Originally Posted by HuntnShoot
Originally Posted by todbartell
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Just twist the 270 WSM right. This 6.8 is just doing things backwards from someone who is bored in life.


Trouble with the 270 WSM is the SAAMI length is set at 2.86" OAL, which is not optimum for the new wave of high BC hunting bullets (165 ABLR, 170 EOL, 175 TGK).

Another problem would be theoretical 165-175gr factory ammo for a 270 WSM being shot in standard 1:10 twist rifles, it will shoot awful at best. Lots of angry uninformed customers blaming Winchester online. It makes more sense to design a new cartridge from the ground up and offer it with rifles and ammo that works well. That's what Winchester is doing

I disagree. People need to be treated like adults, and then expected to behave like adults. There are several cartridges for which there are lots of different standard twist rates. The 223/5.56 is a perfect example. If you have a 1:12, most bullets over 60 grains won't shoot for schit. How much have the ammo companies had to argue with people who bought ammo with 77g bullets and tried to shoot it in their 1:12 Colt?

It would have been simple and easy to offer the WSM in 1:8 twist, then marked the ammo "fast twist" or " for 1:8 barrels only", and put out a press release describing the new standard twist and new ammo specs.






They had to put warning labels on Tide Pods and release celebrity public safety announcements to NOT eat them, and you expect the average American to even know what barrel twist is and how it relates to ammo choice?