Is the .270 the ultimate unfashionable all rounder...

[dropmdead]

Is the .270 the ultimate unfashionable all rounder...??

Yes, it's a bit more recoiling, a bit more noisy, not much bullet weights to choose from and yes there's more modern cartridges BUT go in to any Scottish gun shop or on any Scottish sporting estate and you should find some ammo...
Still true..??

 

[Eddie P]

Yes

 

[mealiejimmy]

This ^^

Cheers

Bruce

 

[Greener Jim]

Wouldn't say it is unfashionable really, just is more or less fashionable in certain groups or areas.

 

[palmer_mike]

It’s got a following for sure. No better and no worse than most similar chamberings in any practically measurable way

 

[VSS]

Is the .270 the ultimate unfashionable all rounder...??

Yes.

 

[NoIDeer]

Wouldn't say ultimate but it does make all other deer calibres pointless.

 

[HonestJohn]

Probably in its hey day before copper and before moderators. Performs best with 24-26” barrels - stick a can on that and you’re a lightening rod.

Due to moderators becoming the norm, calibres that will be efficient in 16”-18” barrels will likely be more popular - ex 7-08 and .308. The popular 6.5cm generally is cut too short in many offerings IMHO, but that’s likely because the manufacturers think hunters are stupid and want handy rifles that still balance well with a mod.

 

[Covert]

Is the .270 the ultimate unfashionable all rounder...??

Yes, it's a bit more recoiling, a bit more noisy, not much bullet weights to choose from and yes there's more modern cartridges BUT go in to any Scottish gun shop or on any Scottish sporting estate and you should find some ammo...
Still true..??

As above.
Not suited to the consumer economy we live in.
How many new 270 rifles are sold now?

 

[takbok]

99 years old and still going strong. Still one of the most popular deerstalking cartridges in Scotland alongside the 243.

Unfashionable for some but modern alternatives don't really offer a whole lot of improvement in real terms.

 

[palmer_mike]

Wouldn't say ultimate but it does make all other deer calibres pointless.

One could say that about most deer legal chamberings

 

[Bavarianbrit]

Been working for me since 1993.

 

[Overlay]

As above.
Not suited to the consumer economy we live in.
How many new 270 rifles are sold now?

Ye but ye but ye
They knew how to make rifles them days apparently, no plastic or crap steel, that’s why you can keep using them forever they don’t wear out . Sooooo you don’t need a new one - simples

I cut a roe doe in half with one of those a few years back,( BSA majestic ) it kicked like a mule as well

But I’ve shot a couple since and they do appear to have calmed down a bit, mate of mine knocks a few over with his very well and he loves it

 

[south-nofolk-stalker]

Is the .270 the ultimate unfashionable all rounder...??

Yes, it's a bit more recoiling, a bit more noisy, not much bullet weights to choose from and yes there's more modern cartridges BUT go in to any Scottish gun shop or on any Scottish sporting estate and you should find some ammo...
Still true..??

The 270 is the Queen of all calibres, does everything you need to do with elegance and minimal fuss.

Shot one for donkeys years before I sold it to get the Queen mother of all the 7x57

 

[south-nofolk-stalker]

Wouldn't say ultimate but it does make all other deer calibres pointless.

For graft the 270 is the ultimate, if you have shot one enough you’ll know what I mean

 

[timbrayford]

Where did the heavy recoil myth emerge from? As far as I'm concerned 303 is far worse.

 

[Tim.243]

Is the .270 the ultimate unfashionable all rounder...??

Yes, it's a bit more recoiling, a bit more noisy, not much bullet weights to choose from and yes there's more modern cartridges BUT go in to any Scottish gun shop or on any Scottish sporting estate and you should find some ammo...
Still true..??

You should not notice recoil if you are tucked into the stock and concentrating on the beast in the scope..
You will never hear a comment from a double rifle shooter after the shot talk about re-coil only "look at the size of it"

Advertising sells modern chambering but they have not reached a 100 years just like the "new" electric cars

 

[HonestJohn]

Where did the heavy recoil myth emerge from? As far as I'm concerned 303 is far worse.

Early stock designs with big comb drops and people shooting them prone on the hill. Bad mix

 

[vpk999]

It knocks the deer down nicely and there's plenty components available if you want to reload. My 270 tikka lite is easy to carry all day, unlike my Bergara Wilderness Terrain in 6.5 Creedmoor.

 

[Uncas]

Nothing wrong with the 270 that handloading won't sort out.
A 130gr pro-hunter at 2,700/2'800fps works every time even out to 300yds.