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Gun manufacturers are doing what custom builders have been doing for years ... pouring a fast twist barrel on it.

It is a real concern for them that if they just charged the twist and made heavy bullets available, that morons would buy that ammo and then bitch about poor performance. Gotta remember educated shooters on forums like this are a SMALL minority of shooters. Idiots would most DEFINITELY buy ammo their gun couldn't shoot. And they'd most certainly publicly bash the ammo matter for making crap ammo their fun can't shoot.

You gotta play to the lowest common denominator. The easiest way? New cartridge with new SAAMI specs.

Gun manufacturers are doing what custom builders have been doing for years ... pouring a fast twist barrel on it.

It is a real concern for them that if they just charged the twist and made heavy bullets available, that morons would buy that ammo and then bitch about poor performance. Gotta remember educated shooters on forums like this are a SMALL minority of shooters. Idiots would most DEFINITELY buy ammo their gun couldn't shoot. And they'd most certainly publicly bash the ammo matter for making crap ammo their fun can't shoot.

You gotta play to the lowest common denominator. The easiest way? New cartridge with new SAAMI specs.

Gun manufacturers are doing what custom builders have been doing for years ... pouring a fast twist barrel on it.

It is a real concern for them that if they just charged the twist and made heavy bullets available, that morons would buy that ammo and then bitch about poor performance. Gotta remember educated shooters on forums like this are a SMALL minority of shooters. Idiots would most DEFINITELY buy ammo their gun couldn't shoot. And they'd most certainly publicly bash the ammo matter for making crap ammo their fun can't shoot.

You gotta play to the lowest common denominator. The easiest way? New cartridge with new SAAMI specs.

I wonder if Nosler will come out with a 165+grain Partition for this cartridge?

In a nutshell it’s a slightly shortened 270 WSM case (0.08” shorter than 270 WSM case) for utilization of high BC very long .277 projectiles in a standard length WSM magazine with 165gr to 175gr weight bullets. Rifles will have faster twist rates in the 1:8 - 1:7.5 range. Can’t really see the benefits unless you are constantly pulling the trigger and bucking wind on game at 700 yards plus. Another reinvention full of intrigue? Probably not, but this is another part of the new wave of rifle/hunting needs being sold to the public.

The 160 is for the 1-10" twist and is a semi-spitzer. I would like to see a 165+ grain spitzer Partition or maybe a Ballistic Tip.

Time will tell.

So, some guy going out west will grab his 270 WSM and a few boxes of the new 6.8 Westerner rounds. Wonder how badly the case rupture will be?

So, some guy going out west will grab his 270 WSM and a few boxes of the new 6.8 Westerner rounds. Wonder how badly the case rupture will be?

170 NBT has already been pictured in some of the release photos

The odd part is, those new .270 heavy projectiles have a lower BC than lighter offerings in the .264 that already exist. They are decent in the .600 range, but you can get a 145gr 6.5 bullet that is over .700 already.

The Western won't fit in the WSM cause it has a longer C.O.A.L at 2.955."

So if you shorten a cartridge so you can use longer bullets why not just seat the bullet to the same overall length in the original case? You can still use the longer bullets unless it has a super short neck in the original cartridge. I would rather have the longer case with powder around the deeper seated bullet rather than lose capacity. Just use the faster twist barrel and be done with it. I guess then though you wouldn’t have a new whiz bang cartridge to sell as the greatest thing since sliced bread

What is it? Useless waster of ammo factory capacity

The 270WSM is pretty much on its last leg, so lets make another 270. I guess the one designed in 1925 hasn't been working well enough either. Makes sense..