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That American Hunter article kind of cracked me up. He shot the buck at 200 yards. He could have done that with a .30-30 "Western". 
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It is nothing more than another cartridge that a company dreamed up to do nothing more than sell rifles. hard to get many people excited about the good of 30-06 or 308 or 243 or 300WM... come out with a new wiz-bang do it all - kill the animal, gut it and skin it all with one shot at 1200 yards and everyone will be buying new guns, often new optics and accessories... oh, do not forget all the new ammo to buy
The worst thing ever to happen to cops is the personal video recorder... Now people can see the truth
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Gimmick to sell more rifles.
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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. 170 NBT has already been pictured in some of the release photos That is a 175 grain Sierra Game King. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/NDIuvDS.png) A 170gr Ballistic Silver Tip is also one of the initial load offerings from Winchester. Don't understand how folks can whine about this new chambering, it's basically exactly what the .270 WSM should have been.... 8 twist and the first three factory loads are 165gr ABLR, 170gr BT, and 175gr TGK? That'll do pig, that'll do.
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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? The Western won't fit in the WSM cause it has a longer C.O.A.L at 2.955." Looking at the SAAMI specs, the Western has the shoulder set back a few thou with no other changes that I see. Since the minimum Western COAL is less than the maximum WSM COAL, I see no reason why some Western loads would not fit in a WSM chamber. Well, they solved the headspace issue by making the OAL longer. So, not only will the headspace be off, the bullet will jamb in the lands of a WSM.
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That American Hunter article kind of cracked me up. He shot the buck at 200 yards. He could have done that with a .30-30 "Western". Yeah, but then he won't get invited on anymore free hunting trips!
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They had to come up with a new one for the 270 people. They were feeling left out.
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