LR hunter build

[big honkin jeep]

.270 WSM and 7WSM sure are close. Is their really enough difference in the 2 to justify it?
Have you thought about the .338 federal? 308 parent case with the energy of a 7 mag. I've been eyeballing this efficient little number for a while myself.

[emmagator]

.270 WSM and 7WSM sure are close. Is their really enough difference in the 2 to justify it?
Have you thought about the .338 federal? 308 parent case with the energy of a 7 mag. I've been eyeballing this efficient little number for a while myself.
I already have a 270wsm

[tammons]

.270 WSM and 7WSM sure are close. Is their really enough difference in the 2 to justify it?
Have you thought about the .338 federal? 308 parent case with the energy of a 7 mag. I've been eyeballing this efficient little number for a while myself.

This is my take.

270 caliber is a nice round, but not as many high BC bullets as 7mm. There are more lighter bullets developed for the 6.8 SPC.
I guess it also depends on what you are going to hunt IE like Elk or western deer I would rather have 7mm or larger. Eastern Deer and hogs 270 is fine for the most part, but if you are hunting across 800 yard peanut fields then I say 7mm.

That said about 3-4 years ago I decided I wanted a round that would shoot inside 4" out to 300 yards for some reason. It was down to the 25-06 or 270 win and I was already loading the 95 gr TTSX for the 6.8 SPC so decided to go that route. There is a pipeline I hunt on with 300 yard range across a creek that hogs would frequent back then.

Set up a 270 win and ran that 95gr TTSX bullet at just under 3700 out of a 21" bbl.
Shot a few hogs with it and it makes a real mess. Literally blew a ham off one - LOL.

Now I am switching to a 7mm magnum for a while.
Have one field I hunt in that is 850 yards long, although I wont shoot at a deer over 400 or so.
Hogs I dont care.

If you are going 338 in a short action, I would skip the federal and go for a 338-284 or better yet a 338 RCM, (ruger compact magnum) unless you dont intend longer shots or wont shoot big animals like elk or bear etc. The fed is perfect for hogs though with moderate recoil.

The 338-284 or 338 RCM will give you 338-06 power in a short action cartridge.
Right now I have a 19" barreled 338-284 thats a real hog whacker.

I load it with 160 gr barnes TTSX and 200 gr Hawk flat nose bullets.
Previously I loaded it with 210 gr TTSX bullets and they are devastating.

I shot a deer with the 338-284 160 gr TTSX running about 2900 or so last year and it ran about 10 yards and fell dead in the crotch of a tree. Had a 8" lung balloon blown out the opposite side.