Weatherby mags

[Shawnw]

I'm having a hard time deciding on the caliber I want, it's between the 270 or 7mm wby I normally rifle hunt deer and elk. Moose I only bow hunt. Any one have any reviews of either the 270 or 7mm wby? Rifle I'm looking into is the fibermark or ultralight

[fish_e_o]

7mm has a better bullet selection

[Shawnw]

I'm thinking 160 tsx or partition for 7mm and 130 ttsx for 270 but just can't decide lol

[fps plus]

There is excatly a Bond worth of difference .(007)
good luck on your decision .

a little better bullet selection in favour of the 7mm .

[Huntnut]

I use 130gr TTSX in my 270 bee. Smokes along at 3400fps-works great on anything you'll ever want to shoot.

[Rig 44]

I shoot a 7mm Wby awesome gun . My gun likes a 150 gr E tip at 3300 fps with 77.5 grs of reloader 25 and a 215 fed mag primer

[bulletman]

My .270 Wby. Mag. is a ''safe queen'' It is really too pretty to hunt with ''in the bush'' It has taken a few deer and antelope. They really get rocked when hit with this. I used to use RL22 in it with 150 Speer Hot Core and 150 Partitions. Now it has been switched to H1000 which is almost as hard to find as RL 22. I guess the downside with the Weatherby's is the brass cost. The Deluxe models are a bit on the heavy side. Weatherby has spruced up their entire line. Looking forward to the new models, even the Vanguards.

[bobinthesky]

You can never go wrong with a 7mm in a hunting rifle but the 270 Wby is a definite sleeper! If you want something with awesome performance that no one else has, go 270 Wby!

[roger]

of the two id get the 270wby, it should be good for everything your going to see with a tag.
that 6.5-300wby looks really wild too, but so early in production runs the risk of bullet shortages and such.

dont get bent out of shape about brass costs, yah its more and maybe hard to find at times. just bear down and buy when you see it. the wby isnt a gun you take to the range and blitz through a hundred rounds every weekend.
there are hundreds of choices for that
once you find a load that works for you, take it hunting....a thousand rounds of ultra performance is several lifetimes of hunting.
i wish id have went the 270wby instead of the 257

[Scopithorne]

I built a 270 wby a few years ago and I love it I think If my memory serves me right there the same case size so at similar weights you will see more or less the same speeds I am running 140 grain swift a frames at 3275 and they hit very hard woukd not hesitate to take any animal in North America with this combination

[it$_unreel]

The 270 WBY 150 gr at 3230 fps is an incredible shock killing load...the 150 grainer out of the 7mm is very similar to the point where no one would know the difference.

My personal preference however...goes to the 270 wby.
Don't get me wrong...I shoot three different 7mm rifles in my collection, but the 270 wby is a total LASER

[elkhunter11]

I considered the 7mmWBY, but I decided to go with even more velocity and a flatter trajectory, and went with the 7mmstw instead.

[Mangosteen]

Originally Posted by elkhunter11

I considered the 7mmWBY, but I decided to go with even more velocity and a flatter trajectory, and went with the 7mmstw instead.

What would the barrel life be on some of the fast high powder loads?

Say compared to a 7mm 08.

[elkhunter11]

Originally Posted by Mangosteen

What would the barrel life be on some of the fast high powder loads?

Say compared to a 7mm 08.

I have replaced one 7mmstw barrel, after around 1500 rounds of 140gr bullets at 3500fps. The accuracy had degraded from about 1/2moa, to about moa, with the odd flier that would result in a group of around 1-1/2moa. You should easily get three times that many rounds with a 7mm-08.

[farmer23]

Just a heads up for anyone needing 270 Weatherby brass but Frontier Firearms has 10 boxes (200 rounds) loaded ammo for $449.95. Shoot it once and you have real cheap brass! They used to have 257 & 300 rounds for the same price but are sold out.

[fish_e_o]

There's 7mm wby ammo for sale on her weight now

But honestly 7 of one a half Baker's dozen of another