I put this in the small caiber Forum by mistake-I won a Browning Lever Action 270 WSM -what does anyone know about this gun and caliber?

I don't know anything about the gun, but I've had the pleasure of hunting once with the 270 WSM. It is a very fast, flat shooting, long range cartridge. Think of it as filling in the same niche as a 7mm Rem Mag. I've only killed one critter with it, but I can attest that it kills Pronghorns very dead. The rifle I was using, a Browning A-Bolt, was supremely accurate in that round too.

Congrats on winning a new gun, btw!

CNGRATS on the win!!

Love the caliber - have two in the Tikka T3 LS model. Cant comment on the gun- BROWNING...plus I'm not a Browning fan.

Reloads with 140gr Accubonds or factory Winchester Supreme 140gr Accubonds will harvest elk, moose, black bear and deer...as long as you make your shot count.


Reloads for me are close to 3300ft/s

samwise ----- You lucky dog, just to win a rifle is great, but the .270 WSM is special. I own and shoot two, both Model 70 Winchesters, one from New Haven and the latest from South Carolina. Both shoot lights out. With a 130 grain North Fork at 3450 fps it is a super Deer round. With the 150 grain North Fork or Nosler Partition at 3225 fps or the 140 grain Barnes TSX at 3290 fps it is great for Elk. If you load try RL-22, RL-25 and Magpro with Fed 210M primers and you will not be disappointed. Good shooting.

You are a lucky man. The ones I have seen shot very well. The Browning Lever rifles do not like neck sized brass and function much better when you FL size.

First of all, congrats to you!
30378 is right about Full Sizing brass for BLR's. I have several, and they are very accurate.

Having said that, the triggers on my 3 suck. I have only had one gunsmith tell me he would do a trigger job on one, and that was more of a favor, he stated they were a real PITA to work on. I didn't really do an exhaustive search on smiths to do trigger work on them, but I just decided to use the ones I have as 'working' rifles, and am not too concerned about the triggers for the applications I have relegated them to...if I was gonna shoot them a lot, I would have the trigger worked on, or trade them.

As far as the round, I have several 270 WSM's (none in a BLR), and it is a fantastic round. I get an honest 175-200 FPS better than my beloved 270's, my favorite round. The rifles I have feed great and are VERY accurate. I have shot bulllets from 90 grains to 140 grains and was able to find an accurate load with each weight. I typically use the 130 or 140 grain pills in mine and it just makes a great combo. Have killed a lot of various game with mine, including a whopping big Axis, a couple of REALLY big Kansas whitetails, and some huge feraql pigs. Really put the hammer on the big tough pigs, I used the old 140 gr failsafes on them at one time, now the 140 gr TSX gets that call.

The brass lasts a really long time, I have used Win, Norma, and Win supreme Nickel Plated after firing it from Factory loads, it all lasts a long time, it has been very easy to develop accurate loads in my 270 WSM, it just hasn't been a real picky round to load for me.

I would load to give me decent room in the magazine on the BLR, and start with the 130 grain BT or Accubond just due to their inherent accuracy. If I didn't handload, I would shoot Win factory loads, or maybe Fed premium with TSX's loaded.

Look for a scope with good eye relief, the BLR's are pretty lightweight overall, and it will come back at you a little in this rifle, it is good to have the scope a little forward which it naturally is the way the rifle is configured, just check your eye relief.

One other thing, the fore-end is simply screwed to a lug that is welded to the barrel, and you can't really float the barrel if you were to try to...just an FYI...I have seriously considered rebarreling one of mine to a heavier contour barrel, but I'll wait til I'm employed again before I do that....would have to get a trigger job to warrant that one!

Congratulations on your win!!!!!

I own both a 270WSM and a 300 WSM in Win. M-70 (FN New Haven made). So far I like both and have made spetacular kills on VERY limited game. But I have noticed that both require "full length" re-sizing if you shoot the brass more than twice in the same rifle. If I only partial re-sized, the cases would rub the bolt face and leave a shiny ring around the primer and give a hard bolt on closing. This was after several firings. I believe this is due to a convexion of the case face agiain due to the width and lack of face thickness. (Just my opinion and have not seperated a case to measure. But it sure explains alot.) Also please note that all cases came out of the chamber quite easily.

I need to look at my notes, but to my memory, I have not reloaded any of my brass more than 10 times with the full-length re-sizing. Yet, have had no case seperation. This is with only 9 or so cases used for repetitive load testing only. (they were used over and over). Also they were Winchester cases for what that is worth.

You will absolutely hate it. More importantly, you need to dispose of it as soon as possible so that the inherent harmonic vibrations do not disturb the fabric of the universe and permanently damage your psyche.

Fortunately, I am willing to assist you in this perilous task. Send it south and I will...um...stash it in the deepest prairie dog hole that I can find.....or...um...somewhere....safe.

samwise ----- The Browning lever action in .270 WSM will serve you well, if you are a dozen shots per year shooter-hunter. If you intend to shoot the rifle extensively, you might think of swapping for a bolt gun for two reasons. First, as has been mentioned, the trigger is not the best as far as adjusting is concerned. It is stiff and will remain relatively stiff compared to the more adjustable bolt triggers. Secondly the cleaning chore of the lever leaves a lot to be desired. You have to clean the barrel from the muzzle, with extensive shooting and cleaning, this can lead to a damaged crown and accuracy problems. Another cleaning problem is the dumping of all the crap you clean from the barrel into the action area, unless you are very very careful. The .270 WSM is the right part, you just have to make up your mind how you are going to use the rifle. By the way, it should swap well, if you choose that route. Good luck and good shooting.

First of all, Congratulations on your prize!

Now send it to me!

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Originally posted by phurley5:
samwise ----- The Browning lever action in .270 WSM will serve you well, if you are a dozen shots per year shooter-hunter. If you intend to shoot the rifle extensively, you might think of swapping for a bolt gun for two reasons. First, as has been mentioned, the trigger is not the best as far as adjusting is concerned. It is stiff and will remain relatively stiff compared to the more adjustable bolt triggers. Secondly the cleaning chore of the lever leaves a lot to be desired. You have to clean the barrel from the muzzle, with extensive shooting and cleaning, this can lead to a damaged crown and accuracy problems. Another cleaning problem is the dumping of all the crap you clean from the barrel into the action area, unless you are very very careful. The .270 WSM is the right part, you just have to make up your mind how you are going to use the rifle. By the way, it should swap well, if you choose that route. Good luck and good shooting.

This is a great point that I overlooked in my post, I clean mine with Foul Out and a boresnake from the action end, and that's it, it has been sufficient for me, accuracy has remained good with this method.