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So through a series of events I am likely getting a Ruger tang safety chambered in .270 Win.
The rifle has no sentimental value at all, and for a number of reasons I have no desire for a .270 Win. I like Ruger 77s, and I like tang safety ones quite a bit as well. I want to keep the rifle, but I am looking for ideas on what to rebarrel it to.
I don't need another .30-06 so that is out. Nothing sounds interesting. Maybe its a case of rifle looney doldrums...

If you were in my boat what would you rebarrel it to?

35 Whelen or a .22-6mm

I've thought about the .22-243 Middlestead. Twisted fast to shoot the heaviest of .224 bullets.

The .22-6mm is an easy cartridge to make and load. Take a 6mm Rem case lube neck,pass through sizing die and your done. This is my .22-6mm,killed the coyote with a 55 gr NBT at 30 yds,the bullet was going 4000 fps at muzzle. Hornady has loading data with 55 gr and heavier bullets IIRC.

Surely you can think of something more arcane than that.

or a fast twist in 6 mm Remington can be a lot of fun....especially on a long action....

bullets available in weights from 55 to 115 grains....

throated to allow cartridges to magazine length, it will equal factory 240 Weatherby ammo all day long...

I shoot 75 grain HPs or V Maxes at a respectable 3700 to 3750 fps...

25-06 or 6-06

9.3X62 or 6-06 would be my picks.

Both excellent choices. The newest edition of Handloader has data for the 22-6.

I would take a 22-6 anyday over a 22-243 Middlestead, especially since no fire-forming is needed with the 22-6.

Tom

How about a 375 Whelen? Maybe 400 Whelen?

6.5-06

That would be my three choices.

Thanks for mentioning the Handloader info. I think I will snag a copy this evening.
.22-6mm could work.

Dave, I thought about both of those almost first thing. I don't know that I would use either of them much since I already have a 450/400 Nitro and that .444 rimless from Ken Howell.

I think I might be leaning towards a sporter weight .22-6mm or maybe a 6-06

John Haviland wrote an article on the .22-6mm in the March-April 2003 Handloader,that is the article that made me want a .22-6mm. The name of the article was "Faster than the Swift" IIRC.

8x57 is next on my list, great old round and it would be a real dandy on a Ruger 77...

35 whelen, 9.3x62mm

9.3x62 if you go big, 6.5-06 if you go flat

I see you live in Az . What do you hunt and what do you already have?

Would sell it and buy a tang in the chambering of your choice I think a 77 Tang lightweight in a 250 Savage is about the cats A$$ in factory offerings...

Or rebore to a 9.3

W

Load it with 85TSX as it sits, and pretend that it's a different chambering.

I'd rock it as is in 270, but I've been told that I'm gay like that.