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Old 03-26-2008, 03:41 PM
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eldeguello
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Default RE: 270 Winchester Accuracy?

ORIGINAL: RugerM77.270

If you are hunting the .270 is just as accurate as the .308 and 7mm. I am not real sure about it if you plan on doing some match shooting.

Here is an article from Outdoor Life that talks about just that.
IF I were selecting a target cartridge, I'd choose the .308 Win. or the 6.5/284 Norma over a .270 Win. Just because there are hardly any match bullets in .270.

However, I used to hunt with two different Mannlicher/Schoenauer .270 carbines which both would put five rounds of either Nosler 130 or Nosler 150-grain Partition bullets into 1.25" @ 100 yards. Shooting like this, both carbines were death on anything within 350 yards. That was quite satisfactory for three years in ALASKA!

There is a Sierra 135-grain Matchking .277" bullet. That should be quite satisfactory out to 500 yards fdor any match shooting you'd want to do.

If that is too light, try a Nosler Ballistic Tip in 150 grain weight. These bullets are as good as most match bullets.
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