.277/ 300 win mag

Rie bread · Sep 29, 2024

Surely the .300 win mag has been necked down the .277? Anyone know if this necking down of the .300 win mag?

MountainSqwabler · Sep 29, 2024

You talking about something like the 270 Arnold mag?

Togwotee · Sep 29, 2024

The 270 WBY is the same essentially. so why.

Rie bread · Sep 29, 2024

Togwotee said:
The 270 WBY is the same essentially. so why.

Thinking about getting a .270 wby made me think about it.
Just curious if anyone had done it or seen it.

Togwotee · Sep 29, 2024

I have a Bansner Sheep Hunter in 270 WBY and I love it. in a custom chamber they cut the free bore out and it makes them basically like any other cartridge. they do it on all the WBY chamberings I've seen.

Rie bread · Sep 29, 2024

Togwotee said:
I have a Bansner Sheep Hunter in 270 WBY and I love it. in a custom chamber they cut the free bore out and it makes them basically like any other cartridge. they do it on all the WBY chamberings I've seen.

About the same cost as a weather mark V delux ?

Togwotee · Sep 29, 2024

No, it's a full custom by Mark Bansner. but any good gunsmith will cut the chamber with no free bore.

There are many smiths that can do an excellent build to your specs. there's a guy in Bend OR that's building guaranteed tack drivers at very reasonable prices.

In production rifles the options are pretty limited in a 270 magnum.

3x2 · Oct 1, 2024

My dad had one made. He got tired of resizing brass and had it converted to 27 Nosler.

Weiserbucks · Oct 1, 2024

Togwotee said:
The 270 WBY is the same essentially. so why.

Brass availability would be one driving factor.

Togwotee · Oct 1, 2024

You can buy or form 270 WBY brass, not a problem.

The 270 Nosler may make the most sense, but I'd rather have the 28 Nosler than any 270 magnum. the .284 caliber has been stealing the thunder from the .264 and .270 bores since 1962 and it always will.

Rie bread · Oct 1, 2024

.277 just seems so American to me though.

Togwotee · Oct 1, 2024

That's true, who doesn't love Jack O'Connor. but the 270 was really only a big success with his 270 Winchester. everything else in that caliber has just been an also ran.

Chesterwyo · Oct 3, 2024

Having owned/shot every iteration of magnum 270, they all fail to impress and do nothing that a vanilla 7mm Remington magnum doesn’t do with same weighted bullets.

HntHrdr · Oct 3, 2024

Why not a .270 wsm? Factory ammo seems to be painful to find at times

Rie bread · Oct 3, 2024

Chesterwyo said:
Having owned/shot every iteration of magnum 270, they all fail to impress and do nothing that a vanilla 7mm Remington magnum doesn’t do with same weighted bullets.

Even the 27 nosler? Which also sound pretty America **** yeah

I ask about the 300 necked down to .277 because I have a 30-06 and a .270 and just necked down some 30-06 into .270 for fun. so myself not finding that to bad was curious if anyone had some results like chronograph speeds with a .277/300 win mag.

But yes the .27 nosler or .270 wby seem like easier alternative. To answer an un asked question is that yes the 300 win mag ia the easiest option and I just need to not be a whimp and shoot 300win mag

gundog2 · Oct 3, 2024

I would stay away from belted cases and look hard at the 6.8 western as a .277 option.

feddoc · Oct 3, 2024

MountainSqwabler said:
You talking about something like the 270 Arnold mag?

That's interesting. I haven't heard the Arnold name for a long time.

MountainSqwabler · Oct 3, 2024

feddoc said:
That's interesting. I haven't heard the Arnold name for a long time.

Very interesting round.

Togwotee · Oct 3, 2024

I had lots of wildcats built over the years because I thought it was cool to be different. and for a while it was fun until I realized it was only fun for conversation because ballistically I was wasting my time and money . I'm over it now.

The .264 Win mag and 300 win mag are and always will be my all-time favorites. but the 28 Nosler is probably the best all around chambering for game up to elk ever . I'd let the .270 caliber go and go with the .284. you won't regret it.

Rie bread · Oct 4, 2024

The 28 nos is definitely the natural answer

Rie bread · Oct 4, 2024

gundog2 said:
I would stay away from belted cases and look hard at the 6.8 western as a .277 option.

it’s a little slower than im looking for but undeniably efficient. I wish the name wasn’t so broke back mountain sounding

HikeHunt61 · Oct 4, 2024

HntHrdr said:
Why not a .270 wsm? Factory ammo seems to be painful to find at times

I've got one- love it.

HntHrdr · Oct 4, 2024

HikeHunt61 said:
I've got one- love it.

Yeah I get that it’s not a LA, but it would fit the .270 bill

3x2 · Oct 4, 2024

If it’s American you’re looking for, grab the 30-06, buy a box of Core-Lokt’s and spend the rest on a back tattoo of a bald eagle! #merica

HikeHunt61 · Oct 5, 2024

Mom, apple pie and an '06.

Rie bread · Oct 5, 2024

3x2 said:
If it’s American you’re looking for, grab the 30-06, buy a box of Core-Lokt’s and spend the rest on a back tattoo of a bald eagle! #merica

Got two of the three already!

jims · Oct 5, 2024

Why reinvent the wheel? Why not just a 300 win mag? The availability and cost of shells is incredible. The number of bullet options is amazing. You can use it for every north American species.

I just bought a 300 win mag and put a 319 muzzle break on it. It kicks about like a 6.5 creedmore!!! It’s also one of the fastest and flattest shooting calibers available in affordable and available ammo.

Rie bread · Oct 5, 2024

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jims said:
Why reinvent the wheel? Why not just a 300 win mag? The availability and cost of shells is incredible. The number of bullet options is amazing. You can use it for every north American species.

I just bought a 300 win mag and put a 319 muzzle break on it. It kicks about like a 6.5 creedmore!!! It’s also one of the fastest and flattest shooting calibers available in affordable and available ammo.

Yep 150 grain 300win gives me what I’m looking for