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Took me a while to warm up to the 270 Win but then realized it was exactly what I was looking for. What's not to like about it? Your little bro is certainly set up well for everything from deer to moose. I could see you behind a pre '64 270 win..........

It just shoots flat and kills stuff without beating you up.

I have four here now.

I'd describe its killing effect as...boring. Same thing happens every time.

I've never owned a 270 but I like them. I've always felt the best 5 rounds going were the 270, 280, 30-06, 7mm-08' and 308. I'd personally never buy a all around rifle in anything else.

That's so freakin funny, I laughed so hard I farted.

S M H. (Shaking my head).


Jerry

While I have many rifles and calibers, I do use the 270 a lot here in Cali- I don't need any thing bigger!

I agree with your picks.

The 270 Winchester is in the middle range of reasonable big game rifle cartridges. It's been popular for a long time.

When I started out in the early 1950's we had the 30-06 as the standard. The 06 had been the #1 military, target and hunting cartridge in our area of CT that included target competition.

The centerfire matches were shot with the 06. We got free 30-06 ammo from our club and the DCM.

It's nearly impossible to beat that. The 06 was #1.

Of course the 270 will take deer just fine and kick a little less. Some bought 270's.

There never was a 270 cult here in the North East. It is a good cartridge however.

I'll get us a gallon of liquid Advil.

That's a good start.

Merry Christmas Gunner.

Merry Christmas Elk!

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cult

By definition any popular rifle rifle cartridge used to the exclusion of other cartridges would amount to being a Cult Cartridge

The first rifle I ever bought with my own money was a M70 270. It was in 1979 or 1980. The XTR model. When rifles were supposed to be shinny with purdy walnut stocks and bluing you could see yourself in. There has been a 270 of some sort around here ever since. I'd have no problem being held to it alone for my brand of hunting. My oldest is using her Mom's old 270 with great results. If a teenage girl can get the job done with the 270,I'd have to think I could as well.

As an admitted rifle looney I love so many but would consider myself a card carrying 270 cultist.

My 61' Mod 70 fwt gets the call more than any in the stable.

For all those reasons, iconic rifle, iconic cartridge, and a rifle with meaningful family history, let alone being a joy to carry and shoot and having complete confidence in it.

I do own a 270 wsm which I enjoy and if anything has come out of reading this thread is that I need a 270 Weatherby because I have never owned one.

I will continue to shoot and enjoy all the others but I think the trend of me grabbing the fwt 270 is only going to increase throughout the rest of my hunting career.

My very first rifle I purchased was a Ruger .270. Used it for many years for everything from prairie dogs to deer. Like many on here I went through a lot of rifles over the last 35 years since then but just last week I got a Winchester EW in .270. Looking forward to seeing what it shoots like.

I agree 100%.

Having recently rejoined the 270 cult after a 25 year absence, I can't see me needing anything else. I have a 257 robts in a M 84M on the smaller side and a M70 EW 300 WSM on the bigger side. The 270 occupies the 90% middle sweet spot.

One thing I find curious. I see all kinds of wild data and vels for the 280 AI. Look at the Nosler data. The 270 has 2 grains less capacity than the 280 AI. Nosler used a 26" tube on the AI but 0.007" bigger bullets at same pressures don't equate to what Nosler claims. And I've owned a 280 rem for the intervening 25 yr absence. It's possible to juice up standard 280 load data but still can't see getting to the vels Nosler claims with the AI'd version and its 2 extra grains of capacity. I really wish Kimber would have chambered the plain old 280........

My first big game rifle was a 700 ADL in 270 Winnie. Paid a 150.00 for it used from a private party back in 1987. Still have it. It still has the old brass ringed weaver 4x scope that came with it in Buehler mounts. It has a five digit serial number. Bought a 3x9 Leupold for it, but just never mounted it. I have many other rifles in different calibers, some custom, but I seem to use that old rifle and caliber the most.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The 270 Win. proves itself year over year. Just tonight I spoke with a buddy that I had lost touch with and he's racked up (pun intended) his Grand Slam for the Province of Manitoba, including Eastern Moose and a resident-only draw for Manitoba Elk with a 270 Win. using 140 gr. Partitions. His other choice was to use his Lee Enfiled .303 rifle but he felt the 270 Win packed more punch and was more accurate past 150 yards... Then he proceeded to tell me that both were shot at under 75 yards and he only recovered the partition from the Moose but that the Moose only walked about 15 meters before falling.

I like the 270 and have used it quite a bit for my hunting. It's flat shooting,moderate in recoil and kills convincingly, even on animals a bit out of its class.

But things aren't the same today as they were in 1925,and today there are more cartridges than there were back then that do the same things the 270 does;not like then, when the cartridge was pretty much alone in that category of performance. Some of these cartridges do some things even better,although you will still struggle to see much terminal difference unless you burn more powder and go up the scale in caliber and bullet weight.

Still, for some odd reason the cartridge continues to be among the most popular in BG hunting circles, while a lot of supposedly superior cartridges have fallen by the wayside.

This isn't opinion, just facts,and I don't know why. Some would say it's because 270 hunters are ballistic dummies ( which really isn't true since a lot are very accomplished BG hunters),even if they don't spend much time studying ballistic tables. They just go out and kill animals.

I think it's because it's easy to shoot accurately,and kills well,and handles easily in the hands of lots of people,while still having enough of the right stuff to lay BG animals flat.

I inherited my father's 270, a Sako High Power. It will get carried this Fall.