270/7mm/270WSM/7mmWSM

[wisconsinteacher]

Okay here is the situation. My father-in-law passed away and had a 270 and a 7mmRem Browning ABolts. They are both in mind condition. I get the choice of one of them. My goal is to build a WSM in the opposite bullet size. I want the rifle for shooting/deer/antelope. Would you pick the 270 and build a 7mmWSM or take the 7mm and build a 270WSM?

 

[jonbearman]

tHEY ARE BOTH LONG ACTIONS AND ONLY ONE HAS THE RIGHT BOLT FACE,SO USE THE 7 MAG.Sorry caps lock on.

 

[dkhunt14]

The 7mm has the right bolt face. The caliber to build in would be depending on how far you want to shoot and maybe the possibility of having elk into the mix. Personally I would buy a Remington or custom action and build on that. Browning makes a nice and expensive rifle. Probably the 7mm would make a nice hunting gun as is. I had one in a 243 and it shot pretty good with the right reloads. Matt

 

[wisconsinteacher]

Sorry about the confusion, I only get to have one rifle and will be keeping it as is. From there, I would start a new build on a Savage or Rem action. My mother-in-law is giving the other rifle to a family friend.

 

[Timgunner]

I'd go with the 7mm because of the bolt face but I would build the 7wsm because it has many more bullet choices than the 270wsm.

 

[nastynatesfish]

I'd just keep it a 7 rem mag and save your money and time searching for wsm brass. Never tell the difference in shooting it especially at game

 

[270wsm]

as my name states, i am partial to the 270wsm. As for not to many bullet options, you have your standard 110-150 gr, cutting edge makes a long , higher BC140 gr and Matrix is making 165-175 gr options in .277 bC on these is in the high .6-.7 range. dont put that .270wsm out of your mind. It has the potential to be a great long range caliber, has the knock down to take anything in North America. There is a guy on another site that uses his on elk out to 900 with the 165 matrix. great flay shooting, accurate round. .435 out of a factory Tikka barrel.

 

[XTR]

I'd take the 7mmRM and forget about the build.

My personal choice is not to overlap capabilities in my hunting rifles. My hunting closet is 22lr, 50Cal smokeless ML (rocks!); 7-08, 7mmRM, and 45-70. One day I'll add back a 308 to replace the one that was displaced by the 7-08 build.

Unless I go to Africa I'm covered for pretty much any application. A 270Win and a 7 Mag (any flavor) are basically the same ballistics. If I wanted to build on a -06 case I'd do a 280 Rem, but that's me. The 7mm balances throat wear, bullet weight (recoil), bullet choices, and ballistics about the best of anything out there.

The bottom line is build and shoot what you want, if everyone shot what I like we'd have a lot fewer choices.

 

[Savage99]

Use one of the rifles the way it is now.

"Build" is an over rated, over talked thing.

 

[broncman]

Use one of the rifles the way it is now.

"Build" is an over rated, over talked thing.

Sage advice! Unless you are competing, either of those rifles as is would take nearly anything you want.

I have 2 270WSM rifles... A Sako and a Model 7. Both have taken several deer that never moved! Thinking about making a 300 OSSM out of the model 7....

Listen too me...ignoring my own advice