This ammunition uses 150 grain AccuBond Long Range bullet. It’s not quite as robustly constructed as the Nosler Partition, but the lead core is chemically bonded to the jacket, so it’s a pretty tough bullet and you don’t have to worry about the bullet “grenading” or expanding too ...
Virtually all mass produced 270 rifles available today use a 1:10″ rifling twist rate. Those rifles will work great with 130 grain and 150 grain bullets, but can’t effectively stabilize heavier bullets like the new 165gr AccuBond Long Range used by the 27 Nosler and 6.8 Western. Fortunate...
750 feet per second (2,469 foot pounds of muzzle energy). The 7.62x51mm NATO had virtually the same ballistics as the original .30-06 Springfield load (150 grain bullet at 2,700 feet per second) and also fired a .308″ bullet. However, the 7.62x51mm achieved that performance...
Interestingly, the 130 grain .270 load has an almost identical trajectory to the .280 Remington 140 grain Accubond load. The same goes for the 145gr .270 Winchester vs the 150gr .280 Remington load. In both cases, the .270 Winchester has a slightly flatter trajectory, but the .280 Remin...