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I know there's a lot of sport disrespecting this cartridge on the Fire but is it real? Age? Poor performance, myth?
What say you???
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Campfire Outfitter
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I’d bet the 270 win is in the top 5 of hunting cartridges in the US.
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No, the "disrespect" is just envy and jealousy because the 270 is so good.
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Campfire Ranger
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Screw you! I'm voting for Trump again!
Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the 24HCF.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I just say anything to anyone and just use one of mine, whenever the urge inspires me to use it...
I seem to like 140 gr Ballistic Tips, with either 30grains of 4198 or 44 grains of 4064.....
or when I need some horse power out of it...
like 62.5 grains of 4831SC, and a 220 grain SMP partition....
"Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC
“Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
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Campfire Tracker
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Americans love to be told things are New and Improved when in fact most of the "improvements" haver no real-world value but those that think of themselves are Experts and sophisticated will swear they are all about the new thing and how much better it is. The actual truth is the Emperor is naked, and the "new cloths" are just advertisers fooling people. The 270 is going strong and has been doing so for close to 100 years.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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The 270 is an easy choice, but it is nearly 100 years old and familiarity breeds indifference.
Before the COVID epidemic, 270 ammo was available nearly everywhere and good factory ammo could be purchased for under $25.
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I foolishly sold a beautiful Remington 700 BDL in 270 because I got that dreaded Magnumitis and just had to have a 300 WinMag. Always regretted that poor decision.
Last edited by Stevens223; 05/09/22.
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Just bought my first one. Timney was delivered today, original trigger was garbage. 7 lbs ready to hurt shiit, got a feelin I’m gonna get a sheep tag here or Oregon so I needed a sheep rifle.
Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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It’s not what the “cool kids” want! 😁 That said, I’ve never been one of the cool kids, but I’ve have never been “wowed” with the 270 Win.! memtb
Last edited by memtb; 05/09/22.
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
“I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I just say anything to anyone and just use one of mine, whenever the urge inspires me to use it...
I seem to like 140 gr Ballistic Tips, with either 30grains of 4198 or 44 grains of 4064.....
or when I need some horse power out of it...
like 62.5 grains of 4831SC, and a 220 grain SMP partition.... ?
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I just say anything to anyone and just use one of mine, whenever the urge inspires me to use it...
I seem to like 140 gr Ballistic Tips, with either 30grains of 4198 or 44 grains of 4064.....
or when I need some horse power out of it...
like 62.5 grains of 4831SC, and a 220 grain SMP partition.... ?Ya right?? Wtf? 😅
Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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Not in my house, it is a go to cartridge. I have played with everything, but the 270 has always worked and been there.
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I know there's a lot of sport disrespecting this cartridge on the Fire but is it real? Age? Poor performance, myth?
What say you??? It's mostly from insecure 7x57 fans.
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Ingwe loves the .270 Win!
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Campfire 'Bwana
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A tingle just ran through his leopard print thong.
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I know there's a lot of sport disrespecting this cartridge on the Fire but is it real? Age? Poor performance, myth? If you crunch the ballistics on rifle cartridges, then you find an almost magical sweet spot on the ones based on the 30-06 and 7mm bullets. Having a bore that measures 0.277" instead of 0.284" is the 270's only sin. In terms of performance, it's all but identical to the 280 Remington. The 280 Ackley Improved (AI) outruns it, and around here, that's enough to get it roundly condemned. It has been on the market since 1925. Up until COVID, you could find ammo for it everywhere. Post-COVID, the 270 comes out on top, at least where I live. If you rely on factory ammo around here, then you'd better have either a 308 or a 270. There's more ammo for them than for anything else around here, including the 30-06. Even during the worst of the shortage, you could still get 270 ammo. Okie John
If Montana had a standing army, a 270 Win with Federal Blue Box 130's would be the standard issue.
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Dont see a lot of rifles in 25-06 anymore either
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I love my 270 and wouldn’t get rid of it. Most accurate rifle I own and probably the best deer cartridge ever.
But there are too many closet power bottoms F*gs on here hating on it.
All of them do something better than the 30-06, but none of them do everything as well.
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