Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Barrel length for a 300 wsm?

The .270 really shines with bbl's longer than 22" as JB found out.

I had two 270's built with longer barrels after reading the acticle JB wrote in which he mentioned the 26" Shaw. The first was a Lilja at 25" and the second was a Kreiger at 26". I ended up cutting each to 23". The average loss was 24 fps per inch. The load was 61 grains of H4831sc and 130 grain TSX. The throat was cut a little long to accomodate an oal of 3.49" and this allowed the hotter load. Both were much more pleasant to pack after being shortened.

Rin-I too had a 25" tube on a .270 (just 4 giggles I'd love to do it on an 06 some day as well).

I also cut it to 23" so it would fit the scabbard. Either way it worked very well on game when the shot was directed properly.

Dober

............That little rifle that you think belongs in a cracker jack box, shoulders very fast, is a fast pointer, carrys extremely well in any terrain, is a delight in the field, and will do anything that anyone could do, using any 300 WSM with a longer barrel. Timber gun, bush gun, open plains gun, mountain gun, fast for any surprises, you name it! You can name the game too; elk, moose, bear, anything on the N/A continent and throw in all plains game too! That rifle you call a "cracker jack box" rifle would run circles around you; in shouldering, pointing, aiming and firing!

Something is wrong in my hen house? I`m the fox in yours pal.

Can`t handle 40-60 rounds of .375 Ruger?? Well, you should not have mentioned that I would need glasses and a helmet then!

As I said, go to "reloadersnest" and find that 180 gr load for yourself. I gave it to ya in one of my posts; the load #, the charge and even the powder. Why should I give you anything more?

Everybody`s a liar and my rifle belongs in a cracker jack box? Well! Go blank yourself pal!

Good to see you're maturing so well at 57 years...grin

Dober

..........You certainly were and are no better yourself, in fact much worse!

I smell an Indian Leg Wrestling match!

I tell you what why don't you go back to blow drying your chest hair ok...

And please don't have me shoot your 375 with 300's I don't think I could handle it....grin

On second thought, if you ever get up here bring it along and we can spend a day out shooting chucks and pds and rocks with it (and my 340's and 375 Wby's and) and see how it goes. But....for some reason I really aint all that worried about those kinds of recoil levels. I've worn out enough of those kinds of barrels to of lost any concern for them many moons ago.

Dober

..............What such intelligence! Duh!...Well take care Doby! The fun is over!

Dats for sure and thx for the morning and eve giggles.

And seriously, I really don't care what you shoot. And I know that you don't care what I shoot just as long as we're both out there getting after it for me is what it's really all about.

And if you ever come this way bring your fly rod and we'll beat up on some dry's one day and then next we'll hit the chuck and pd fields with our 375's. As long as we both keep our mouths shut I reckon we'll do just fine.

Ciao my friend

Doby