Newtosavage
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Just got a Tikka .270 in trade from a good friend.
I've been a 7mm-08 fan for about 25 years now but I am very familiar with the .270 and it's history as a well-regarded hunting round with millions of devout fans.
What's curious to me however is that after hand loading for both now, all I get out of the .270 over the 7mm-08 is more recoil. That's it.
Here's why I say that. My "heavy" load for the 7mm-08 is a 162-grain ELD-X (BC. .612) going 2675 fps.
My "heavy" load for the .270 is a 150 grain Accubond LR (BC. .591) going 2800 fps.
The downrange velocity and energy are almost indistinguishable between the two but the 7mm-08 has noticeably less recoil.
Tell me again why the .270 is better?
I've been a 7mm-08 fan for about 25 years now but I am very familiar with the .270 and it's history as a well-regarded hunting round with millions of devout fans.
What's curious to me however is that after hand loading for both now, all I get out of the .270 over the 7mm-08 is more recoil. That's it.
Here's why I say that. My "heavy" load for the 7mm-08 is a 162-grain ELD-X (BC. .612) going 2675 fps.
My "heavy" load for the .270 is a 150 grain Accubond LR (BC. .591) going 2800 fps.
The downrange velocity and energy are almost indistinguishable between the two but the 7mm-08 has noticeably less recoil.
Tell me again why the .270 is better?
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