Originally Posted by RBO
This is how I see it, a 270 is in an 06 case. If you have a 30-06, 25-06, 270, 280, 6.5-06, or even a 338-06, they're all the same from 0-300yds, maybe even further. I'm a .284 fan, love the caliber, love 280's, and have killed a pile of 350lb whitetail with them, as well as a pile of elk and moose with them. I've gone through my magnum phase and found that at 0-600yds they don't kill any deader than an 06 case bullet.

Animals are made of flesh and bone, an 06 case holds enough powder to drive a piece of lead deep enough through that flesh and bone to kill any North American animal out to 300yds with no problem, and if you choose the proper bullet construction, you can stretch that out a lot further.

The guy wrote the article to get a rise out of people and it obviously worked.


Despite what he wrote, everyone knows the 280ai is the king of cartridges, it just takes more time for some people to figure this out smile


I pretty much agree. First rifle I bought at 16 was a 7mm Rem Mag. I picked it because it was different than anything my family members used. I was started with a 30-30, my grandfather use a 300 Savage, my dad had a sporterized 8x57 Mauser. My uncle hunted with a 270 and my cousin had a 30-06. My uncle on the other side swore by his no jive 35 rem. When it came time to buy the gun my uncle tried to talk me into getting a Browning 30-06 similar to his .270. I ended up buying my 7mm mag in a model 70 classic stainless.

My dad bought reloading equipment and I started rolling my own. For deer I loaded 150 grain Nosler ballistic tip with 61 grains of IMR 4831, which is the starting load. I shot it and was so pleased with the accuracy I got that I never experimented with other loads. I wasn't pushing it to its limits but was happy with the results. Everything I've shot with that load has dropped in its tracks.

I could easily replicate that velocity in a 280ai.

Since purchasing that 7mm I've accumulated more rifles than I'd like to admit, but none in .270. I don't hate it but I've always wanted something else more. I eventually did end up getting that Browning 30-06. I found a NOS A-Bolt stainless stalker on gun broker a few years after my uncle passed and I bought it. I've never shot it with anything other than 150 grain factory core lokts, but it shoots as well with those as my 7mm hand loads and I believe kicks a bit harder.