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Re: 270 WSM / 7MM WSM / 300 WSM????
« Reply #15 on: October 17, 2014, 08:10:40 AM »
.300 all the way 180-210 accubonds
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Re: 270 WSM / 7MM WSM / 300 WSM????
« Reply #16 on: October 17, 2014, 10:18:19 PM »
If going for elk .325 wsm

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Re: 270 WSM / 7MM WSM / 300 WSM????
« Reply #17 on: October 18, 2014, 11:27:58 AM »
300wsm ammo seems to be easier to find. I also have a 7mm wsm that killed two deer last week but ammo is a little more work to get ahold of. Both great rounds, kinda hard to go wrong.
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Re: 270 WSM / 7MM WSM / 300 WSM????
« Reply #18 on: October 18, 2014, 11:38:23 AM »
.325wsm i have taken two deer at over 300 yards with the 220grn bullet and didn't have to compensate really at all just put the horizontal cross-hair on it's backbone and they were both dead in their tracks.not to mention the few others i have shot between 75 and 275 yards all with the same Winchester 220grn power points  :tup:

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Re: 270 WSM / 7MM WSM / 300 WSM????
« Reply #19 on: October 18, 2014, 11:46:15 AM »
I've used the 270 WSM and the 300 WSM extensively. Both are very good cartridges. The 270 may have a slight edge for deer and antelope sized animals due to a bit faster velocity with lighter bullets, and the 300 WSM might have a slight edge with elk sized animals because of the larger bullet diameter.

With the excellent bullet choices available today, either will serve you well. I'd vote 51% 300 WSM, and 49% 270 WSM between those two.
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Re: 270 WSM / 7MM WSM / 300 WSM????
« Reply #20 on: October 18, 2014, 01:54:00 PM »
 :) 300 just forget the "S" part and make it 300WM.
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Re: 270 WSM / 7MM WSM / 300 WSM????
« Reply #21 on: October 19, 2014, 12:18:23 AM »
Go with the 300WSM. I load 200gr Accubonds over 67.5gr of imr7828 with fed 210 and am getting 5/8" groups in my wife's X-Bolt. I stole it for a morning last year and went out and got the skunk off her brand new rifle with a nice 3pt BT. She was pissed lol....anywho, the 270WSM would be the better choice if only for deer, but for elk and deer, hands down go with the 300.

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Re: 270 WSM / 7MM WSM / 300 WSM????
« Reply #22 on: October 19, 2014, 09:30:06 AM »
Go with the 300WSM. I load 200gr Accubonds over 67.5gr of imr7828 with fed 210 and am getting 5/8" groups in my wife's X-Bolt. I stole it for a morning last year and went out and got the skunk off her brand new rifle with a nice 3pt BT. She was pissed lol....anywho, the 270WSM would be the better choice if only for deer, but for elk and deer, hands down go with the 300.

I would completely agree.  I think that 6.5/.264-270 range is the perfect deer caliber but if you are looking for something that is a little more versatile and has a wider range of bullets, the .30cal  is about as good as it gets.  That doesn't mean you can't shoot elk with a 270 or 7mm, lots have, but if I was looking for a one and done rifle and could only pick from these three, I'd buy the rifle chambered in 300WSM.

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Re: 270 WSM / 7MM WSM / 300 WSM????
« Reply #23 on: October 19, 2014, 10:16:56 AM »
Hard to beat a 7mm WSM and a 160gr Accubond for a all around hunting rifle.

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Re: 270 WSM / 7MM WSM / 300 WSM????
« Reply #24 on: October 19, 2014, 10:43:27 AM »
:) 300 just forget the "S" part and make it 300WM.
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Re: 270 WSM / 7MM WSM / 300 WSM????
« Reply #25 on: October 19, 2014, 06:12:16 PM »
 :) :)     OK just makes no sense to me, none of the other cartridges  you named can compete with the 300WM.  :dunno: :chuckle:
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Re: 270 WSM / 7MM WSM / 300 WSM????
« Reply #26 on: October 19, 2014, 06:45:27 PM »
Rad i have one for sure maybe two boxes of 200 grain accubonds I was going to put on here for sale but I will gladly give them to you although I don't know you I read a lot on here and you are always willing to help anyone give me your info and they will be on the way
If you chose the right bullet for each species I think all three can be good "Do Everything" cartridges.  But if you want one you can build a single load, dial her in and forget about it...300 would be my choice. 

I went the two extremes and got the 270 and the 325.  That way I run light body animals in one gun and large body animals with the other.  Giving me the choice of either one I feel lucky with for muledeer and bear.  Been happy as all heck working it that way.  Would be even happier if Nosler would make some more 8mm Accubonds some time before I turn 80 >:(

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Re: 270 WSM / 7MM WSM / 300 WSM????
« Reply #27 on: October 22, 2014, 07:36:36 PM »
Lots of good advice with the posts here.  Really comes down to preference.  I like them all, but if I wanted one and only one, it would be the 300 loaded with the 165 Accubond.
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Re: 270 WSM / 7MM WSM / 300 WSM????
« Reply #28 on: October 22, 2014, 07:49:25 PM »
Hard to beat a 7mm WSM and a 160gr Accubond for a all around hunting rifle.
   :yeah: I just bought a 7 short mag this year from a member here and my wife just shot the first animal with it Saturday.  A cow elk at 210 yards through the lungs, she went forty yards and died.  Light recoil good ballistics.  Can't wait to build a specific load for it this off season.  And it silk has a chance to kill a wolf and a whitetail in Idaho this fall.

 


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