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I guess I joined the cult today. Traded for a Cross Canyon Arms built Ruger. I think it was built as a raffle gun for the Mule Deer Foundation. Nice Vortex Diamondback scope on it too. What factory loads should I consider for Colorado elk and deer?

Fed Premium 150 gr Partitions, or 130 gr Partitions--if you can get that ammo to shoot well.......

Owned a 270 once that was given to me. I kept it long enough to sell it.

Have no use for one.

I've hunted with a 270 exactly once in my life. End result was a DRT doe at 250yds. The rifle is one of the most accurate I own but it just sits in my safe. Guess I should get it out more often but I just can't warm up to the cartridge.

Have had 3 or 4, sold em all but the one I wish I still had was a Mod 70 push feed carbine. I sold it to a friend when his daughter started hunting 15 years ago and the SOB won't let me buy it back! It would make a GREAT rebored 280 Rem.-Muddy

This one followed me home the other day....




Steyr Mannlicher Classic in 270 Win.

Passed the range test. Took it for a spin at my lease between Christmas and New Year, but the critters didn't co-operate.

Try again soon. See whether I will kill anything.

JAPMF,


GWB

Gee, very sharp .270.. Was it new or used??? When I visit Texas this spring, I must look over the used gunshops.. I have been in several that were just awesome.. One had 3 or 4 of the old style deluxe Anchutz sporters in .22 LR.. Price was excellent, I should have bought one..

Sir,

almost never buy rifles new if I can help it. I try to buy them pre-enjoyed at a value. Hard to lose by making a profit. Collecting rifles is one of the few addictions that can be self-financing.

Snagged the Classic on Gun Broker.

Have owned Merkel, Sako, and Sauer, but never Steyr.

Picked up a Mountain rifle the same week in 308 Win for $550 at a local honey hole.



Its a killer..........



JAPMF,


GWB

Very nice.. When I head that way, I may ask you for some of your favorite used gunshops, if you don't mind and I am close to that area.. Texas is a whopping big place..

All things considered, all things put into a bowl, shaken, stirred, and poured out, I still think the 270 is the best all-around Western cartridge ever for the average citizen.

Back East, I can't see the need for it, though that doesn't mean it doesn't work there too.

Brad works just as well here....very popular!

I agree.

JDK: Knocks their noses in the dirt.

Yes it does.

I'm in.

Goat, deer, antelope and elk.

Been using this old girl since 69, with no regrets or worries.....

The more other stuff I get the more I wonder why I didn't just stop at the .270...just plain gets it done for anything I need(of course I'll have to get a couple more different rounds just to be sure...)

Lemme see. My wife and I have used the .270 on pronghorns, whitetails, mule deer, caribou, elk, moose and bison, with no problems. Didn't use it on the two bighorn ewes we've taken, or any black bears, but did use "faux .270's," including the 7x57, .280 and .30-06. Maybe .270 bullets would have bounced off the sheep and bears, but I doubt it.

Have seen it work in Africa too, even on some supposedly super-tough plains game animals.

What will a long action in 270 do that a short action in 284 won't?

Make finding cases and ammo easy.

My .284 is right where I can find it.