270 Winchester trajectory is similar to a 300 Magnum. Take a 24" barreled 270 Winchester, 150 grain Nosler Partition or Sierra Game-King bullets hand-loaded to 3,000 fps, (yes, there are several powders that will safely do it.), and you will have a rifle that shoots like a 300 magnum, recoils like a 30-'06 and will deliver perhaps in excess of 1,400 ft.-lbs energy at 500 yards. The 270 is at its best with 150 grain bullets. But if you must have more recoil, by all means, get a 300.
CC268 doesn't reload, and doesn't plan to do so any time soon. So, citing best-case-scenario handloads isn't very helpful. (Especially since reloaders know very well that 99% of rifles will never achieve the velocities published in reloading manuals - such as the Nosler data you cited.)I don't know of a load that will send a .270 150gr to 3420 fps. 74 grains of IMR 4350 with a 150gr Ballistic Silvertip or Accubond will do so in a 300 Win Mag with a 24" barrel. Recoil with 150 gr loads is actually very manageable.
.270 is a proven, fantastic round. But a .300 Win Mag it is not.
I don't know of a load that will send a .270 150gr to 3420 fps. 74 grains of IMR 4350 with a 150gr Ballistic Silvertip or Accubond will do so in a 300 Win Mag with a 24" barrel. Recoil with 150 gr loads is actually very manageable.
.270 is a proven, fantastic round. But a .300 Win Mag it is not.
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He meant big game "cartridge"... we all understood what he meant.
(Especially since reloaders know very well that 99% of rifles will never achieve the velocities published in reloading manuals - such as the Nosler data you cited.)
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