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.270 Weatherby Magnum VS .270 Winchester

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.270 Weatherby Magnum

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MSRP:

$16.94

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$16.94

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$18.82

MSRP:

$24.54

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Gun Specifications

Specifications

.270 Weatherby Magnum

.270 Winchester

Height

2.55

2.54

Average FPS

3335

2973

Average Grain

135

136

Average Energy

3333

3775

Recoil

2.05

1.82

Ballistic Coefficient

441.07

401.77

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Gun Descriptions

.270 Weatherby Magnum

The 270 Weatherby Magnum was the first belted magnum created by Roy Weatherby in 1943, based on the.300 H&H Magnum. The cartridge was one of a series of Weatherby Magnums that shared a 2.545" (64.64mm) case length at the time of its introduction. The.270 established a tiny but devoted following, similar to that of the rest of the Weatherby line of cartridges, which has remained stable to this day, despite new developments like the.270WSM. The 270 Weatherby Magnum is a hard-hitting, powerful, flat-shooting cartridge. The.270 Weatherby has about 200 ft/s faster performance with any bullet weight due to its higher pressure and larger case that holds more power than the.270 Winchester. Despite its distinctive case design, it is not a specialist cartridge, but rather an outstanding all-around medium game cartridge with minimal recoil (for a magnum). It delivers powerful shock for quick killing at ranges of up to 325 yards. Broad wounding lasts around 450 yards, after which wound channels become more commensurate to the calibre. The 270 Weatherby Magnum is best suited for light to medium games. Using a bullet of sound construction on larger animals such as Elk, a bullet of sound construction can generate broad, quick bleeding wounds and free-flowing exit wounds on game weighing up to 320kg (700lb). The 270 Weatherby Magnum is the preferred calibre. It is adequate for larger game animals. Regardless of newer inventions, the 270 Weatherby Magnum continues to keep its own as an emphatic killer of light to medium game, and it does so without creating excruciating recoil - two features that will assure its popularity for many years to come.

.270 Winchester

Created in 1923 by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, the 270 Winchester Ammo was unveiled in 1925. It has stayed in production from then till the present. It has its place of origin in the United States. The 270 Winchester Ammo is a large hunting rifle and has a high performance being suitable for big game shooting in 270 - 460 meters range, which translates to 300 - 500 yards. It has a max pressure of 65,000psi (450 MPa), a bullet diameter of 0.277 inches (7.0mm), a rim diameter of 0.473 inches (12.0mm), and neck diameter of 0.380 inches (7.8mm). In addition, its neck is 7.8mm, and its shoulder's diameter is 11.2mm. All of these contribute to a total overall length of 3.340 inches (84.8mm). The 279 Winchester Ammo drives an 8.4-gram bullet at approximately 960mls. The manufacturer introduced two additional bullet weights much later. They were a 6.5 grams hollow point bullet for shooting vermin and a 9.7 grams bullet for shooting deer, elk, and moose. It is amongst the most famous and widely used cartridges in the world. It has a manageable recoil, which makes it able to ensure maximum precision with every shot that gets fired. It is versatile and quite powerful. When one talks of hunting cartridges that you can fire at normal ranges, none compares significantly to the 270 Winchester Ammo. It is an accurate ammo and more than enough to adequately take down big games such as wildebeest, zebras, etc.

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