Seen a short barreled Wby rifle in 270 Wby cal. The rifle has a muzzle brake. Not sure if it is factory or if the barrel was shortened and the brake added. Brake is 3 in long. Barrel and brake OAL is 25 in. The barrel appears to be about 22 1/2 inches. Anyone know if this is factory ? or added on ?? I can't see that a 270 Wby is going to perform well with such a short barrel. Anyone have any experience with such a short barrel in this cal ? I've owned a couple 22 in barreled 300 mag rifles and they were nothing but loud 30-06's. Rebarreled both of them to longer barrels. Appreciate any comments about your experience.

I don't throw Stones - if that is the way they want 'em, fine, although I agree with you perhaps
there is a better logic behind their reasoning.

From my way of thinking he has a very loud (with the muzzle brake) 270 Winchester that uses very
expensive 270 Weatherby brass.

My buddy has a short barreled 270 Winchester too. Only because he loaned it to someone who shot
it with a barrel full of snow, we had to saw the bulge off.

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I've owned a couple 22 in barreled 300 mag rifles and they were nothing but loud 30-06's.

I think you have answered your own question. As another has replied it'll be a very expensive .270 WCF.

The only plus would be if you absolutely had a barrel length issue and in going to Weatherby's cartridge you won back (atcost of powder and NOISE AND BLAST) some of the velocity lost as against a .270 Winchester in a 24" barrel.

I'd avoid and, of course, it'll heat up quicker and you may have a walking zero issue after only as few as three or four shots.

All that aggro for one less shot in reserve in the magazine, less shots per pound of powder and cases that aren't cheap enough not to cry if you lose one.

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Originally posted by enfieldspares:

I think you have answered your own question. As another has replied it'll be a very expensive .270 WCF.

+1

I'd also agree that the noise, recoil and thin barrel would, to me, make this rifle the solution for which there is no problem.

A guy I know had his 300 Wby barrel cut down to 20". I told him he had the loudest 308 ever made :-)

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Originally posted by Biebs:
A guy I know had his 300 Wby barrel cut down to 20". I told him he had the loudest 308 ever made :-)

I'll bet it was a hoot to shoot at twilight.

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Originally posted by enfieldspares:

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I've owned a couple 22 in barreled 300 mag rifles and they were nothing but loud 30-06's.

I think you have answered your own question. As another has replied it'll be a very expensive .270 WCF .

The only plus would be if you absolutely had a barrel length issue and in going to Weatherby's cartridge you won back (atcost of powder and NOISE AND BLAST) some of the velocity lost as against a .270 Winchester in a 24" barrel.

I'd avoid and, of course, it'll heat up quicker and you may have a walking zero issue after only as few as three or four shots.

All that aggro for one less shot in reserve in the magazine, less shots per pound of powder and cases that aren't cheap enough not to cry if you lose one.

Not really, brass is easily formed from .264 WM or 7mm Rem Mag. That said, I can't see any reason for a short-barreled .270 Wby or a .270 Wby with a brake for that matter.

Its called a flame thrower in the military!!

IMO, and my personal feelings on the subject a belted case should have at least a 24 inch barrel and a 26 inch tube has mostly been my choice, otherwise I would use a 270 WCF in this case or a 30-06 over any 300 magnum if I opted for a shorter barrel than 24 inches..It just takes a long tube to get whatcha paid for in belted magnums, even with a .458 but in a .458 you normally don't shoot over 50 to 100 yards, so some 458s and up can be considered the exception, to a lesser extent the 375 or 416 are credible in shorter tubes, but still not as efficient balistically...Take your pick only you can determine what you must have....

The rifle is cheap enough that I was considering buying it with the intention of re-barreling. I was most interested in knowing if this was a factory setup or if someone cut down a good barrel to put the brake on.

I'll buy and use any rifle if it is cheap enough

Cheap works well for me.

Cheap to me is 50 percent of what it is actually worth

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Originally posted by p dog shooter:
I'll buy and use any rifle if it is cheap enough

Cheap works well for me.

Cheap to me is 50 percent of what it is actually worth

Well, I'd certainly BUY any rifle if I can salvage anything from it . . . if it's cheap enough. But I'm not sure I'd USE it.

Wouldn't be mine but I'd have to say a 270 wby would be ahead of a 270 Winchester in velocity if both were at 22"s. It's always funny to me that ppl consider a 24" mag ahead and useful over a 24" standard but not true when the magnum and the standard is at 22"s . That being said life is full of tradeoffs and a 22" 270 wby with a muzzle brake is one handful too many of them for me. If I thought I need that set up I probably been thinking to long and hard about it in the first place

I may buy the rifle and take the brake off and put a cap on the threaded end of the barrel and try it like that. Shoot it over the chronograph to see what it does. If its a dog then I rebarrel it.

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Originally posted by snowman:
I may buy the rifle and take the brake off and put a cap on the threaded end of the barrel and try it like that. Shoot it over the chronograph to see what it does. If its a dog then I rebarrel it.

Makes sense to me.

I discovered many years ago the std. 270 Win. performed to my delight with a 20 inch tube, bullets performed perfectly, even the softer ones..Its a great gun and now belongs to my oldest son..lost just a tad of velocity with all loads. The more powder the case will hold the more velocity it will loose seems to be the case, but a lot depends on the powder you use, some believe a fast burning powder loses less velocity, nothing further from the truth in a .270..No matter what 4831 gets you the highest and least amount of pressure in the .270 and many other calibers, unless my chronographs are broken..