Just Wounder what you all think about the .270
10-04-2003, 06:37 AM
#2
Host of Hosts
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Erie, Pennsylvania
Posts: 5,780
RE: Just Wounder what you all think about the .270
Well based on the little information you have given. I would say that the .270 would NOT be what your looking for. I think the .270 is a super cartridge for deer, but in thick cover you could do better, especially if your only going to shoot 100 yards most of the time. Maybe a cartridge like the .308 that is a bit slower than the .270. Just my opinion!
10-04-2003, 06:49 AM
#3
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Bar Harbor ME USA
Posts: 443
RE: Just Wounder what you all think about the .270
To me this sounds like the place for a quick handling lever action 30-30 , 32 Win or 35 rem, 444 marlin , or 45-70. Not a brush buster we all know that doesn' t exist. On the other hand a .270 with say a 1.5-7 x scope so that you can see ( and find ) the deer in the scope would work as well; If you are sitting on or stand hunting .Stalking I' d take one of the lever actions just my opinion though.
10-04-2003, 06:51 AM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Western Nebraska
Posts: 3,393
RE: Just Wounder what you all think about the .270
In my view the .270 Winchester is an awesome and powerful cartridge. It' s ideal use is for long range mountain and prairie hunting and It' ll certainly do for deer in the woods.
I think that you' d be better served by a carbine style gun chambered for a " short action" cartridge. The Remington M-7 in .260 is a good example. Brownings micromedallion in .257 Roberts or a Savage 99 in .250-3000
However a .270 will serve you well!! Remington used to make their pump in an 18 1/2" barrel....great woods gun.
I think that you' d be better served by a carbine style gun chambered for a " short action" cartridge. The Remington M-7 in .260 is a good example. Brownings micromedallion in .257 Roberts or a Savage 99 in .250-3000
However a .270 will serve you well!! Remington used to make their pump in an 18 1/2" barrel....great woods gun.
10-04-2003, 07:31 AM
#5
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: fort mcmurray alberta canada
Posts: 5,667
RE: Just Wounder what you all think about the .270
I much prefer the 25-06 for deer and similar sized game and the 7mm and up for elk and moose.As such I don' t have a use for the 270.
10-04-2003, 08:27 AM
#6
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wall SD USA & Jamestown ND
Posts: 11,474
RE: Just Wounder what you all think about the .270
The 270 would be a great gun. If you reload you can get a good round nose bullet up to 170 grain. If not the 150 grain bullet in any good factory load would be good for your conditions. You would also be set up for deer hunting anywhere on earth with a good 270. A 308 would fill the nich as well as some of the ones listed above. 7MM-08, 260 Rem. and the lever guns. Its just that the 270 is so versitile.
10-05-2003, 05:43 AM
#9
Host of Hosts
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Erie, Pennsylvania
Posts: 5,780
RE: Just Wounder what you all think about the .270
I much prefer the 25-06 for deer and similar sized game and the 7mm and up for elk and moose.As such I don' t have a use for the 270.
In thick woods??