Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles .270 WSM....OWNERS ONLY please

I currently use a Sako 75 Finnlight in the 270 WSM. I've killed 5 Dall Sheep, 2 black bears and, a couple coyotes, not alot of game but a decent start. I've never recovered a bullet from any of em but they were all broadside w/ the exception of one ram that was shot in the neck, all shots were inside 200 yds except for the ram I shot this last fall. Two rams were shot w/ 140 Accubonds one dropped, one wobbled for 10 yards and fell over. 3 were shot w/ 140 TSX, same results 2 dropped in their tracks and one walked 10 yards and laid down. One bear required one shot, I gave the other 2 and he was hit w/ an 06 also.

It seems fairly accurate w/ everything I've shot out of it but I haven't shot alot of different bullets. It likes the factory Accubonds really well, but my favorite load right now is 140 TSX and 66.5gr of RL-22. It shoots 5 shot groups I could cover w/ a nickel at 100 and groups I could cover w/ a silver dollar at 200. It doesn't have a kick that is really worth mentioning it's pleasant to shoot.

This has pretty much become my pet rifle and if I go anywhere it goes w/ me. The more I carry it the more I like it. I would really like to take it back to my home state of Montana. I think it would give me a better opportunity to try different loads and bullets and really find out what it can do. All in all I've been very pleased.

Had one and ran it next to a normal 270 WCF. It was no faster, no more accurate and killed no better or worse. Feeding was a bit more of an issue, as it seems to be with all the short fatties.
Swapped it even for the same rifle in 300 Winchester Magnum which is a more flexible caliber for all North American big game and has no feeding or life expectency issues.

I have all 3 of the 270 cal saying the 270 win shoot as fast as a 270wsm or 270 roy is bull [bleep]. lots slower the win,270 I shot a carbou with 270wsm the 130 gr put stuff after shot 15 to 20 yards from where hit hope it helps but will say this Its about the best cal to buy for anything you will hunt in the U.S.or canada

I have a Borden rifle in 270 wsm. For a while I tried almost everything to get it to shoot accurately. I tried RL22, and Imr 4350 w/ 110gr TTSX's and could not even get a solid 1" group. I even bought a box of Federal 110 TTSX's, it patterned and not grouped. Then I bought a lb of H4831 and tried 130gr Accubond and the rifle responded by giving 1/2" moa. Then, AFTER I made about 100 loads of the Accubonds I ran a string of 110gr TTSX's and they shot 1/2" groups too! I wish I would have listened to the Barnes manuel and used their most accurate powder listed because it really likes the H formula.

However, I am not getting the velocity that others report. Using a max load of H and 130 Accubonds I am at 3170fps. i am quite sure I am a couple hundred fps faster w/ the use of the Barnes, but w/ having all those bullets made and then having a Leupold CDS using the recipe, I figure that will be just fine.

...I have a Sako 75 Stainless Synthetic with Magnaport in .270WSM that shoots .5" to .75" at 100 yds with regular ole Nosler Custom Ammo using 140 gr Accubond. The caliber in this rife feels like a diet .243 and I've never recovered a bullet...shoots extremely flat and has enough energy to easily handle anything out their in North America excluding the big bears up North. Of the WSM calibers, this one has been the most popular according to an inside corporate guy just South of me in Springfield (Bass Pro Exec) fwiw.

We do have a couple of .270's down in the vault but my hunter is a .270-WSM in a model 70 Winchester. It has not been hunted that much as I have several other calibers. However, I can tell you that my handloads with a 130 Nosler Accubond bullet churn out 3370fps using IMR-7828 powder. This load is HOT but not excessive pressure in my rifle and it is very accurate off the bench to the tune of .423-MOA

It is plenty for any deer or antelope, I would in a pinch even use it on bull elk if I didn't have several bigger calibers for such game. It is a step ahead of the .270 Winchester for sure. All deer I have shot ( 85 to 250 yds) with this rifle have been complete pass throughs, with a 1 inch exist hole.

If I get drawn for a Montana Mule Deer tag this year, this is the rifle I am planning on taking w/ me!

I have a 270W w/ 25 inch Douglas bbl that runs 150gr NBT's ~3085fps, 130gr NPT's just shy of 3200fps. And that rifle and 150gr load have been hooked up to a Oehler M43 Ballistics Lab and was under max pressure (slightly under anyway ).

But most folks forget to compare equal bbl lengths when comparing magnums to standard cartridges.........

I have had 5 of 'em - still have 3. All Win M70's. All of 'em have shot MOA or better. My whitetail rifle is a M70 SS Classic in a McSwirley Supergrade. It feeds great. It shoots 0.5MOA with H4831/H4831SC and 130gr TSX's @ ~3300fps - honestly haven't tried anything else 'cause I've been more than happy with this combo.

If you reload, there's no drawback to the 270WSM IMHO. I am a WSM fan - I have 5 currently (my 270WSM, a 270WSM each for my 2 boys, a 7WSM and a 300WSM). It cracks me up when people talk about 'em going obsolete or brass becoming unavailable - check out how much brass is offered for truly obsolete cartridges.

Have had 1 still have it. Kimber with english before they called them select. Shoots 130 partitions into 1/2 to 3/4 in all of the time. I've only killed 3 head with it, a 155" and a 166" whitetail and a 366" elk all drt. Recovered the 130 out of the bull under hide on the offside looking just like it should. The elk showed more shock facture ( nor sure how to word that) than any animal I've ever shot other than a bang flop. He just instantly looked very distressed and than fell over. It was like You kicked him in the ____.

My son-in-law bought a Sako A7 in .270 WSM, and is very satisfied with it so far. Added a Zeiss 3-9x40 Conquest on Signature rings, helluva scope!

I helped him sight it in, using Federal loaded with Barnes 130s. Grouped very close to an inch, and sure it would have done better had we gotten right serious about it.

For a light rifle like the A7, or Tikka T3, really recommend swapping out the recoil pad with a Limbsaver. This caliber, even with 130s, still has some bite to it.

Savage 111 with a Leupold 2-7x on board, have had it for a few years. I only shoot factory stuff. Mine really likes Federal Vital Shok 140gr Accubonds. 3 shots into 3/4 inch works for me.
Deer don't like it though.

What I have found is it doesn't much like Winchester PP 150gr stuff. Accuracy was ok but every box I have fired from multiple sources/lots has resulted in very stiff bolt lift. Not very comforting to say the least.

Planning to acquire a Tikka this year.

It's my favorite deer round. 140gr Accubonds enter with an attitude, tear up everything nearby and throw the mess out a nice sized hole on the other side. I remember seeing a 6ft shaft of blood flying out the other side of one buck I shot when the light was just right. I killed 2 feral Goats with one shot with the 140gr Accubonds too, dropped them both within a couple feet of each other.

I have noticed different velocities with the same loads in different rifles. My Sako M-85 with a long throat is slower than my Kimber 8400's. The Browning lever action takedown is slower too but it also has a shorter barrel.

Great, flat shooting, hard hitting round....................DJ

this thread needs more pictures... here's a rat i shot....







prior to the stock change....

Hated my 270WSM but that probably had more to do with the Tikka T3 than the cartridge itself.

Despite what savage62 says my 24" 270 Winchester pushes nearly every 130gr bullet to 3200fps+ with Magpro reaching 3250+. Heck, it shoots cheap Federal blue box 130's to 3240 as verified by 3 different chronographs. My 270WSM T3 struggled mightily to beat it and only a very few loads could reach 3300fps with a 130.

I'll never own another WSM given my experience with the 7WSM and the 270WSM.

100gr Hornady SP 63grs of V100 current favorite for Javelina

I had a Winchester M70 cheapo super shadow wal mart special. Sold it to a guy in Alaska. Really liked it, but if I were to buy another one, it would be in 7mm WSM. Really like the whole short action magnum concept. Mine was extremely accurate. Killed one elk, and quite a few deer and hogs. On the elk I used a 140 TSX. Most of the deer and hogs were killed with ballistic tips, but also a few of the old Nosler Solid Bases. Pretty destructive with the Ballistic Tips, but that never bothered me.

Paul's right, needs more pics...
gave mine a makeover because she was ugly as sin:


Killed a decent bull with her before the makeover:

Agreed.....

Seeing that your Tikka had a Sako barrel it probably had a long throat. I've measured the throats on several Kimbers, HS Precisions, Winchesters and a couple Sako WSM's. All the Sako WSM's had long throats and would shoot the exact same loads used in other rifles slower........................................DJ