Single-loading was equally smooth. I used an RCBS die set and first tried running a case through the full-length resizing die with its mouth in contact with the shellholder. Mag. A faster twist rate is one of the key elements of modern cartridge design, which has given us many excellent long-range rounds, such as the 6mm Creedmoor, 28 Nosler, 6.547 Lapua, and 300 PRC. In order to make modern cartridges fit into, and feed from, rifle magazines with modern, high-BC bullets, adequate head height must be engineered into cartridge design.Velocity with the 165-grain Nosler ABLR is advertised at 2,970 fps. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Learn the difference between revolvers and semi-auto pistols and what makes them different. Each cartridge in the Nosler lineup is named in accordance with the first two digits of the bullet diameter it uses: .224" for the 22 Nosler, .264" for the 26 Nosler, .284" for the 28 Nosler, .308" for the 30 Nosler, and .338" for the 33 Nosler. Whether you decide to breathe new life into an old .270 Winchester by giving it a new fast-twist barrel, opt for the efficient, impressive 6.8 Western short-action magnum, or jump in with both feet and get the daddy dragon of them allthe 27 Nosleryoull be better served by the .270 than ever before. It has an impressive G1 BC of .620.No, this projectile wont work in your .270 Winchester. For old-school hunters like myself, I included the grand old Nosler 160-gr. There would be some additional gunsmithing involved. You have entered an incorrect email address! The knock on easy-to-carry bantam rifles is that their slight build and thin-walled . and other cartridges on the Holland & Holland-style case. During that time, if you could get ammunition-makers to open their books, youd have seen that the .270 was one of the top three or five bestsellers in their lineups. The Berger 170-gr. A few AR-15s have been availableand still are availablein 6.8 SPC. Petersen's HUNTING Publisher, Kevin Steele is in the CZ booth with Dylan Rice at SHOT Show to talk about CZ 600 Series Trail rifle. In my rifle, one of Noslers M48s with a 26-inch carbon-fiber barrel, the 150-grain AccuBond bullets registered an average muzzle velocity of 3129 fps. Nosler's stated goal in the 27 Nosler is to produce a more capable long-range hunting cartridge. Kevin Steele of Petersen's HUNTING is with Dawn Wehunt of Rock River Arms INC. learning about the new Ascendant platform. It should come as no small comfort for any patriotic American to know that the countrys firearm industry is vibrant and productive, still faithfully serving the needs of armed citizens, law-enforcement officers and military personneljust as it has for more than two centuries. These factors add to a rounds inherent accuracy potential and are all part of the 27 Noslers design too. Interested in a custom rifle you can come and visit us, or you can call us at 570-752-3655. The 27 Nosler has a long leade for sleek, high BC, long ogive, ABLR and RDF style bullets. Nosler's new Model 21 rifle provides a rare combination of reliability, precision, and portability not often found in hunting rifles. Averages for 150-grain bullets were 2,926 fps and 3,085 fps respectively for a difference of 159 fps. I have one, and Im quite impressed with what I got for the money. How the Brand-New 27 Nosler Revives the .277, We used the new cartridge on a big-game hunt last fall. Elite Hunter, it delivered excellent accuracy from the slightly slower twist of the Nosler test rifle. But I have hunted enough with other rifles chambered for his .270 to know it to be capable of doing anything that can be done with a rifle chambered for one of the 7mm Magnums. of energy over the 270 Win and 600ft./lbs. My idea of an African cartridge is a .404 Jeffery as well, so I guess Im just not that sold on all this new cartridge stuff. *I'd go back with 270 WSM especially if you already have the components. And while Berger considers 1:8" to be optimal for the 170-gr. accuracy guarantee. No probs as of yet cases have 2-3 firings on them. The single stage TriggerTech Field model trigger features a top safety and user adjustable pull weight of 2.5-5 pounds. Enable Accessibility. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. For those who do not know, OConnor was a prolific firearm writer who bought a rifle in .270 Win. bullet and 0.620 for the 165-gr. for the Mountain Carbon and 7 lbs. Unlike most shooting sticks, which form an X where you settle the fore-end into the top notch, the carbon-fiber Qwik-Stix from Hollands Shooters Supply ($250; hollandguns.com) has a flat tube thats 9 inches across. In addition to the heavy-for-caliber Nosler ABLR, Browning introduced a new 175-grain .270 bullet in its Long Range Pro line. That wouldnt be all that difficult. Reloder 50 did a good job behind the Nosler 160-grain Partition, and H50BMG and US 869 would likely do as well. The Cutting Edge 140-gr. See how it turns out and what she likes. Nosler releases the all-ne-aaaaaaand, its already faded into obscurity. Each cartridge in the Nosler lineup is named in accordance with the first two digits of the bullet diameter it uses: .224" for the 22 Nosler, .264" for the 26 Nosler, .284" for the 28 Nosler, .308" for the 30 Nosler, and .338" for the 33 Nosler. and 3,302 fps for the .270 WSM for a difference in favor of the .270 WSM of 144 fps. Well, the company just formally introduced another member to the family: the 27 Nosler. Mag. Pacific Tool & Gauge has chamber reamers for all Nosler cartridges, including the 27 Nosler, 35 Nosler, and 36 Nosler. So overkill for most things youd want to use a .270 for, and a bit small (in terms of projectile mass and diameter) for most things youd want to use a big honkin magnum for. The 6.8 SPC is rated to handle 80,000 psi of chamber pressure and will drive a 135-grain bullet from SIGs Hybrid Match cartridge, with a .488 G1 BC, 3,000 fps from a 16-inch barrel, and produce 2,694 ft.-lbs of energy and SIGs 277 Fury Hybrid Hunting load features a 140-grain bullet with a .508 G1 BC, launching from a 16-inch barrel at 2,950 fps. A rifle so chambered is more likely to shoot a variety of bullet types more accurately, but maximum velocities attainable at acceptable chamber pressures will fall about 100 fps short of what is possible with a freebored chamber. If you want to use 26 or 28 Nosler dies, you will have to build a 27 wildcat instead of a SAAMI 27 Nosler. If i were to build a rifle chambered in 28 Nosler, would my action from R700 chambered 7mm Rem Mag work? This works just fine for bullets in the 130-150 grain range those cartridges are most popular in. (possibly NX8 4-32) Hoping for thoughts and ideas Jun 16, 2021 #2 N NK Hunter Member Joined Jun 16, 2021 My first one was in .300 WSM, and after using it to take an outstanding elk in the mountains of New Mexico, I decided just one was not enough. As the name states, the 27 Nosler uses .277" bullets like the legendary .270 Winchester as well as the newer 270 Winchester Short Magnum (270 WSM) and .270 Weatherby (270 Wby) cartridges. That's right in between the .270 Winchester and the 27 Noslerand this cartridge fits into short-action rifles and plays nicer with the short barrels popular with mountain hunters. HSM, Federal, Nosler, and Weatherby offer .270 Wby. Give a Gift
These rifles were used at the company's ranges and in its labs to create the data for Nosler's Reloading Guides, as well as to test various bullet designs. You are looking at a significant increase in recoil over the .270wm with a 27 NOS. Im going to pull the case capacity for the .27 Nosler from the .26 Nosler and the .28 Nosler, which Im seeing is about 94 grains. a slightly bigger case and a slightly fatter bullet may have been a bit of one-upmanship at a time when new cartridges were not introduced on a weekly basis. more than the 270 WSM at the muzzle. Tagged the 27 Nosler, its specd with a 1:8 rifling twist rate. Most factory rifles dont have a fast enough twist rate to stabilize the limited selection of high BC .277 bullets out there, so you arent getting full performance unless you go with a custom which then the question is, why? Cartridge neck diameter with a bullet seated is 0.311 inch. Elite Hunter took top accuracy honors by consistently shooting inside an inch at 100 yds. John B. To get started, click the link below to visit mymagnow.com and learn how to access your digital magazine. I set up the rifle so that it hit 1.5 inches high at 100 yards, giving the bullet a 240-yard zero. Founded by Frank Galli in 2000, Snipers Hide has been offering informational videos, podcasts, and other support to its users in one location. bullets). Both rifles depart the factory with the same one-m.o.a. Loaded with a 150gr bullet, the 27 Nosler is 400fps faster than a 270 Win, and 300fps faster than a 270 WSM at the muzzle. The Nosler 160-grain Partition is probably the most neglected. Velocity and energy are comparable, too. As youll see, in terms of wind drift, maintained energy and velocity, and bullet drop, the 6.8 Western trounces both the 6.5 Creedmoor and the classic .270 Winchester, even with the latter loaded with a good boattailed, polymer-tipped bullet. While velocity can be increased with a freebored chamber, the long jump makes some rifles particular about the bullets they will shoot accurately. All this from a short-action cartridge with a lot less recoil. Share: Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Email Share Link. Sign up for daily stories delivered to your inbox. But thats just me. As the name states, the 27 Nosler uses .277" bullets like the legendary .270 . If you hunt where the game is tough, the shots are long and demanding, and there is no room for compromise, there is no better choice than the 27 Nosler. If things change change and I choose a Savage action I modify the mag box slightly, but the Wyatt's is easier and they usually come out at 3.840" even though they are advertised as 3.825". That said, if you're a fan of the .277" bore diameter and want a cartridge capable of firing heavy, high BC bullets at a faster than usual velocity, then the .27 Nosler may be just what the doctor ordered. The result is an offering from Nosler that redefines performance as radically now as the 270 Winchester did upon its introduction in 1925. It might take a custom-made reamer with a long pilot. Kali Parmley of Gun Dog Magazine talks to George Thompson from Benelli USA about the new features from the Benelli line in 2023. The 27 Nosler case has 42% more case capacity than the 270 Winchester, 25% more than the 270 WSM and 12.5% more than the 270 Weatherby. When loaded with IMR 4350, the slowest-burning powder available at the time, the .270 Wby. In ballistic terms, it outperforms the 7mm Rem. Heres how it performed. To make it competitive on the modern long-range scene, Nosler also introduced a new bullet designed specifically for the 27 Nosler. 30 Nosler cases are preferred if forming 27 Nosler cases because of the similar shoulder dimension. I became a big OConnor fan during my youth, but I did not get around to hunting with the .270 until the early 1960s. Yeah. The Sako-style extractor plucked fired cases from a dirty chamber without missing a beat, and the spring-loaded plunger ejector propelled spent cases through the port smoothly and with great authority. Sound familiar? Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Butt stroke a man with an M-4. This 8 twist 26" barrel loves 150gr Nosler ballistic tip and N570 with gm215m primers at a mild 3300 fps. During that year, I used the same rifle to take mule deer, pronghorn antelope, elk, and caribou, and they also were one-shot kills. Enough of this funereal diatribe, however. It took about an hour to get down from our perch and climb up to him. NEXT: 8 MILITARY SURPLUS GUNS EVERY SHOOTER SHOULD OWN. A friend of mine bought a Model Seven in 6.8 SPC as a first centerfire rifle for his young daughter, and he considers Hornady Custom with the 120-grain SST and Federal Fusion with the 115-grain Fusion to be the deadliest medicines available for use on deer and feral hogs. Haha, this velocity comparison is a joke. was not a lot faster than the .270 Win. A few months prior to the official introduction of the .270 WSM in 2002, I used a Browning A-Bolt chambered for it to take a very large nilgai bull on the King Ranch in Texas. Long known for making high quality hunting ammo, Nosler kicked off their line of proprietary cartridges back in 2013 when they introduced the 26 Nosler centerfire rifle cartridge. Ill shoot that much in a year or two. The most accurate I shot was a Model 700 SPS with a 22-inch barrel. I will never understand the obsession with .277 bores. Trophy Grade ammunition is loaded by Nosler with 150-gr. Subscriber Services. Like the submerged and unseen bulk of an iceberg, those other factors were what ripped the hull out of the status quo that had kept a handful of cartridges floating at the top of the sales charts year after year. OConnor was right about it being big enough medicine for elk, but even he admitted that the .30-06 is a better elk cartridge. In light varmint bullets, theyll both be shooting the same weight of bullets (lets say 40 to 52 grain pills) and with the same twist rifling (lets say 1:12). There are some absurdly slick 7mm bullets available now of very high quality. One of my favorites is a Browning A-Bolt Mountain Ti in .270 WSM. The 7mm Dakota is a beltless magnum (just as we see here), based on the .404 Jeffery cartridge, with an OAL of 3.330. Joseph Von Benedikt shows his custom 500 and how well it shoots. Retumbo kicks ass with the 150ABLR too in my rifle. Nosler may as well rent out space in every Dicks and call it Fudds R Us.. To prevent a dangerous situation by accidentally chambering a 28 Nosler cartridge into a 27 Nosler chamber, why wasnt the shoulder of the 28 Nosler moved forward like the 280 Remington and the 7mm WSM? The 27 Nosler is joining a crowded field of long-range cartridges, so it's going to have to fight to succeed. We show you how. The barrel twist on our previous .270sthe Winchester, Winchester Short Magnum, and Weatherby Magnumis 1:10. Could be wrong. I see this 27 Nosler round being a boutique cartridge for long-range target shooting enthusiasts, and maybe (heavy emphasis on maybe) a long-range sniper cartridge for the U.S. military. Mag., 30 Nosler and 33 Nosler. The 27 Nosler is joining a crowded field of long-range cartridges, so its going to have to fight to succeed. in the hands of Americas hunters. At 300 yards, the bullet has dropped less than 3.5 inches, and the holdovers at 350 and 400 yards amount to 7.5 and 13 inches, respectively. The Howa 1500 is a nice action, and their products quality is more than I would expect for the price point. I wont speculate on why the .30-03 case was used, but my best guess on bullet diameter is that they wanted the cartridge to be different from anything else of American design. H4831 is still the powder to beat, although it does have plenty of competition today. Im not sure I see the point here. Deadly at both ends. The Remington is more accurate, but the Winchester is accurate enough to take game as far away as I care to shoot. and five of Nosler's proprietary numbers26 Nosler, 27 . |
AccuBond Long Range bullets at respective muzzle velocities of 3250 f.p.s. Going to .30 cal. ammunition. with proper scope to take advantage of range would have capabilities at 1,200 yards on elk and such game. Other features common among these cartridges include minimal body taper, steep shoulder angles, and tight throat dimensions. With only 3 rounds in a group, youll find probably one three round group out of a 20-round box of ammo that will do it. Federal has created a safer, easier and more reliable way to shoot a muzzleloader. Partition in my tests, and there is more than enough room in the magazine for it. Federal, Hornady, Remington, SSA, Sellier & Bellot, and Prvi Partizan offer it, so there is no shortage of ammo. Joseph Von Benedikt is with Rafe Nielsen of Browning to take a look at a new X-Bolt series rifle. AccuBond and 165-gr. But to take full advantage of heavy-for-caliber, high-BC bullets, you have to spin them faster, which is why the 27 Nosler was specd out with a 1:8.5 twist. This results in best-possible ballistic performance with minimal powder usage, maximum consistency in velocity, and impressive performance at a modest price in recoil. Considering its big appetite for powder, velocity spread with the 27 Nosler was quite low. Having similar stocks on your rifles, helps to make me proficient moving from one rifle to the other in this environment. Publisher of Petersen's HUNTING magazine, Kevin Steele is at the Steiner Optics booth with Alberto Corbetta to discuss the Predator 4 and Predator 8. It begins with a circumference of 5.5" near the receiver and then abruptly swells to a much larger handful. I believe it held 10 rds. To me the limiting factor for those much larger cases is going to be that 24in tube.
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