Home Forums Hunting & Shooting General Big Game .270Win. worst cartridge ever!

I mean come on!<BR>All it is,is a wimpy 06'!<BR>I say if a guy can't handle a .300win get out of the woods!<BR>The .270 should be banned for use on anything bigger than chipmunks and rabid sparrows.<BR>For the faithful,this ain't new.....stand by!<BR>Cheers!<BR>E4E<P>------------------<BR>

OK, OK, dammit! I've held out so far but this is it! I think I will go and have a nice tall frosty Castle. heh heh he. badger.

OOOOHH! you know how to hurt a guy!<BR>BTW I did a search for an importer yesterday,and came up with nothing!<BR>When I get some spare cash I am going to look into possibly doing something about the dearth of good beer here in the states.<BR>I can't say as to what can be done within my financial limits,but what the hell right?<BR>Between us and all your fellow Mandella Refugees there is a ready market just waiting to be tapped into...get it tapped?<BR>I'm out of Old style(The closest I can get to Lion)so I'm sufferin here.<BR>Cheers!<BR>E4E

E4E, as much as I love Keith, I am gonna have to say that hte 270 does have a place in hunting, My father bought me a rem 700 bdl in 270 when I was 10. still have it, as a matter of fact I have shot more game with that rifle than any other, it has a nice soft recoil, shoots flat, and has a decent selection of bullets for the handloader/reloader. I won't go as far as saying it is an ideal elk gun, because it aint, but it is a hop,skip,and a jump above the 260,7-08 crowd. BEARHUNTER

Pat, for a guy that is in the business you must have had too many kegs of that foamy stuff, all ready and it has pickeled your brain. You know the 270 Win is an up dated 06 and will out preform it any day of the week. That 130gr out of a 270 is like King Kong when it gets to where it's going and it don't mess around getting there. Bed time, been fighting this puter all evening. See ya in the morning. -- no

E4E,<BR>You got it all wrong; the 270 came after the 30-06 and is really the improved version. The best thing that was ever done to this case was necking it down to 28, 27, and 25 calibers. I can be gutting my deer while the -06 hunter is still waiting for his bullet to arrive on target and praying that no puff of air will blow it off course.

One of my buddy's shot an '06,for quite sometime. I'd come by his house dragging something big and dead. He HATED it! I always told him it was because of his '06,that he couldn't get anything done. most of the stuff I killed,was about 2-1/2 30-'06 shots away! I told him that he could shoot the first shot,watch the bullet go,and mark it's location in the dirt. he could then run to that spot,fire again and mark the second bullet strike. Then on his third poke,if he did EVERYTHING right,he could launch one into the ribcage. That would send it to limping,and would up his odds. That regarding closing the distance,on the now semi-crippled critter. It is a sound theory,but difficult to find a critter will to stay still,for so many shots. I just hit 'em with something that does the job,the FIRST time. I agree with T-stick,the only way to improve the '06,is to start necking it down. The 25-06Ackley I just finished,is a good place to start. I can see why soooo many are excited about the 280Ackley. With the increase in speed and the cool looking cases,comes a high degree of accuracy. Those cartridges ae capable of a "Two '06 Shot"...(grin)

E4E,<BR>How do you come off disparaging the 270 for anything larger than a chipmunk? Even Elmer Keith knew it was adequate for coyotes. If you don't believe it ask NO. NO knows. <P>Jack 'O Connor convinced everyone (almost)but Elmer Keith that it is all that was needed for elk up to 600 yards.<P>[This message has been edited by Thunderstick (edited January 26, 2001).]<p>[This message has been edited by Thunderstick (edited January 26, 2001).]

Come on guy's!<BR>Liberacce is dead! You can come out of the closet now!<BR>O'connor admitted that he owned 3 .270's and 6 06's!!!!!!Elmer was twice the man Jack was,and slapped the Springfield Armoury boy's around during the war and straightened them out.We won the war with 1911's and other firearms with Keiths inspector stamp on it.The 06' rules with Karma,and that's all that it needs for this Jarhead.<BR>Got ya thinkin' though !<BR>E4E

I can taste my Garand being rebarreled to 25-06. Now THAT'S a rifle!.......

The 270 is the worst cartidige ever? What knid of catfish are you trying to hook with that stink bait?

Pdog shooter,<BR>I dunno 'bout catfish,but I hooked several nice bullheads! <BR>E4E<P>------------------<BR>

I thought we all agreed that the 270 made a nice primer for the really big bores. <P><P>------------------<BR>Brian<BR><A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/bw_99835/" TARGET=_blank>The 416 Taylor WebPage!</A>

I kinda like it.

Holy old thread, Batman!

This thread from way before my time on the 'fire.

Now this is a serious Throwback Thursday.

Wow! Goin way back, indeed. Interesting how different Stick's posts were then.

I'm digging your groove Larry.