I think the 270 is a great cartridge, but will not buy one because I already have a 6.5 Swede. Am committed to not closely duplicating similar calibers already owned. (Am loading the 140 grain partition in the Swede)
“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” --- Will Rogers
Got my first one 35 years ago when I complained about seeing a buck in the back part of the farm out of range of the only gun I was able to afford at 16, a single shot H & R 20 gauge. My dad said take his gun out: an M700 270. The next night I saw that same buck and dropped him. The old man was so happy his oldest son shot his first buck he gave me that rifle. I still have it and plan on giving it to my oldest daughter some day.
Don't understand the "still" part of the question.
D D, it makes perfect sense to those who used one.
Jerry
Oh. Well, try as I might life ain't long enough to like them all I guess. Won't bother y'all with the list of the ones I still like, it's kinda long. I have fond memories of the 20mm.
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
I have a Finn Aagaard quote on a "post it" note in my reloading notebook. "...the true general purpose big-game cartridges used in this country come in but two calibers, 30 and 7mm (the .270 Win., is merely a slightly aberrant 7mm whose bullets are .007 under size.)
I took a .270 in on a trade once, but did not put it in a gun safe with other guns because of what Ingwe and others have said and I thought it could be contagious. Peddled it within a few days.
For hair splitters out there... So-called 7mm bullets are .284", which converts to 7.2 mm. A true 7mm bullet mikes .276", so the "standard" 7mm bullet is over-size aberrant at 7.2mm.
Don't understand the "still" part of the question.
D D, it makes perfect sense to those who used one.
Jerry
Oh. Well, try as I might life ain't long enough to like them all I guess. Won't bother y'all with the list of the ones I still like, it's kinda long. I have fond memories of the 20mm.
I thought that I would throw a 30mm into the mix. I never worked on a 30mm, but I've spent a lot of hrs with the M61A1 and M39 20 mm guns. Here are the M61 and a GAU 8 guns firing. Nice groups. Those A10s are so quiet. By the time you hear them, you're dead.
Well since I’m currently down to four, count me me as a confirmed fan. All four are of the model 70 variety in both pre 64 and Classics. I’ve harvested enough elk, deer, antelope and hogs with the 270 to know.......it just works. The end.
I never was on the 270 band wagon...for no really good reason... I guess it goes back to the beginning in the old days you just had one rifle...mine was a 30-06... And never really could figure how the 270 would be one ounce better...I figured what ever the 270 could do the 06 could do better... Now if my first rifle was a 270.. My thoughts would probably be much different... If I were to start from scratch and design the perfect North American carterage it would be real close to the 270... Just a slightly bigger bullet .284.. Walla 280 rem.... I have acquired several 270 s over the years...mainly because they were cheap...several Sakos....but to this day I have never hunted a single day afield with a 270...I have intended to but just have my favorites...usually either a 30-06 or 257 Roberts.. Fads will come and go but the 270 and 30-06 will live forever...
Thanks, John. If you can remember, let us know how it turns out.
"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown
Oh. Well, try as I might life ain't long enough to like them all I guess. Won't bother y'all with the list of the ones I still like, it's kinda long. I have fond memories of the 20mm.
I have very fond memories of the 25mm chain gun too
At any time I have 4 rifles in 270 setting around. Probably my favorite caliber. Have killed a big truck load of Deer and Elk through the years with the 270 win.....
Well since I’m currently down to four, count me me as a confirmed fan. All four are of the model 70 variety in both pre 64 and Classics. I’ve harvested enough elk, deer, antelope and hogs with the 270 to know.......it just works. The end.
Well in all sincerity I must retract my statement. I found a pre 64 270 featherweight in the safe that was not in the original count. If I include the WSM, the count continues to rise for the .277.
The .270 wcf is my main carry. I have an affinity to any 30/06 based round. I have not used the 6.5/06 or the .338/06 or the Whelen, but never say never. The .270's in my house are all used and work well, the 30/06 I own because I believe it is a law or something, the 25/06, because I talked my Uncle into it in 1970. He later gave it to me- a model 700. Thing shoots bugholes even today. If you are a sheep hunter, you owe it to yourself to try a lightweight .270 in honor of Jack.Cheers
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