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Someone shoot me please, or a least convince me that the 270 ain't good for nothing except back-up QB to the 30-06 and the 280... In the immortal words of St Elmer, the .270 is just a damned adequate coyote rifle. IMHO, EVERYONE needs a damned adequate coyote rifle. If it happens to kill deer, antelope, elk, and so on, too, that's gravy. Tom
Anyone who thinks there's two sides to everything hasn't met a M�bius strip.
Here be dragons ...
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The .270 is a great coyote rifle.. I only have one.. Have probably owned half a dozen.. I do like the one I have at present.. On game I have been shooting 140's either Serria HPBT or Horn. SST.. So far only half a dozen head of game have fallen to this rifle.. Used it on everything from p.dogs to elk so far.. I like it very much, but it is not my favorite caliber..
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I fool around with a lot of cartridges, but the .270 Winchester is the only one for which I have more than one rifle (I'm down to only three right now). Me, too! Minimum arsenal.... 
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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I have seen more elk shot and killed with the 270/130 than any other cartridge, bullet combo. It just works.
Those that think it doesn't need to get out more...
“Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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The 130 Nosler partition is all I ever use in my 270 win.. I just don't ever use it 
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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88 years old and still going strong.
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The 130 Nosler partition is all I ever use in my 270 win.. I just don't ever use it Well me either... I'm only 308 Win from here on out. But the 270 is darn good... I've just never had a lot of love for it, despite having killed a couple elk with it.
“Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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The 130 Nosler partition is all I ever use in my 270 win.. I just don't ever use it Well me either... I'm only 308 Win from here on out. But the 270 is darn good... I've just never had a lot of love for it, despite having killed a couple elk with it. I shot my first elk in CO with a .270 before I realized they were gay (kidding!). I remember selling it and the guy purchasing asked me if the reason I was selling it was because it wasn't enough gun for CO. I told him no and that I dislike hunting with a rifle with a wood stock in CO. Since then I suppose I've probably avoided .270's due to poor bullet BC's. That appears to be changing...
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Any mention of the .270 always brings up the "G" word, plus an argument about 130 versus 150-grain bullets. But almost every bullet company that makes .270 bullets has been making 140's for years now, and believe it or not they kill stuff just as well as the 130's and 150's. So, which is best? 30-06 with a 180...  Dude! No way......280 with a 150 NPT rules the day....  Bad on BG shoulders, easy on your shoulder!
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I fool around with a lot of cartridges, but the .270 Winchester is the only one for which I have more than one rifle (I'm down to only three right now). Me, too! Minimum arsenal.... The EW in the Edge currently for sale in the classifieds is rather tempting....
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Killed a graveyard worth of game with a Model 70 in 270 shooting 130 grn bullets over 25 yrs of carrying it. Heres a few "Boolit proof" creatures that fell to the fabled 270 ![[Linked Image]](http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r130/jrelkkiller/IMG_1169.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r130/jrelkkiller/deforgebuck.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r130/jrelkkiller/scan1.jpg)
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130 core lokt ![[Linked Image]](https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/529141_4262418213230_1404017991_n.jpg)
God bless Texas-----------------------
Old 300
I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull
Its not how you pick the booger..
but where you put it !!
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Great pics, Ravenr2! I bet the stories about them are just as good.
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Wow, nice!
Tremendous mule deer.
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Incredible deer you have there!
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Killed a graveyard worth of game with a Model 70 in 270
shooting 130 grn bullets over 25 yrs of carrying it.
Heres a few "Boolit proof" creatures that fell to the fabled 270
I was back in Wisco earlier this year and had an old high school buddy ask me if his 30-06 was enough gun for elk. My brother and I both chuckled. The legend of "Boolit Proof" wapiti is alive and well.
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Any mention of the .270 always brings up the "G" word, plus an argument about 130 versus 150-grain bullets. But almost every bullet company that makes .270 bullets has been making 140's for years now, and believe it or not they kill stuff just as well as the 130's and 150's. Wouldn't you know...Mule Deer splittin' hairs again
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The 2 deer were killed by clients I guided.
The bull is mine.
Thanks for the kind words.
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Raven,
You still guiding? Where? Hunting in an area where Muley's grow bone like those in the pics is a favorite past time of mine. I would even be glad to use a 270.
Dave
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