Yes, 270wsm and 300wsm are the only WSM that really caught on. Good luck finding 7mm WSM ammo! But 270 is around.
.270 Win vs .270 WSM
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Yes, 270wsm and 300wsm are the only WSM that really caught on. Good luck finding 7mm WSM ammo! But 270 is around.
Wild_Thing
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Wait for the new 6.8 Western.
.270 wsm trouble fixed
So I had put a post up a few weeks ago about a new .270 wsm I bought (Mossberg 4x4). The bolt closed very hard with a round in it and I asked for suggestions and got some great feedback from fellow CGNers. I cleaned the chamber and thought that took care of it but it was still a little too tight. Someone suggested a different kind of ammo and said that some brands of .270 wsm ammo is tight in some guns. They were right. The original Federal Fusion I tried made the bolt work really hard. I tried some Winchester ammo this week and it runs like butter...almost as smooth as my M77 Ruger. Just a word to the wise in case anyone ever has this same issue.
So I had put a post up a few weeks ago about a new .270 wsm I bought (Mossberg 4x4). The bolt closed very hard with a round in it and I asked for suggestions and got some great feedback from fellow CGNers. I cleaned the chamber and thought that took care of it but it was still a little too tight. Someone suggested a different kind of ammo and said that some brands of .270 wsm ammo is tight in some guns. They were right. The original Federal Fusion I tried made the bolt work really hard. I tried some Winchester ammo this week and it runs like butter...almost as smooth as my M77 Ruger. Just a word to the wise in case anyone ever has this same issue.
Have had the same issues with fed fusion. Have not tried winchester. Have found the same problem with resized fed brass. I am beginning to think it is a little soft and any extra force in sizing distorts the rim. Has me a little confused but man does that sako ever shoot. It is a hunting rifle so after reloading I sort out the tight ones for the range and keep the easy loading ones for hunting.
Is yours in .270 wsm as well? Just wondering if it happens with other calibers or is unique to the wsm.
blasted_saber
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This isn't fixing anything. It's even further limiting the rifle.
I fixed my 270wsm by trading it for something with a lot more options at a lot better price to shoot.
I fixed my 270wsm by trading it for something with a lot more options at a lot better price to shoot.
john-brennan
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Love the 270, own a 270WSM I get 200fps more velocity with 130gr -150gr than I did the 270 Win. would I sell a 270 and buy a 270WSM I doubt it.
I have used both 270 and 270WSM as my main deer rifle, I am presently using an A7 in 270, I went to a 270 because the A7 rough Tech caught my eye, I used 130 grain in both, my son uses a 270WSM, my experience was the 150 grain is too much bullet for deer. I don't reload and was using Federal Fusion or Hornady Super Performance. I have never shot a deer at more than about 170 yards and usually under a 100 so at those ranges no real difference in effect. I like my 270 but if I was starting over I would probably choose a 7 08 or one of the short action 6.5s for a deer rifle. I think the 270WSM is closer to being an all round hunting calibre.
I had a similar problem with one of my A7 magazines, it was a quick fix, I just used some pliers to gently squeeze the steel lips a bit closer together, I am a little more gentle when I load the magazines now, I push the cartridges in from the opening at the front rather than straight down.
I've had a weakness for the .270 Win caliber for years; for awhile it was the only rifle I used. Killed all sorts of things with them. Still have a couple real beauts in the roster.
Time goes by, experience grows and opinions change. Although the .270 Win is about as good as it ever was; my 270 WSM does 3400 fps with 130s with published loads of 7828 and my 270 Weatherbys do more. Sorry; but there's no way a 270 Win is getting anywhere close to that, at the meager cost of a few pennies worth of powder. Recoil? Who cares? None of them have any worth mentioning.
When those 5 rifles are standing in the same rack its pretty hard to come up with a reason to take the Wins hunting anymore.
Time goes by, experience grows and opinions change. Although the .270 Win is about as good as it ever was; my 270 WSM does 3400 fps with 130s with published loads of 7828 and my 270 Weatherbys do more. Sorry; but there's no way a 270 Win is getting anywhere close to that, at the meager cost of a few pennies worth of powder. Recoil? Who cares? None of them have any worth mentioning.
When those 5 rifles are standing in the same rack its pretty hard to come up with a reason to take the Wins hunting anymore.
I had an early .270 WSM and thought it was pretty great but wasn't the best feeding rifle. My cousin has a Tikka T3 (original) in the WSM, and the center-feed magazine and long action really seems to help a lot but negates part of the reason to go WSM in the first place.
I hadn't used a .270 Win in like 20 years, then I bought one in a Browning BAR on an impulse and it kicks like a .243, is super accurate, and gets like 95% of the performance of the WSM but ammo is super cheap everywhere. I could do 100% of my hunting with it, but what fun would that be?
besides .280AI>all
I hadn't used a .270 Win in like 20 years, then I bought one in a Browning BAR on an impulse and it kicks like a .243, is super accurate, and gets like 95% of the performance of the WSM but ammo is super cheap everywhere. I could do 100% of my hunting with it, but what fun would that be?
besides .280AI>all
