Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Owning a .270 is a dangerous thing.

Can you get it rebarreled to something like this ?

Sako 85 finnlight in 270 Win / McMillan stock - BTW she just started shooting one hole groups with 57.5 grains of H4831 under a 140gr. accubond.

Purty.Hopefully you will still have it 50 years later.

I received an old (not sure what year) Remington .270 from my uncle, that I believe was my grandfather's. If it was my grandfather's, it would be from the '62-'69 range. It's just been sitting in my safe, but as I was sitting in the woods, watching for a spike elk, I got to thinking that I should pick up a VXII 3-9 and get it ready for next year. Never loaded for a .270. I suspect that a 130 or 150 Partition should do what I need done.

But I gotta get some blue tape. All the kewl Montana guys use it.

My plan was to get a couple of good sako's, and that custom shop model 70 of mine and then stop buying new rifles.

I think I'm good -

I hunted Elk with my 30-06 Sako and OMG I love the 85 setup.

Spot

IF Sako only made that rifle in 338/06........then I'd spring for a long action...but a 6.5x55 might tempt me.....but the 260 is there in SA......Nice Sako.

Don't you guys even watch hunting shows? nowadays you can't kill deer with anything less than a 300 Ultra mag. Everything else just bounces off.
That said, I love my 270 but being single I don;t really need a reason to buy more guns other than " hey that's really cool"

You know, I have a .280 in the safe as well, and I have hunted with it successfully. I like the rifle and the cartridge, but I bought it for my son. It is a 700 Classic from the year he was born.

I sold my 7/08 mountain rifle this past year, in the fallout from a divorce. I kept the rifles I had bought for my boy. Figured to hunt with that .280 this year, and then as things have started to even back out again financially, I added this .270.

I like the rifle alot. I have seen what the cartridge will do, as I mentioned my hunting partner has hunted with a .270 for the the ten years we have hunted together.

I look forward to making memories with the old cartridge as well.

Nothing wrong with a .270 for a hunting rifle. It's what I would recommend for anybody who isn't a handloader. Safe bet even if you do handload. (grin)

the difference between a 270 and 280 is only .oo7" arguing for the 280 seems to fit the new is better mold.

Yes I do hunt with a flintlock, only because I can. 45/70, 4590,45/110 are good, 7x57, 6.5x55, 30/30,30-06. The rest are newcommers. I have to admit the 257 Roberts is my giving in to the modern is better concept.

I'm kinda just funnin ya here, but am an oldy is better guy.

Randy

I've got a .270 Rem 700 ltwt that I use on hogs with 130 Gr. TSX's. DEADLY!

Haven't got to hunt anything else with it yet, but I've also fallen for the .270.

I love both the 270 and the 280. As has been mentioned, the differences are almost negligable. However, if the .280 had come first, any argument people have between the two would be the same except the flip-flopped per their preferred caliber now. Everything we say now about O'Connor with respect to the .270 today we would instead be saying about O'Connor with respect to the .280. In my opinion, that is.

It�s hard not to like the .270 Winchester.

For me, the standard .270 is the base line for western hunting cartridges. It�s easy to shoot well, widely available (guns and ammo), fast and flat, and it hits all manner of game with reassuring authority. It�s perfect for deer and antelope, and good-to-go for most elk hunting. Sheep, caribou and even moose are no problem.

Plenty of milder cartridges also hunt well and you can certainly go with more thunder, but a familiar, accurate .270 Winchester is almost never a bad choice.

Timing is everything, to be sure.

My .270 Win. was made in 1953 too. I got it used & had a bit of work done on it but the metal is all original. That puppy puts 150 gr. Partitions into 3/4" with boring regularity. Load yours up with 57 gr. of Rldr-22 & go for everything in N.A. except for the largest bears. I've been using a .270 Win. of one type or another for 40+ years here in Ak. & it just plain works.
Bear in Fairbanks

I don't care what anyone says or has said about the 270. I bought a rem 700 in 270 24 years ago, it being my first bolt action "Western" cartridge. It's still my favorite because it works and I've got some serious faith in the rifle and cartridge. This could be said about many, many cartridges out there, especially, like Steely said, with todays bullets. Pick your fav and go hunting.

It's all I ever needed for the big game I've pursued (deer, antelope, elk, and black bear). I hand loaded 150gr for elk and bear and 125gr for everything else. I tried 90gr and those were killer (literally) for marmot at 400 yds. I still have the Win model 70 in 270, but can't even fire it here in Illinois. Some day I'll head west again ...

I sure have grown more fond of mine over time, it does not kick the crap out of you with the 130 grain and does a very good job on deer.

Good luck to ya wit dat.


Came close to buying an 85 this years in a heavy barrel varmint configuration reamed to 7/08 but my dealer told me that it wasn't available in thie U.S.


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Don't kid yourselves...the search ends with the 30-06.

CrimsonTide: Geez man! What are you trying to do here? Mostly I've found well informed folks on this site. How did you mange to slip in here?

I hope my wife never meets you. A 270 is totally inadequte for pronghorn. No respectable pronghorn would be taken with anything less than a 257 Weatherby. For caribou, a 6.5 x 55 is perfect. Mule deer will require a 7 mm Rem Mag, and should you do elk, at least a 300 Winchester. If you move to the timber for elk or decide to do bison a 45-70 is an absolute must. With black bear the 30-06 is perfect. Basically, every species requires a specific well tuned rifle. I could go on for ground squirrels, coyote, rabbits, bobcats, mt lion, hogs, etc, but I think you get the picture. I even have rifles for species that haven't been invented yet. Should I ever luck out and draw a bighorn tag, there's nothing in the safe that will suffice. Again, stay away from my wife. 1Minute