Not long ago all you ever saw on the used gun racks were 30/06s now it seems that there are lots of 270s which you didn't used to see much of. At cabelas yesterday there was 7 270 s on the rack and 1- 338 and not a single 30/06. Strange.....been seeing them pop up everywhere lately.
Though it's taken a while for folks to come to their senses, after 89 years of testing, people have finally realized that the .270 is just no damn good. Can't say we didn't give it a fair try.
The Campfire has tremendous power to influence public opinion. No doubt about it.
The tongue-in-cheek attacks against the 270 have created a wave of anti-270 sentiment that has spread far and wide, like the ripples on a lake. Thousands of gun owners who have never heard of the Campfire have received the subliminal message that 270s are gay, or ineffective, or somehow bad. The young gun buyers of today don't know the writings of Jack O'Connor.
The used gun racks are quickly filling with 270s that the dealers can hardly give away, except as donor actions. These same dealers will soon report overwhelming demand for 7x57s and 280s. Most buyers will have to settle for 30/06s until the factories can ramp up the manufacture of more 7x57s and 280s and 284s.
Any of you guys that still have a 270, it's too late. They aren't worth anything on the resale market now. You should have listened to the advice of the 'Fire and traded them off before now. We saw this coming.
Those that ignore the words of the Grand Pubba do so at their own risk.
Nifty-250
"If you don't know where you're going, you may wind up somewhere else". Yogi Berra
They call the 270 a goober smoocher in my neck of the woods, I've dropped a lot of deer with a ruger 270, finally realized that a short action round would do the same
I guess those of us that are stuck with a .270 can rebore. Can you rebore a .277 to .284 or will I have to go to .308?
The problem with re-boring or re-barreling is that you have to admit to a gun professional that you own one of the damn things, and sometimes the shame is just too great to bear. I recommend donating the CRF models to me and the push-feeds to someone else.
Not long ago all you ever saw on the used gun racks were 30/06s now it seems that there are lots of 270s which you didn't used to see much of. At cabelas yesterday there was 7 270 s on the rack and 1- 338 and not a single 30/06. Strange.....been seeing them pop up everywhere lately.
It's because the recoil shy are afraid of them and opt for 223's and 243's. What is beyond gay?
I am continually astounded at how quickly people make up their minds on little evidence or none at all. Jack O'Connor
The Campfire has tremendous power to influence public opinion. No doubt about it.
The tongue-in-cheek attacks against the 270 have created a wave of anti-270 sentiment that has spread far and wide, like the ripples on a lake. Thousands of gun owners who have never heard of the Campfire have received the subliminal message that 270s are gay, or ineffective, or somehow bad. The young gun buyers of today don't know the writings of Jack O'Connor.
The used gun racks are quickly filling with 270s that the dealers can hardly give away, except as donor actions. These same dealers will soon report overwhelming demand for 7x57s and 280s. Most buyers will have to settle for 30/06s until the factories can ramp up the manufacture of more 7x57s and 280s and 284s.
Any of you guys that still have a 270, it's too late. They aren't worth anything on the resale market now. You should have listened to the advice of the 'Fire and traded them off before now. We saw this coming.
Those that ignore the words of the Grand Pubba do so at their own risk.
Agreed. It would cost more than they're worth to rebarrel, too. Send them to me and I will dispose of all .270s properly.
Anyone with a decent looking pre-64 270 without dints and dings that you're afraid of occupying space in your safe with other more "modern" calibers let it be known I'll give you $1000 for it.
As ingwe says, may Jack O'Connor fart in your general direction.
