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270 WSM

ljc2tallljc2tall Member Posts: 87 ✭✭
edited February 2007 in Ask the Experts
I am looking to buy a 270 wsm. I am thinking about the Savage or the Tika. Which is the most accurate? Is the 270 wsm a good shooter?
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  • ljc2tallljc2tall Member Posts: 87 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    i have a 270wsm in the savage. took it out today and gettin 5 inch group at 100 yards. but at fifty it is better. loading 58.5 grains of imr4350. suggestions on this. raise powder or lower? 140gr hornady sst. just not acceptable for me where it is now. thanks
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  • ljc2tallljc2tall Member Posts: 87 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am getting a 270wsm in a few months and was wandering what the recoil is like. What is it equivilant to. If it helps the rifle will be a Tikka T3 Lite.
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  • ljc2tallljc2tall Member Posts: 87 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm in need of counseling so I'm laying on the couch. Please tell me reveared sages of the shooting world why did winchester come out with the 270wsm. I've shot ywo and the accuracy is not that impressive and I have taken coues deer up to a shiras moose with my old M70 270. Am I missing something or is bullet placement still not 90% of shooting big game[xx(]
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  • ljc2tallljc2tall Member Posts: 87 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am not sure why the thread was locked. I just went back and looked at the cases I have. The ones I sized are nice and smooth. I looked closely at the ones I tried to put in the rifle and there is a dig in the brass about 1/8" starting at the shoulder of the cartridge. This can only come from the chamber. My gunsmith is closed for a week so I will have to wait and see what he thinks.
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  • ljc2tallljc2tall Member Posts: 87 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hello,
    I am new to this forum, so if I am not posting correctly let me know.
    I plan on reloading some 270 WSM shells with 150 gr. sst bullets. I have all the componets I need except I got standard large rifle primers instead of mag.large rifle primers. Will the standards work? Some sites say yes will others reccomend the mag. primers. Any info would be appreciated. I have had this rifle since Dec. and have not fired it yet. I want to roll loads so I can practice a little.
    Thank you
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  • Colonel PlinkColonel Plink Member Posts: 16,460
    edited November -1
    Threads in this forum are locked after ten posts, under the assumption that if you have ten replies, you should have your answer.

    In the case of your 270WSM, I think you got two or three good leads.

    If you don't get your answer in ten replies, just re-post as you did here.

    cough cough **small-base dies, man. That's your solution** cough cough.
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  • ljc2tallljc2tall Member Posts: 87 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    small base dies I hear you. Where do I find them? I looked in the gun broker auctions. I have looked in Cabela's shooter catalog. I have also looked in online catalogs. All I see is full die sets. If you are talking competion die sets way out of my league.
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  • nononsensenononsense Member Posts: 10,928 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ljc2tall,

    http://www.huntingtons.com/dies_smallbase.html

    Specify - Price Group 1 Small Base Sizer - $25.10

    Part #31331 - .270 WSM

    Best.
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  • ljc2tallljc2tall Member Posts: 87 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thank you all for your info. I also found them at Midwayarms
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  • dfletcherdfletcher Member Posts: 8,179 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I had the same problem with a Ruger #1 in 7mm Rem Mag. Just a helpful word, make certain you do a good job of lubing the case on the bottom sides. Small Base means literally that - you're going to put just a little extra squeeze down there and don't want to get stuck.
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  • heavyironheavyiron Member Posts: 1,421 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hi,

    A small base die (SBD) is intended for use on ammunition to be used in auto, semi-auto, and lever action rifles so that the loaded round chambers and extracts easily. The SBD sizes the case from the shoulder to the head of the case a couple of thousandths smaller than a full length sizer die. In certain calibers it also sets the shoulder of the case back a thousandth or two more than the full length sizer die.

    Therefore, in your case, the cartridge case could be hanging on the shoulder and/or the base. Sounds like the Browning rifle has a chamber cut to minimum tolerances (or close to it) and the Lee die is not quite resizing enough to get the casing back to within chamber tolerances.

    The SBD can also be obtained from:

    http://www.midwayusa.com/

    Regards,

    Heavyiron
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  • ljc2tallljc2tall Member Posts: 87 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    a new set of small base dies are on there way
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  • buddybbuddyb Member Posts: 5,398 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    When I load for an autoloader I try to chamber the brass in the rifle I am loading it for.If the bolt will not close I turn the sizing die in a tiny bit at a time until the bolt closes easily on the case.That saves a lot of grief of loading 50 rounds to find they will not chamber.
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