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<blockquote data-quote="Jcann" data-source="post: 3695775" data-attributes="member: 33119"><p>The 6.8 Western was created for the modern VLD/ELD type bullets due to older 270/270wsm rifles with slow twist barrels and period correct chamber cuts. Take any of the 270wsm actions, spin up a correctly cut chambered 1:8 twist barrel and load any of the 170/175 grain VLD/ELD bullets and you will achieve as much and more than the 6.8 Western while staying within magazine length.</p><p></p><p>I understand why they did this, but they put a nail in the coffin of the 270wsm. Serious long range hunters fixed the issues with 270, 7mm, and 300WSM with new barrels and have been enjoying them for years, but the average hunter probably would not be happy with ammo that might not perform well in their 1:9.5 twist barrels.</p><p></p><p>Winchester/Browning had two choices. 1) Come out with a completely different cartridge design and one that would not work in a 270WSM and call it the 6.8 Western or 2) Come up with new 270WSM ammo and call it something like 270WSM-A1, and build rifles capable of shooting this ammo accurately and, how-be-it, still being able to shoot the lighter grain weight bullet of the 270WSM.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jcann, post: 3695775, member: 33119"] The 6.8 Western was created for the modern VLD/ELD type bullets due to older 270/270wsm rifles with slow twist barrels and period correct chamber cuts. Take any of the 270wsm actions, spin up a correctly cut chambered 1:8 twist barrel and load any of the 170/175 grain VLD/ELD bullets and you will achieve as much and more than the 6.8 Western while staying within magazine length. I understand why they did this, but they put a nail in the coffin of the 270wsm. Serious long range hunters fixed the issues with 270, 7mm, and 300WSM with new barrels and have been enjoying them for years, but the average hunter probably would not be happy with ammo that might not perform well in their 1:9.5 twist barrels. Winchester/Browning had two choices. 1) Come out with a completely different cartridge design and one that would not work in a 270WSM and call it the 6.8 Western or 2) Come up with new 270WSM ammo and call it something like 270WSM-A1, and build rifles capable of shooting this ammo accurately and, how-be-it, still being able to shoot the lighter grain weight bullet of the 270WSM. [/QUOTE]
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