Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Which 270 Rifle would you buy today?

Remington 700 Ti.

As a former, now non-practicing gunsmith, I hate Sakos.

Too many chitty little parts in the bolt.

Can't beat a '98 for simplicity,- hell , I'd even go Savage over a Sako. At least they are accurate. and cheaper.

SAKO's are excellent!!! The oldest and one of the most respected firearms manufactures in Europe. Still build a great product and haven't cheapened themselves to the point of modern Win & Rem products. Hell, you'd choose a Savage over a Sako. That statement can't be said by any true professional gunsmith. You'd never touch any of my rifles that I own.

It depends what you're going to do with it.

Remington 7600 for hunting in cover.

CLR for hunting in the open.

S&W Model D or E for the person who likes mannlicher style full-length stocks.

That gets my vote! Already have a 2008 M70 270 FW, a 1:9 Fieldcraft 270 and a custom FN 98 270. A pre-64 has been on my want list for a while...

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Or a custom Mauser.

I'd take that advice and run with it. The more simple the design, the better. Less parts means less chance for failure. Most guys are also aware of the stupid chidt Sako has done with the position of the extractor on some of their rifles. Which causes less than ideal ejection. Just sayin. No a Sako wouldn't be my first, second or even third choice when considering a good rifle..

Barret Fieldcraft
Kimber 84L
Weatherby Vanguard stainless

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ZG47.

Yep, BRNO (CZ) ZG47 if you want a beautiful commercial small ring Mauser. Mine is a 7x64 - close enough to 270w or 280rem

ZG47 is large ring, if you have a small ring in 7x64 it will be a model 21 or 22.

And it is Brno, not CZ for 21,22,ZG47.

Thanks I thought they described the ZG as small ring as well. Anyway I mine is a ZG47 - I’d have to open the safe and check the date but memory is its @ 1957 on the action.

And yes I know its a BRNO but some younger folks may not know who Brno are but know who CZ is. I know its a different company but the lineage is there.

I am tired mate, I am not at my most personable at this point.

So far as I am concerned, what you have there is the end-all and do-all in it's class, I have three 21's in 7x64 and am well pleased with the cartridge


My brother has a 1956 ZG47 in 270 and it is a very nice piece of equipment.

My 700 mt rifle stopped the search.

Matte Blue & Walnut CZ 557 American
Stainless Tikka
Stainless Rem. 700

I have a Sako L-61 I really like.

If I didn't have a just about perfect commercial FN Mauser actioned .270 in a Mountain rifle style that I really love hunting with, I would find a nice Pre 64 270 Featherweight and settle on that for the rest of my deer hunting days... I could also be happy with a Remington 700 Early Mountain rifle , especially if I could find one in stainless with a nice wood stock on it. The later Win 70 Classic featherweights are also very classy in stainless/wood and I have heard they shoot fine, but don't have any experience with one yet....

Always like the looks of the Sako and feel of the actions, but they are always heavier than I think they need to be and my old gunsmith used to bad mouth them also for various reasons..

irfubar, what's the details on the custom stock on your FWT?

Sako A7 Roughtech Pro