Malone LaVeigh
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My neighbor has a die that allows him to neck down .45-70 to .33 for his antique carbine. That got me thinking about the .30-06 and .270. I had heard the .270 was built on the .30-06 configuration, and thought it should be a lot easier to neck down from .311 to .277 than from .45 to .338. So I got out the calipers and checked out dimensions of a couple of cartridges. The .270 shell I had was about 4 hundredths longer than the '06. Everything else was very close. So maybe I've answered my own question before asking, but I'll ask anyway:
Can the .30-06 case be converted to .270? Sure does seem to be a lot more '06 brass lying around the range than .270. Heck, I even find it in the woods.
Can the .30-06 case be converted to .270? Sure does seem to be a lot more '06 brass lying around the range than .270. Heck, I even find it in the woods.