I know there's a lot of sport disrespecting this cartridge on the Fire but is it real? Age? Poor performance, myth?
If you crunch the ballistics on rifle cartridges, then you find an almost magical sweet spot on the ones based on the 30-06 and 7mm bullets. Having a bore that measures 0.277" instead of 0.284" is the 270's only sin. In terms of performance, it's all but identical to the 280 Remington. The 280 Ackley Improved (AI) outruns it, and around here, that's enough to get it roundly condemned.
It has been on the market since 1925. Up until COVID, you could find ammo for it everywhere. Post-COVID, the 270 comes out on top, at least where I live. If you rely on factory ammo around here, then you'd better have either a 308 or a 270. There's more ammo for them than for anything else around here, including the 30-06. Even during the worst of the shortage, you could still get 270 ammo.
Okie John
Originally Posted by Brad
If Montana had a standing army, a 270 Win with Federal Blue Box 130's would be the standard issue.
