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Love my .270 WSM. Mine shoots 140 grain GameKings and 140 grain Accubonds so well that I’ve never tried anything else. I load both over IMR-4350. Performance on game has been great. This rifle is bad azz and I have a ton of confidence when hunting with it.

I’m in the WSM camp... have 3 270wsm’s and 3 7wsm’s. I’ve been pleased with accuracy and performance, and prefer the short action. 24” barrels are just about perfect to me, though shorter is better at times.

Bottom line though... all comes down to personal preference!

I had Montanas in both, sold both, and wish I still had the 270 Win

Don't forget...if the 270 Win is gay then the 270 WSM must be flamboyant.

Dan

Great responses !!
I had a Rem 700 .270 Win. I bought in 1967. Super accurate right up to the end, which was only one week ago. Got a lot of deer with that gun in NY, and Pa.
I lent it to a neighbor for this deer season (I know, I know, BIG mistake, but it really wasn't all his fault), and lets just say I no longer have a .270 !!

Yes, I learned a lesson !! Don't EVER lend out a gun, unless you really hate that gun.

I'm kinda leaning towards the WSM, but I don't know. I may get the new Savage WSM from my buddy,
and in the mean time save up for a Super Grade Winchester Mod.70. which is what I'd really like to have.
It's going to be hard to live without a .270 Win. !!




I know what your saying, I have a Mod.70 30gov't06 Carbine with a barrel dated 1936. It's stocked by Al Biesen ...
This gun has soul !! The stories it could tell... I shot two Mule deer at 400, and 425 yds. with it. It's been in my family since new.

84L Classic , Guy bought it never shot it and returned it to the store 799 , very very tough to pass that up

So often when the discussion of magnum vs a standard cartridge in the same caliber comes around, the barrels lengths are ignored. Equal barrel lengths tends to make velocities pretty close between the two.

And I wouldn't want to shoot a 270WSM with a 22" bbl. My experience with other magnums that have had their bbls shortened is muzzle blast can be a bit ferocious.

A long time ago I had a client with a Mark V in 300 Wthby with the bbl cut to 20". When he shot it was kinda' like a Top Fuel motor blipping the throttle. I thought the Pinion tree we were under was gonna fall.........

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I have both, in 270 WSM a Sako Tecomate and a 75 Grey Wolf. The Tecomate shoots bugholes with just about everything I feed it (150 and 130 Berger VLD's , 140 Nosler Accubinds and 150 Nosler Partitions). I shot a bull elk at 300 yards with this rifle (150 Partitions) and it died quickly. I haven't shot the Grey Wolf much, it's built like a tank. In 270 Win, I own a Sako A7S and a SS Browning A-Bolt. The Sako shoots bugholes also, I shot a Kudu and Gemsbok in RSA with it and 156 grain Sako Hammerheads, both animals dropped and needed a finisher (bullet failure, core jacket separation). The Browning shoots OK, I like it a lot. My father has the same rifle and 140 Hornady Interlocks touch at 100 yards. So like others, I like both rounds and it's a toss up. I've seen a ton of whitetails killed the the 270 Win and 130 grain bullets. Hunting in the east, 270 Win, hunting out west, 270 WSM. Good luck!

270

I think that is a good way to put it.

The 270 win served Grandpa and Dad well. I've used a 270 for almost 50 years without complaint. The 270 WSM is quite popular here the guys that have them like them as well. Like a lot of rifle decisions it's personal preference

The short action on the WSM is nice. The feeding and brass/ammo cost on the WCF is nice. Can't go wrong with either.

A vote for The Original....

I’m glad someone remembered that aspect! LOL! The WSM might be the Liberace of the short mags 😂

I have all three, I like all of them, but the WSM is my favorite.

I have both, and I prefer the 270 WSM over the .270 Win. I am a .280 Rem. fan, but the .270 WSM really got my attention when they came out and we lived in MT at the time, so it was the perfect deer/antelope gun. The .270 Win. I have, the wife won it, and the oldest has claimed it as his. As soon as he graduates college and is out on his own, I hope he takes the .270 Win. and I never own another one. Nothing wrong with it, I just prefer the .270 WSM, and .280 Rem.

At 500 yards and them some whats the difference, none. Would rather tote and shoot a 22" barreled 270 Win myself.

270 win gets my vote.

This is the shot from my stand. I may have to compute my “Hold Under” with the gun.



I went over to my friends house today, and picked up the WSM.
Stopped at Cabela’s, and picked up 3 boxes 130, and 150 Fusions to try out the gun.