.270 vs .308 ?

stefK said:
I would, but with Tikka's laminate is grey and I'm wanting a different colour. Plus, I've been quite happy with Boyd's stocks on past builds and want to try one on a T3.
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I did EXACTLY what you're talking about, but I did it for the Monte Carlo stock on the Boyd's prairie hunter. Love that shape!

Be warned: Boyd's Tikka inlet is crap, so be ready.

The inlet for the receiver is so loose the action rattles, so you'll absolutely have to bed it at the recoil lug and up the sides, and at the rear action screw. Not super hard.

Much worse is the inlet for the trigger guard. It's unusable. It's at the wrong depth, it's too tight, and the depth profile is completely wrong. The plastic Tikka trigger guard is very floppy, so it has to rest on a ridge all the way around the edge. That edge is at the wrong height with respect to... Everything. When you tighten the action screws, the trigger guard deforms to the point you can't get a mag in.

So you have to grind it down, which is hard to do straight. I wound up grinding the ridge way back, and buying Aussie made aluminum trigger guards from Coretac.

Well, those Aussie trigger guards have a type III anno finish over very roughly media blasted aluminum which is rough like a chalkboard, so yup... you can't get the mags out, and the
machining on the mag release is so sharp it chops up your mags, which are only plastic after all.

So I took the sharps off the finish with 600 grit sandpaper, and rounded the mag release lever with 300 grit.

Works great now.

I did this twice, like a knucklehead! :)

The new laminate Boyd's is using is bloody gorgeous. Well worth the extra money.

So get ready, putting a Tikka in a Boyds stock is a $450 proposition, and takes several hours to do.

Feel free to shoot me a PM, if you've got questions about the process above.

My 6.5x55 is so darn ###y.
 
Ardent said:
There's nothing a .308 will do a .270 won't do better, but the rifles are heavier, generally. If someone brings up heavier bullets show me a creature a 180gr .30 will kill a 150gr .277 won't- they don't exist. :)
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Someone with sense!!!

For deer and yotes, the 270 is far superior in almost every way. There is a reason it has been around so long, and no other round has come along to either compete with it, or knock it out of popularity.
 
Ardent said:
There's nothing a .308 will do a .270 won't do better, but the rifles are heavier, generally. If someone brings up heavier bullets show me a creature a 180gr .30 will kill a 150gr .277 won't- they don't exist. :)
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Except the .308 always enters between the ribs regardless of body posture, then zig-zags through the heart and lungs, and exits between the ribs on the same side, closing the door behind itself... can the .270 do that??? Huh??? Huh??? Huh???
 
hoytcanon said:
Except the .308 always enters between the ribs regardless of body posture, then zig-zags through the heart and lungs, and exits between the ribs on the same side, closing the door behind itself... can the .270 do that??? Huh??? Huh??? Huh???
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I think the 270 can do the same but only if its using Hornady's new (drum roll) "super game changer heat resistant tipped" ELD-X bullets!
 
hometownhero said:
Post some pix??
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Boyd's old laminate manufacturer burned to the ground. These are examples of the work of the new supplier:

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Edit: Yes, I have small kids, but those blocks have a purpose, too: The bright primary colours help the phone with colour balance.
 
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Wow, Boyd's ship with Legos instead of foam peanuts now!..... My boys are going to love this!

I joke, have and have had a couple of Boyd's and liked all of them except the one I had on my model 700..... That TC looks neat, wish I could get one similar for my CVA muzzleloader....
 
guntech said:
Decisions, decisions... split the difference and build a 7mm 08.
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Here here! I own both a 270 and a 7 08. I keep my 270 because it was my grandfather's rifle and I'm a softie like that. But I love my 7 08 besides the fact it's a rem 788 and weighs the same as my spare tire. It's usually my jump off the quad walk 100 yards to a viewpoint and wait all day gun. But in a Tikka. You'll be cooking with oil then.
 
one factor to consider is can you get bulk bullets in 270- I know you can in 308- I buy mine in 1k lots- and they don 't make a savage 99 in 06 lengths
 
I've never really been much of a 270 fan....I inherited one from my father inlaw.

I like it, it shoots fine, its deadly on game but still if I hadn't inherited it I won't have one.... got several 308's though.:)
 
I like the 270 WIN over the 308 WIN, better ballistics and in the Tikka T3 the 270 is a better fit as all the T3s are long action. As much as everyone says .277 bullets are less common, there are easily enough different bullets for any job the cartridge is suited.
 
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