Thread: .270wsm who has one???

My brother has one. I've seen it kill stuff.

I have a tikka T3x cut back to 21”. Running the factory federal premium hybrid hunter 140gr ammo I’m getting 3065 FPS. Deer shot at 400 got sacked the other night

308 will do it, just need a , slower and softer, high bc projectiles 168 -178 eldm

If you go .30 mag, go big fat heavy projectiles. That's the difference. You "fire" .270 and 308 cased bullets. You "hurl" big fat heavy .30 cal mag bullets. Bullets that are hurled really really hurt.

Ive tried them all, and really like my 270wsm and use it a lot because its nicely in between and is not offensive. But of everything Ive owned and tried nothing has killed stuff like a decent weight .30 cal bullet with lots of grunt.

My favourite favourite is my 300SAUM shooting 168 grn NBT at 3100 fps. 20" barrel. Light. Great big holes. Near identical performance to the 300wsm you are considering.

Originally Posted by Tahr

If you go .30 mag, go big fat heavy projectiles. That's the difference. You "fire" .270 and 308 cased bullets. You "hurl" big fat heavy .30 cal mag bullets. Bullets that are hurled really really hurt.

Ive tried them all, and really like my 270wsm and use it a lot because its nicely in between and is not offensive. But of everything Ive owned and tried nothing has killed stuff like a decent weight .30 cal bullet with lots of grunt.

My favourite favourite is my 300SAUM shooting 168 grn NBT at 3100 fps. 20" barrel. Light. Great big holes. Near identical performance to the 300wsm you are considering.

My 300WSM with 20 inch barrel "hurls" 200gn eld-x at 2850 or 175gn TLRs at 2950. Both work very well on deer!

I've got 7 factory 270wsm rounds left from a previous rifle free to a good home. Pickup Geraldine

Can only comment from my experience, with a 223 52g TTSX goat hit up close, petals broke off core followed threw, awesome damage
very effective, WOW
Robby T put me on to them because I wanted to use the 223 on deer.
Next Goat shot at 300m the TTXX penciled threw the goat run, hell of a job finding it.
Also had a hell of a job getting them to shoot 2 boxes 50, seemed to need to be pushed up to the lands, which didn't give me much neck bearing plus had to be hand fed. The penetration factor is always there But.
So my decision, was a heavier softer projectile doing less speed a 65g Game King.
Won't make it to the range Wednesday, bitten the bullet, getting fibre wifi installed. All the Best - Mark

I moved from the 270wsm to 300wsm because I read into all the hype of needing high BC projectiles to shoot anything past 300yds....funny thing is my 270wsm with 140 grainers was killing them just as dead at 600yds as my 300 with 208's....the power of marketing sucks in another one

Originally Posted by wsm junkie

I moved from the 270wsm to 300wsm because I read into all the hype of needing high BC projectiles to shoot anything past 300yds....funny thing is my 270wsm with 140 grainers was killing them just as dead at 600yds as my 300 with 208's....the power of marketing sucks in another one

I think the 300wsm is meant to loose less fps if shortened or something like that, dunno for sure I gave up shortening perfectly good barrels I'm not a bush hobbit

The .270 Western is the thing to be looking at now.

I was real keen on the 2 Sako's in WSM that were for sale recently on this forum but never got a reply on some questions?

the barnes WONT do anything a cup n core cant do better...
Ive used them 3 times in 270 (110grn).....they work,nothing spectacular,less meat damage,but no real advantage. 2 chammy with single shot at about 150yards,stag at about hundred and hind at about 40 yards, none needed 2nd shot . Phil,stick to your 180s for up close n personal...maybe find a 150-165grn pointy flash load for out the 200-400 yard range and be happy.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

the barnes WONT do anything a cup n core cant do better...
Ive used them 3 times in 270 (110grn).....they work,nothing spectacular,less meat damage,but no real advantage. 2 chammy with single shot at about 150yards,stag at about hundred and hind at about 40 yards, none needed 2nd shot . Phil,stick to your 180s for up close n personal...maybe find a 150-165grn pointy flash load for out the 200-400 yard range and be happy.

I would agree with that. The Barnes developed a bit of a following amongst bush hunters using chopped and suppressed rifles. By using a light for caliber Barnes, you still got good velocity out of a short barrel and good terminal performance at bush ranges, as well as the ability to knock something over on a slip 300yd away. But give me a decent conventional projectile any day (preferably something heavyish), they perform just as well in the bush and are more consistent at 300yd+with the advantage of less wind drift. Speer btsp, hornady eldx, anything along those lines is good

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

the barnes WONT do anything a cup n core cant do better...
Ive used them 3 times in 270 (110grn).....they work,nothing spectacular,less meat damage,but no real advantage. 2 chammy with single shot at about 150yards,stag at about hundred and hind at about 40 yards, none needed 2nd shot . Phil,stick to your 180s for up close n personal...maybe find a 150-165grn pointy flash load for out the 200-400 yard range and be happy.

Big heavy red stags especially those coated in mud or wet dont like a Barnes heading into the neck region. They do penetrate so well.Try the old phone book test between the 2 pills. You will be surprised how far the Barnes go.

Just get a 3006

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