Long Range 270

[snowshoes22]

I am looking into a long range 270 project.  I don't have the funds to buy everything in one shot so i will be buying parts as i can put the money aside.  I have a savage 110 pre accutrigger for the action.  I want to build the rifle around the matrix 165's or something similar.  I'm looking for a 1:9 twist barrel.  any suggestions on triggers and barrels.  I'm looking at jewel and benchmark.  I have not decided on a stock either.  it needs to be light enough to hunt with but heavy enough for some informal long range steel or paper.  What do you guys think?

[Biggerhammer]

What weight class are you looking at? Sporter, varmint, heavy? You can't go wrong with Benchmark, I sent them a rifle and a action to rebarrel 6 weeks ago and they should be on my door step any day. chris told me they were finishing them up yesterday. Give Chris a call at Benchmark, he can walk you through it. They are a dealer for Matrix. The Matrix 190 VLD's shot really well out of my 9 twist 7mm WSM. The heavier .277 would be a excellent bullet especially if you had a wildcat chambering with ample case capacity behind it.

[snowshoes22]

14# max.  9-12 would be best.  i'm just getting into long range shooting and really want a 270.  I'm shooting a model 12 LRP 6.5 creedmoor right now and love it.  I'm thinking just a 270 win i don't need super fast.  My action is a small shank so i don't know if i could go wsm.  there is nothing wrong with the model 12 but i just thought it would be fun to put something together myself.  I have always been a 270 fan. 

[Biggerhammer]

Yorketransport might chime in here or you could try sending him a PM. From what I gather, he is up to speed when it comes to custom work and chamberings on the Savage actions. He also runs some Benchmark barrels.

Also check out Sharp Shooter Supply, they are known far and wide as the Savage Guru's. With pre fit barrels and such, that you can fit, space and I install yourself. Saving you some gunsmith fee's. They also have a large selection of Savage kit for your rifle.

www.sharpshootersupply.com/

[AWS]

SSS has some very nice triggers.  Personally I would pick something other than a 270, just for the target bullet availability.  I'd look at a 6.5-06 or 280 just for the bullets.  It's no fun to build a rifle for one bullet and then find it doesn't work and you have no other options.

You might want to join over at the Savage Shooters Forum, lots of good info available there on savage builds.



 

My savage target rig(Egg shoots and varmints)  Reconfigured factory 22-250 barrel, SSS Competition trigger, Weaver KT-15 scope, reworked factory stock.

[snowshoes22]

Thanks for the advise.  I know there are better long range calibers as far as bullet selection but i just want a 270.  I want to see the weird looks when people ask what i'm shooting.  I guess i already get them with the creedmoor.  Its surprising how many people have never heard of it. 

[BOWHUNTER45]

I have shot a .270 all my life and I have killed some game at long long distances for years but with my experience I shoot nothen BUT a 140 gr hornaday out of my guns ... Yeah I killed a few deer with  130 grain bullets growing up but once I switched to the 140 gr ..I will never shoot 130 gr again ....I like to eat what I shoot and hornaday has never ever failed me yet ...Not bragging but 18 bear with a .270 and maybe had to shoot 2 twice ... and I put it dead center of every bears shoulder .....

[snowshoes22]

I want to build this gun around heavy for caliber bullets for the higher b.c. I'm not really a long range hunter but it is something i might try. I shoot 1 to 2 days a week from 100 to 850 yards on the family farm. this gun will be mostly for steel and paper.   

[wraithen]

You asked this question and said you will be buying things piecemeal. Ok, I get it, but to really get into this for advice, we gotta know what your budget actually is. You could end up spending 5-600 or 2-3k depending on how crazy you wanna go. First thing for accuracy out of that gun though is gonna be barrel. I know you said trigger but you can pick those up relatively cheap compared to the barrel and stock. Check out the duromaxx stock. I've heard a ton of great things about them, they are inexpensive, and they are lighter than the higher end ones they copied. For the barrel... This is where you can spend 150, or 1k depending on what you're looking for. Where the heck is yorke? He's the one that got me started on this.

[snowshoes22]

I want the build to top out around $1000 so i can put another 1000 toward glass.  i might be selling 3 rifles and some sand rail parts and frames to fund the project. 

[wraithen]

duromax stock, pick a trigger,... how accurate is your rifle now? I know criterion barrels are making quite the noise in savage shooters right now.

[snowshoes22]

it's a 7 mag right now with a pencil barrel. it outshoots almost every gun a have.  i can get clover leaf groups at 100 yards and 1.5 inch groups at 200 with 162 grain hornady interlocks. 

[BOWHUNTER45]

it's a 7 mag right now with a pencil barrel. it outshoots almost every gun a have.  i can get clover leaf groups at 100 yards and 1.5 inch groups at 200 with 162 grain hornady interlocks.

    Is that an interlock in your profile picture ..... if it is , this is why I like hornaday ....They hold up and drop sheet ...

[wraithen]

Ok, didn't realize you were changing the entire round. I can't remember if you have to change the boltface for that one, but other than that, shop around for barrels. Yorke says he finds pretty crazy deals sometimes. Unfortunately I believe seattleguns.net is about to charge for membership. If I were to pay, I'd pay to be in savageshooters. It's cheaper per year and it makes more sense, especially if you're tweaking savages. If you have any other questions just ask them. I'm getting to the edge of my knowledge base though  I really want to do a semi-custom savage in 7mm rem mag myself.

[iusmc2002]

You'll have to check your bolt head before you go changing calibers!  I am trying to built a 338-06 off a 7mm Rem Mag and the only bolt head they sell now is the new style.  The new style doesn't have the U-shaped indentation on the "stem" of the bolt head.  That indentation fits a notch in the bolt body.  The one I purchased, I'm going to try and get highcountry to machine out for me, since I can't seem to find another old style.  Also, the firing pin sizes have changed and the current pins are thinner than the old ones, which is another thing I'll have to have worked on.  You could purchase a whole new bolt through MidwayUSA, or talk to SSS (if you can get ahold of them) about what they think.  I purchased a Douglas barrel from them and it took almost 20 weeks just to get the barrel to my house.  Got lots of excuses from them and they refused to give me a tracking number when they swore it finally shipped.  2 days after we threatened to file a fraud report with Visa, the barrel showed up with a "2 Day shipping" sticker on it.......

Good luck though, I love my Savage .270 so I hope you enjoy yours too!