.27 Wildcast

[Good Cheer]

So I tried running 30-30 brass into 6.8SPC dies and came up with this idea for those .270 molds I'm not using, a cute little .27 bore cartridge, a little bit bigger than a 25-20 or 25-35 but smaller than a 30-30. Some day I might have to do something with it, figure out what neck length and what to chamber it in.
http://i.imgur.com/xEFfPZZ.jpg (https://imgur.com/xEFfPZZ)
http://i.imgur.com/L3rgfwS.jpg (https://imgur.com/L3rgfwS)

[sigep1764]

I would definitely like to see a lever gun in 27-30! I really like my 270 Winchester with cast and am seriously considering the 277 Wolverine in an AR upper.

[dverna]

The 7-30 Waters never developed the following it should have. Putting it in the 94 Winchester limited pressure for factory ammunition. But it had a flatter trajectory than the .30/30 and decent downrange ballistics.

Good luck with your project. “Cuteness” can get costly. A single shot platform would be my choice.

[MostlyLeverGuns]

This really could be a 'INEXPENSIVE', maybe more like 'LESS COSTLY' than many. Standard loading dies and chamber reamers would work, though a .270 neck reamer and throater might add to the cost, but probably cane be rented. I had something like this on my list for one of the beater Savage 99 30-30's I have. Standard dies and reamers always go a long way to keeping costs down. A rimmed 35 Rem on a poor shooting 303 is on the list. A 2" 300 Savage on the Marlin 336 is another back in the 70's, using 308 brass and 300 Savage dies - reamers, before the 308 Marlin and 307 Win, probably easier/better, no difficult to find brass. I did a 270-08 Improved on a Savage 99, right before the 7-08 became factory.

[cabinarms]

If possible to locate one. H&R Handi rifle. this would make a good gun for testing the caliber. I did one in 30-30 AI
was a .223 barrel. cut off at about 7" long. reamed out barrel stub and threaded it. had a spare 30 cal blank. threaded outside to match inside of barrel stub.
threaded and pinned. called barrel stubbing.

http://shootingwithhobie.blogspot.com/2007/04/barrel-stubbing.html

[Rcmaveric]

I too am building a .277 Wolverine. Just need a barrel now

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[Texas by God]

Good Remington 700 take off barrels in .270 were common not long ago for $50 or so. A good start for a stub job as mentioned above.

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[Bad Ass Wallace]

My 27 is a Savage 270 using necked up 250/3000 brass.

[John Taylor]

Several years back a customer wanted a 6MM 30-30, sort of in between the 219 and 25-35 but close to an AI shoulder.

[Fitz]

I built a couple of 277 wolverines one is a 16 in with a 1-10 twist and a 10.5 in. with a 1-8 twist both are great shooters and both will shoot 140 gr. cast p.c. bullets

[pertnear]

The 6.8mm SPC is based on the .30 Rem case which basically is a rimless .30-30. My idea was to make a rimmed 6.8 SPCR for use in single-shot actions using .30-30 brass. I used a Ruger #3 for my SS so I just chambered for the standard 6.8. It has become my favorite deer rifle.

[CA Dude]

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This is my 27. It is a 270 IHMSA. Had it built on a Marlin XS7. The cases originally were made from 300 Savage brass but I use 6.5 Creedmoor brass.

[Texas by God]

The mini .270 (6.8 SPC) is a good cartridge for deer and hogs and coyotes. It punches above its weight- or the “weight” wasn’t needed to begin with.......

[smithnframe]

Isn’t that neck a little bit long?

[Good Cheer]

For cast bullets long necks are a good thing.
It's just a straight case with a boosted powder capacity.