended for 99's as a elk round......................Harold
 
Yeah, many years ago I bought a 99 in 270 Redding (which is a 277-300 Savage) in a Hudson's Bay store in Churchill. No finish left on the rifle (it had been a boat gun), but it shot well. As for what Remington brings out, I believe they just pay attention to what is going on in the wildcat markets, and produce accordingly. 22-250, 25-06, 7mm-08, 260, all were successful wildcats before they came out as commercial rounds. I don't recall any truly popular 277 diameter wildcats, aside from the original 277 Petersen and the 277 Short Magnums from Ackley (which were short circuited by Weatherby's introduction of his 270 Wby in the 40's. FWIW - dan
 
Omega said:
6.8mm is .2677"
.277" is 7.0358mm
.284" is 7.2136mm
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Keep in mind the name of a cartridge and it's actual diameter are quite often only vaguely related. 6.8 mm uses .277" bullets, same as the 270 Win, 270 WSM, and the 270 Wby. All the various 7mm's use .284" bullets, except for the 280 Ross, which runs .287-288". Still a 7mm though, as are all the 270's, technically. - dan
 
I thought credit for the 270-300 Sav was given to Bliss Titus as I always heard it referred to as the 270 Titus.He used to chamber and sell rifles in this caliber Mostly 99s
 
dan belisle said:
Keep in mind the name of a cartridge and it's actual diameter are quite often only vaguely related. 6.8 mm uses .277" bullets, same as the 270 Win, 270 WSM, and the 270 Wby. All the various 7mm's use .284" bullets, except for the 280 Ross, which runs .287-288". Still a 7mm though, as are all the 270's, technically. - dan
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Yeah, I know that Dan, I just find it funny that the .277 is the closest to 7mm on the nose and yet most don't realize it is a 7mm, nor most of the .30 cal (.308 - 7.832 mm):D
 
Omega said:
Yeah, I know that Dan, I just find it funny that the .277 is the closest to 7mm on the nose and yet most don't realize it is a 7mm, nor most of the .30 cal (.308 - 7.832 mm):D
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Caliber correctly refers to the bore size in inches not the bullet diameter. Bullet diameters are not calibers. The Canadian Firearms Safety Course also confuses this with cartridge designation and the firearms registry does to. When they refer to caliber they really mean cartridge designation. Many people are confused about what it means as well.


Referring to the caliber as a 7mm means the bore is 7mm, the bullet however is .284'.

Referring to the caliber as a .270 means the bore is .270", however the bullet is .277".

... a .30 caliber has a .300" bore and uses a .308" bullet.
 
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