The 270 Weatherby magnum is my all time favorite. It's the 1st Weatherby cartridge I saw in person. Being a young lad in high school I was reading the Weatherby Guide. Roy was a genius in marketing. It wasn't that I wanted a Weatherby I had to HAVE one. I have had most of the Weatherby calibers. By the way when my high school friend showed me a 300 Weatherby my eyes popped right out of my head. 2 of the best looking cartridges are the 270 Weatherby and 300 Weatherby. Love the double radius shoulder another marketing ploy. Where else can you get a picture of a Fox, Deer, Bear, Tiger Or Elephant on the cartridge box!
Roy’s 270 was awesome when it came out and still is today! Way ahead of it’s time! I have owned several in the 60 years I have been hunting collecting and reloading guns! 270 is never a bad decision for deer or elk
Pretty interesting to see how well the Weatherby cartridges can perform now that powders and bullets can make use of their full potential. This cartridge was a scorcher in the 40’s and holds up well by modern standards. Put this in a fast twist barrel and tight chamber and you’ll match anything out today. If you really dig into it, even the 340 Weatherby Mag is only barely beaten by the 338 lapua. We’re supposed to hate everything old and love the new, innovative, politically correct cartridges, with robust short actions and max efficiency. But Roy made a helluva cartridge, made a helluva rifle to put it in, and had a hell of a marketing plan, for better or worse. He made his Mark. I’d love a “California” style Weatherby, high gloss hot tank blue wearing a fine piece of walnut, especially now that they’re made in Wyoming.
Important addition to the 277 family is the 277 Sig Fury. There is a strong chance that this cartridge grows into the standard among 277 calibers as it is adopted by the US military. This is a trend that has taken place on multiple occasions in the past.
I don't think the screaming 277 Fury ammo with the steel base is going to be readily available soon. The Army is going to want a lot of those rounds for themselves and will be at the front of the line for a long time . With a traditional brass case, it is basically a 7mm Creedmoor.
@@texpatriot8462 Agreed. Over time I do expect it will gain significant traction as has 30-06, 308, and 556 as they gain traction with the sport shooting community. Certainly won't make any claim that I expect it will be a stand out among hunting cartridges by any means.
Another flash in the pan , it’s going nowhere ! Remember the 6.8 spe , it was the be all end all. It’s as dead as a door nail ! The 270 WBY is 80 years old and will still be around 80 years from now !
For what it's worth, you can get way more than 3100fps with a 150gr in 6.8 western. I've gotten just over 3200 so far with 162gr hammer hunters ( and put the smack down on an elk with that load this year!). I've gotten almost 3100 with the 170 berger eols as well. I still have yet to hit pressure signs in any of my testing. I'm using bulky retumbo powder tho and starting to get into some compressed loads and may run out of case capacity for this powder before I hit pressure signs.
Weatherby hurt themselves by not chambering 270 wby and 7mm wby in the vanguard rifle. If the vanguard can handle the 300 wby then the 270 and 7mm would be fine. Poor marketing! The vanguard could probably handle the 340 wby as well.
Thats it, I finally decided to get my first Weatherby in this cartridge, or the .257 Weatherby mag, OR maybe even the 6.5-300 - but that one's a barrel burner! Unfortunately, I can only afford the Vanguard, but from what I've seen, it's a pretty good rifle.
@@ReloadingWeatherby Thanks! I might just go for the 6.5-300. But the .257 is also a great cartridge that's been around much longer. *Have you done a video on that one?*
@@ReloadingWeatherby Awesome! Is it a Mark V ? If I had the $ I'd get one, but things are a bit tough right now. I've seen that the 6.5-300 is the flattest shooter around, but the .257 is no slouch!
If you go with copper bullets and want lighter and faster. This cartridge has a place in the line up. That LRX will have no problem expanding to its full potential even at longer distance 👍
The proliferation of cartridges between the end of WW2 and the end of the 60s should be referred to as "The Cartridge Boom" in my humble opinion. The 270WBY is fantastic and shouldn't be forgotten. One thing that I think would be a good add to your videos would be the distance the cartridge goes trans-sonic if this is available.
You are so right for deer there isn’t a better caliber! Hunting for 60 years and owning hundreds of rifles and the 270 is just the sweet spot for deer!
@@ReloadingWeatherby I just found that out. if it ever gets where you can find reloading supplies I’m going to get into it. I plan on making that a new hobby when I get all the way retired.
IMR Handloader’s Guide ( 1997 ) ( 270 WBY ) 130 gr bullet with 76 gr of 7828 and a 215 Fed primer = 3500 fps ( 3.250 OAL ) . 140 gr with 73.5 gr 7828 and a 215 Fed primer = 3325 fps ( 3.295 OAL ) 150 gr with 72 gr of 7828 and a 215 Fed primer = 3215 fps ( 3.250 OAL ) ! I have tried these loads in my Ruger NO 1 ( factory chambered 270 WBY ) 26 in barrel and they shoot well ! If I shoot a Barnes X bullet I reduce the load by 1/2 grain !……..
Do you think the 270 wby is too much for weatherby light weight rifles? I'm concerned about the recoil affecting accuracy. Great vids ty for all the information and insight you give us! 👍
NO. I have a Backcountry MKV with 3-18×50 ZEISS Comes with Brake 7 1/4lb (recoil like 243) Nosler 150gr Accubond 3245fps . Chronograph 100yds .356in 750yds 3.25in note: reloads. Super rifle better than 1985 MKV.
Might take a look at the .270 Wby. Was considering the 6.8 Western to fill my .27 caliber void, which now only consists of 6.8 Remington SPC AR upper....like I need another rifle.😕
@@ReloadingWeatherby Going to Austin, Texas next month. Good place to start my search. Also got the hots for a 7.5 in Colt SAA in. 45 "Looooooong" Colt. 🤣 The RU-vid purists are gonna wanna get a chunk-o-my-ass for that comment!
Ah the race car of the 6.8bores! This thing will thump your shoulder; Roy style! Who else out there with throw a 6.8 mm projectile at $3,500 feet per second? I'm insanely jealous to anyone who owns this 😖
Not really sure what to think about this screamer. I can't find much use for stuff beyond maximum potential in .270 Winchester in this caliber. .270 Winchester is usually more than adequate.
@@ReloadingWeatherby I know big mags can have their place, but those places are darn few and far between for most folks given the efficient nature of .30-06 class cartridges.
@@dutch9357 I'm not so sure that's true. Buicks used to have really big backseats that proved very useful if not "more fun". 😃😁🥰. Only a station wagon beat the 4 door lead sleds back in the "happy days".
@@ReloadingWeatherby I’ve had a 270 wby mag markV for more than 25 years and I don’t think I have put more than 3 boxes of ammo through it. The ammo was $60 a box 25 years I think.
@@WayStedYou I’m going to eventually get into reloading, but at the present time it’s not that great of a choice being the shortage of reloading supplies. I bought a box a while back that were loaded with Barnes ttsx that ran me $119.
All weatherby and nosler cartridges are nothing but bigger cartidges neck down to get high velocity but excess recoil. Nothing innovative , no case design or faster twist. Some time Weatherby will 6neck down 50 bmg to .17 and name it 17 Weatherby or 17 Nosler. For 270 after 270 win mag now 6.8 western is really some innovation. Mix of low Recoil and superup ballastics. Nosler and Weatherby rifle do not even comes in fast twist , so useless with heavy longer bullets. 6.8 western is next 270 win mag
Well you're completely wrong about both in nothing innovative. Let's start with Nosler. The 27 Nosler is not belted and it comes in a 1in8.5 twist. Same twist rate as the 6.8 Western. So it can shoot the heavy high b.c. bullets and it does it 300 FPS faster than the 6.8 Western. As for the Weatherby cartridges...257, 270 WBY and 7mm WBY are outdated and could benefit from a faster twist rate. With that being said they are pretty innovative. Let's look at the 7mm Weatherby. Same case capacity and dimensions as the 7mm Rem mag. Yet it's 200 FPS faster. So how does it do it? Has higher pressure, longer neck and the Weatherby free bore. As for the twist rate and shooting high b.c. bullets. Not a problem for the 6.5-300, 300, 30-378, 340 and 338-378. In fact my 300 Weatherby can stabilize much higher b.c. bullets than a 6.8 Western.
