Browning rifles have used 1 turn in 10", most Remington 700 used 1 in 9 1/4". Ruger, Sako, Savage, Winchester and others used 1 in 9 1/2". Most of the later models in this caliber use 1 turn in 9 1/4" or 9 1/2", these numbers are out of the Nosler handbook.
Back in the 1960's I bought a "244Remington" in a Remington rifle. It had a 12" twist and only liked the 100 gr. Hornady RN bullet. Several CO mulies fell to it and didn't know it was a 12" twist bbl.!
Shortly thereafter the .243 Winchester and the 6MM Remington rifles hit the market, both...
No matter the choice, practice, practice at different distances, in order to place a properly designed bullet in the area where it needs to go.
That said, I have used the .270wsm with 140 gr. bullets for some time and it does a fine job.
Jim
Bruce, I've only seen 2 of them lately and I'm guessin' it's some type of bluing on (maybe) a bluable metal coating (?) I'm not sure, as the used finish of the barrel is a very dark blue in color.
Jim
In the late 1960s and into the '70s Remington made some magnum caliber rifles with stainless steel barrels. I came across one locally that shows some wear. Ahead of the chamber the throat "looks" a little dark. Did these barrels not hold-up as planed, or is this normal for the SS barrels of...
Elk hunting is a great sport revolving around a great , wild animal. A mature bull can take a lot-of-killing, under certain circumstances.
I would hate to put a smallish bullet into a 1000# , old bull, just to have he disappear into black timber, never to be found.
Always use enough rifle for...