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I am on my 3rd 270WSM. I had 2 in the Tikka T3 LS models (one mine the other my wife's). Sold both of them to the inlaws as I had bought a mint Sako m75ss version. LOVE this caliber!!! 140gr Accubond reloads with Retumbo are my medicine.

Recently picked up a new Sako A7ss 270WSM for my nephew and we were at the range yesterday. Shoots pretty sweet. Its set right now at 2" high @ 100 metres. Later I will spend more time with my nephew at the range so he can learn the reticle at distances and get more comfortable with his new rifle. I am leaving for my 1 week moose hunting trip this coming sunday morning but at least my nephew can be confident to hunt around their farm and area for a whitetail or elk.

A-bolt II - mountain ti. It carries like a dream and is a good shooter but if I slowly/quietly load a round it will jam. Closing it normally works fine. I've learned to not to panic when it happens.

My .270 wsm, built on a Wby Vanguard action, is absolutely the slickest-feeding bolt action I own. Slow or fast, doesn't matter.

I like mine enough that I just bought another. My first is a M700 matte black SPS that was sent to HCR. They bedded into a Ti stock that Karnis painted, chopped the spout to 23in, and worked the trigger. I've since added a Wyatt CF box and follower, had it cerakoted in graphite black, added UBC, changed the FP assembly, lapped in some TLW 30mm lows, and mounted a 6500 2.5-16x42. She was doing 1/2moa with 130TTSXs at 3260 ahead of 62g I4350 prior to the latest mods. That load works out quite well for 400yd work as when zeroed at 225 it's only 4" low at 300, 9" at 350, and 1mil at 400. Just prepped some brass to load some more of the same and plan to run it this weekend. Plan to take it to TX in a few weeks to chase WT.

The second is a SS T3 I bought from pullit. He was getting around 1" at 300 with 130NBTs ahead of H4831, so it should be a dandy shooter as well. I've a Vortex HS 4-16x44 on the way for it, plan to mount it in some TLW lows as well.

It's a good cart IMO. It definitely edges out the Win by a fair margin. Not quite the Wby, but a dandy none the less.

I have the Model 70 Featherweight in LH and it loves the Nosler 140 gr Accubond with Magpro . I re-stocked it in a McMillan Swirly . I never hunt with it always just use my standard 270 Win.

Which pattern did you choose for your Vanguard

I like both of mine. Both are Rem 700s. One is shooting 150 gr LR AccuBonds with H1000 and the other is flinging 130 gr. AccuBonds with R22.

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The McMillan stock is the Sako Hunter pattern.

I've got a FN Model 70 Featherweight from the first year of production with that cheap looking gold pain on the floor plate that puts 130 grain Accubonds over a case full of Reloder-17 in tiny groups that sometimes are even one holers.

I've never hunted it simply because it's a .270 (of sorts), but I do enjoy showing those tiny groups to my shooting buddies at the range.

JeffG: I am still happy with mine.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

Thanks for all the input guys! I have a Savage 14 270wsm headed my way. I was originally going to rebarrel it into 7SAUM, but now I'm looking forward to keeping it for some of those tiny 300yd groups you're all talking about!

Over ten years and still lovin mine!

I have a load I need to mess with a little more using a 150gr partition using magrpo and rem 9 1/2 mag primers. I just need to mess with the OAL a little bit. With that partition rifle be a moose killign machine. I use it on brown bear as well. That partition is hard to beat.

I have one in a sako 75 finnlight.
Loves the 140 gr accubonds.

Mine is a Kimber Montana. I had a load with 7828 and the 130 Ballistic tip that shot great, but I never got around to chronographing it for awhile. I knew the speeds weren't any better than .270 Win just by the trajectory but that didn't stop me from popping a few deer and a pile of coyotes with it. When I did get around to chronographing it was no more than 2950 fps. When time permited I poured the coal to it and its now teetering around 3300 fps and bettering MOA at 500 yards. Not bad for a 6 pound rig.

Love the caliber, but I have two. I have a Kimber 8400 stainless in 270 WSM I'm looking to let go of. $1100.00. Email for pics. Justinvpetersongmail.com. Thx

Love mine, it's an older Model 70 Classic.

Shoots the 150 BT's and PT's at 3130-3150 with RL22.. Great rifle. Never had too much to do in order to make it shoot..

At 300 yards.



The BT's and PT's on the same target.. Great combo with RL22..

I had one for awhile. It never shot up to my expectations so got rid of it without ever hunting it. Now have a .300 WSM which shoots much better.

Jim

I have one that I use on my Blaser R93. It's stable mate is the 300 WSM. I'm quite interested in the 140 Accubond for the 270. What sort of experience do you users have with it?
I'm going on a NM Elk hunt in December and am considering the 140 Accubond for my load. What say you?

Zero experience with it, but by the numbers its the same as a 7mag shooting 160 Accubonds.