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I'm not understanding what people mean when they make comments like " gay 270 win" etc. I haven


Long running joke. Ask ingwe.

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Just don't tell the 6.5 Creed gang that whatever they shot could have been easily handled with a 270.

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Originally Posted by 16bore
Just don't tell the 6.5 Creed gang that whatever they shot could have been easily handled with a 270.

Oooo... Now you've gone and done it... laugh



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Originally Posted by 16bore
Just don't tell the 6.5 Creed gang that whatever they shot could have been easily handled with a 270.

But it has less recoil. The .270 can be vicious!


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Originally Posted by whackem_stackem
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Just don't tell the 6.5 Creed gang that whatever they shot could have been easily handled with a 270.

But it has less recoil. The .270 can be vicious!


and that long bolt throw, simply wears me out...😀


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I love shooting different calibers, and working up loads for them. That's why I haven't killed a deer with my 270 in a good many years. But, if I ever start thinning the herd, and get down to the bare bones, so to speak, my Remington 700 Classic 270 will be one of the last ones I'll have. I bought it the first year the Classic came out, back in the 70's. I've killed a truck load of whitetails with it, and if I'm ever lucky enough to draw a Kentucky elk tag, it will be the rifle I use. I've used several cartridges over the years.....6.5X55, 6.5CM, 7X57,308, 6.8SPC.....that are similar sized, and while they all work and shoot just fine, if push came to shove, I'd pick the 270 over them all. It just flat works, and has for almost a 100 years now. Just think about it, since 1925, no one has come up with a cartridge that's been able to knock the 270 off it's throne as the ideal long range cartridge for deer sized animals. It's still the one to which others are compared.

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I watched my brother drop a big waterbuck estimated at pushing 600 lbs. in his tracks in SA at a ranged 370 yds with the PH's .270 loaded with a 150 gr NP (we had only brought bows) this summer. I later killed a bigger one (had to get that in) at 350 yds, though I didn't drop him. Having never shot game this large with a .270, I was very impressed.

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Don't be dissuaded by the naysayers; most of them have at least one hidden away in a closet somewhere behind their inflatable girlfriend(s) that they use when no one's looking.🤔


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Originally Posted by limabean
Thanks for the replies, I figured people were just pulling others chains by those comments.


Yeah, it's a running joke perpetuated by some 7x57 snobs. grin

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Originally Posted by mathman
Originally Posted by limabean
Thanks for the replies, I figured people were just pulling others chains by those comments.


Yeah, it's a running joke perpetuated by some 7x57 snobs. grin


Hey, I resemble that remark!


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Yeah, long running joke to bash a 270 here on the campfire. grin

I have used the 270 in various rifle for the last 30 some odd years. Bullet weights from 85 to 160gr. Velocities from 1900 to 3500 fps. Cottontails to elk.

I do not know how many 270 chambered rifles we have under the roof right now.


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Originally Posted by TomM1
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Just don't tell the 6.5 Creed gang that whatever they shot could have been easily handled with a 270.

But it has less recoil. The .270 can be vicious!


and that long bolt throw, simply wears me out...😀



You forgot about all the extra wind drift that has to be accounted for because of the 270 ping pong ball boolits...

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I'm not understanding what people mean when they make comments like " gay 270 win" etc. I haven


Long running joke. Ask ingwe.

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Ingwe likes the .270 so much.... that he got a 'baby .270'. I think they call it a 6.8, so folks wont get confused. smile


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“Assuming a cartridge can make its way on merit alone, that cartridge is the .270 W.C.F. In its early years it sat in the corner, dressed in sackcloth and covered with ashes, while few riflemen suspected that underneath it had a figure like Miss America, a disposition like an angel, and it could bake pies like Mother used to make.”

— “The .270 Can Do Big Things.”

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Guys that worry about 270 recoil might be "gay"......not that there's anything wiring with that. It's a question of lifestyle and round shouldered metro sexuals that pluck their eye brows.

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Originally Posted by skeen
“Assuming a cartridge can make its way on merit alone, that cartridge is the .270 W.C.F. In its early years it sat in the corner, dressed in sackcloth and covered with ashes, while few riflemen suspected that underneath it had a figure like Miss America, a disposition like an angel, and it could bake pies like Mother used to make.”

— “The .270 Can Do Big Things.”

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I think JOC might have been on to something.


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Originally Posted by JamesJr
I've used several cartridges over the years.....[/b]6.5X55, 6.5CM, 7X57,308, 6.8SPC.....that are similar sized, and while they all work and shoot just fine[b], if push came to shove, I'd pick the 270 over them all. It just flat works, and has for almost a 100 years now. Just think about it, [/b]since 1925, no one has come up with a cartridge that's been able to knock the 270 off it's throne[b] as the ideal long range cartridge for deer sized animals. It's still the one to which others are compared.


Yes, many a cartridge stands in the SHADOW of the 270 Win..

and their owners WHINE, it's just as good as a 270 Win. cry cry



" [/b]It's STILL the one to which others are compared[b]"---- pretty much sums it up.


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Thanks for the replies, I figured people were just pulling others chains by those comments.


Yeah, it's a running joke perpetuated by some 7x57 snobs. grin


Hey, I resemble that remark!


I have been a 270 shooter for ages but I would love to get a 7 x 57 sometime. I wonder what Ingwe would think of that? 😉


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I always though if you were a die-hard 30-06 user, you had to pooh on the 270, finally came to my senses after 20 years of thinking that.


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