.270 Win and 270 WSM get little respect as LR cartridges because of lack of bullet choices but it sems like there is some slow progress in making higher BC bullets. I picked up a Tikka 270 WSM recently as a hunting rifle recently and have been playing with mostly monolithic bullets. I'm getting 3300 fps with a 130 gr .540 G1 bullet, which isn't bad for long range hunting.
For those who are interested here is a list of commercially available .277 bullets with G1 values greater than 0.5 listed in descending order of G1 BC values. I found these in about a 15 minute search and the list is likely to be incomplete, so feel free to add to it:
Weight in gr / type / G1 BC
170 Berger hybrid hunting .662 (1:8 twist required)
150 Accubond LR .625
140 cutting edge MTH .590 (1:9 twist required)
130 cutting edge MTH .540
145 eldx .536
150 vld Hunter .531
140 Berger classic Hunter hpbt .528
150 interlock .525
150 interbond .525
For those who are interested here is a list of commercially available .277 bullets with G1 values greater than 0.5 listed in descending order of G1 BC values. I found these in about a 15 minute search and the list is likely to be incomplete, so feel free to add to it:
Weight in gr / type / G1 BC
170 Berger hybrid hunting .662 (1:8 twist required)
150 Accubond LR .625
140 cutting edge MTH .590 (1:9 twist required)
130 cutting edge MTH .540
145 eldx .536
150 vld Hunter .531
140 Berger classic Hunter hpbt .528
150 interlock .525
150 interbond .525
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