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My biggest bull fell to a properly pointed 270... 10.5 year old 6x6 stud. ![[Linked Image]](http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa326/bradmacmt/Hunting/bulldown2012_zpse81942e4.jpg) Crazy cool colored hide on that thing! Hope you kept it.
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you could do away with every other round in the US and keep the 270 Win only and you would be covered for any Big Game you decided to hunt in the Continental US. The 270 Win does every thing right with the proper bullet. If you can't kill any animal you are hunting with the 270 then you need to stay home and learn how to shoot. I would say this statement applies to every single cartridge (arguably) between anything that shoots a .277 through every single cartridge that shoots a .308. Take 270 above and insert your favorite within the range specified and the same thing could be said. They are all so much more alike than they are different. In addressing the OP's initial inquiry, deer sized game is where all those mentioned are ideal.
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What is the 270 Winchester perfect for? Is there a type of big game that it's best suited to?  Rabbits.......according to Elmer Keith Early Winchester ads were more colorful than today. I recall one that listed Winchester recommendations for brown bear cartridges.IIRC they listed the 375 H&H,300H&H,the 30/06,and the 270 Winchester;and the 348 in the M71 lever action. I am pretty certain that a world record polar bear was killed with a 270. Hosea Sarber (I think he was a warden or biologist with Alaskan F&G) killed a lot of brown bears with the 30/06 and 270. None of this is a surprise since Winchester designed the 270 as a BG cartridge.. I think I saw the same ad... ![[Linked Image]](http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww233/beretzs/35th%20Birthday/68CFCCA9-F9DB-4E3C-9370-892365F62FD1-4738-000004F13BCE16AC.jpg)
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Scotty: That would be the one!  I think of that add when someone relegates the 270 to jackrabbit cartridge status. Didn't Phil Shoemaker have a client use a 270 to kill a rather large brown bear with a 270 a couple years ago? Never done it myself but have a couple of old friends who have killed 4-5 grizzly and brown bear with the cartridge.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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What is considered adequate for the large game has greatly changed over the years. Some of it is because of being more realistic about shot angles and shot conditions. Of course a .338 can take a large bear under more conditions and less desirable shot angles than a .270 can. If the .270 hunter is backed up by a guide and picks his shot he will do well. But if you're going off by yourself looking for large bears a .338 makes sense but a .270 absolutely does not.
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Several years ago I read a story written by a guy (sorry,forgot his name) who did Black Bear culling/management for a timber company in Washington state. His rifle of choice was a 270 and he shot A LOT of bears with it. However, as much as I like the 270, and would use it for Black Bear without hesitation, if I had other options...like say a 35Whelen  why wouldn't I use it, instead?
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Forget JOC and EK! If you want a no nonsense gun writer with real experience and a no bull schitt approach, we have our very own JB here on the fire. A better or more knowledgable gun writer has never come along... +1 In the mid 90's I remember reading an article on elk rifles by JB. I think it was one of my dads American Hunters. JB said, in summary, that the 30-06 was the best elk cartridge for most hunters. I was relieved, since every other fool in the magazines had been telling me that I needed a .338 or something. Put my worried little 16 year old heart to rest. I could tell there was something different about that article just by the way it was written. I knew it was solid advice. I could probably rewrite just about the whole article I read it so many times.
I probably hit more elk with a pickup than you have with a rifle. I have yet to see anyone claim Leupold has never had to fix an optic. I know I have sent a few back. 2 MK 6s, a VX-6, and 3 VX-111s.
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Clearing out the gun safe has left me with a 84L .270 and a 8400 300WSM. Tomorrow its time for the new 84L to head out for a NM cow elk hunt. Going to use the 140gr. AB's - once we drive around the snow and ice storm in the mid central
part of the country. Prior to this, 150 NP's always worked when the cartridge rotation came around.
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A well aimed 270 or 30/06 will get most any job done.
JOC was right. The 270 Winchester on a Model 70 is a great combination as is the 30/06 and 375 H&H
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I got my Saturday read in.
The .270 Winchester is a good cartridge, like any round the hunter needs to put the bullet in the right spot.
At this time, I do not own a .270, my son has one and he says, "that all a guy needs". "Shoot them in the right spot and critters die".
He's a smart guy, he must have gotten his knowledge from hes mother.
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Just a hunch, but I'll suggest the 270 Win has taken more big game in the CONUS than any cartridge not named 30-06 or 30-30. In the Wide West, 30-30 must drop out of the top 2.
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I prefer classic.
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Sure, good thinking, practice before the elk season. 90-gr TNT @3700 fps.
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Whelan Nut, The book is "The education of a bear hunter" by Ralph Flowers. He used an iron sighted Rem. 721 then added a 2.5x scope later and preferred the 130 gr. Bronze Point. He says the BP was no good in the 300 Sav. as it was too slow to properly expand (read explode) and the second best was the Silver Tip. Good friend of mine knew him and I have the book and read it every year before bear season, a LOT of good stories and information. I have shot a lot of BB in NE WA and have to agree that a fast expanding bullet is the way to go but I do use NPT's for the penetration and exit hole after the quick expansion-Muddy
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Yup, that's the book I was thinking of! Thanks for jogging my memory.
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Whelan Nut, The book is "The education of a bear hunter" by Ralph Flowers. He used an iron sighted Rem. 721 then added a 2.5x scope later and preferred the 130 gr. Bronze Point. He says the BP was no good in the 300 Sav. as it was too slow to properly expand (read explode) and the second best was the Silver Tip. Good friend of mine knew him and I have the book and read it every year before bear season, a LOT of good stories and information. I have shot a lot of BB in NE WA and have to agree that a fast expanding bullet is the way to go but I do use NPT's for the penetration and exit hole after the quick expansion-Muddy Thanks. I just bought a copy on Ebay.
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I've shot a .270 for most of my life and didn't realize how inadequate it was until I started reading this forum a few years ago.
As for the best big game for the cartridge I think it's perfect for culling feral Shetlands.
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you could do away with every other round in the US and keep the 270 Win only and you would be covered for any Big Game you decided to hunt in the Continental US. The 270 Win does every thing right with the proper bullet. If you can't kill any animal you are hunting with the 270 then you need to stay home and learn how to shoot. This is a pretty darn good answer....
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I've shot a .270 for most of my life and didn't realize how inadequate it was until I started reading this forum a few years ago.
That's because half the negative stuff you read on here about the 270 is BS, and the other half is suspect.
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The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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