pros and cons of a 270
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Good round just much out of fashion. I shoot one and can't fault it. Never shot a 308 so can't say it's better or worse. 270 is plenty of gun for anything uk has to offer and over seas if you need.
Either calibre will do the job. Choose what you prefer - it's a topic people get most animated about. You said flat shooting - 270 over 308 for that if that is your main criterion.
As to recoil - neither are particularly harsh and both respond well to a moderator.
As to recoil - neither are particularly harsh and both respond well to a moderator.
I fancied a 270 on my first application and a few shooters and local shops put me off. I ended up with a 308 as the ammunition, I wasn't a home loader then, is more readily available.
Flat shooting? umm any calibre shoots a rainbow and 308 isn't one of the best but....... if you know the corrections/distances and have external turrets then the term flat shooting is purely academic; just learn to dial in.
No calibre is bad so it just comes down to what you fancy really.
Flat shooting? umm any calibre shoots a rainbow and 308 isn't one of the best but....... if you know the corrections/distances and have external turrets then the term flat shooting is purely academic; just learn to dial in.
No calibre is bad so it just comes down to what you fancy really.
For me and the little bit of stalking I do, dialling in would not really suit. The thing I like about the .270 is the 200yrd point-blank, and a drop at 300yds that still allows holding 'on' (albeit higher up) a hind, rather than waving the crosshair about some guessed-at hight above its back.
My reservations about dialling in are mainly that you can't realistically do it with a 6x42 scope, and that I'd be bound to have the sight set wrongly at some point resulting in a FUBAR event.
300yds might in any case be best regarded as an emergency shot - albeit one that one should be capable of taking if the wind allows it.
There is truth here:
Use 123gr factory loads in a .308 and you have a .270
Use 150gr factory loads in a .270 and you have a .308
Between .308 and .270, it depends on what game or targets you plan to shoot with it, at the the smaller end or at the upper end of game size, and at the ranges for targets.
The .270 is more versatile than many put it to use. You can load down 90-gr bullets like a .243 for varmints, and 150-gr Swift or Barnes and shoot Eland dead in their tracks.
But if you plan to shoot larger deer, the .308 with 130-gr shoots very flat to 400 yards, and has good bullets for big deer, elk, boar, etc. And it has the match bullets to shoot out to 600 and 800 yards in the right rifle.
The .270 is more versatile than many put it to use. You can load down 90-gr bullets like a .243 for varmints, and 150-gr Swift or Barnes and shoot Eland dead in their tracks.
But if you plan to shoot larger deer, the .308 with 130-gr shoots very flat to 400 yards, and has good bullets for big deer, elk, boar, etc. And it has the match bullets to shoot out to 600 and 800 yards in the right rifle.
What bullet weight would you suggest as a all round bullet that doesn't cause too much carcass damage, I'm not a fan of chopping and changing. I currently use a 243 and use 100 gr for everything, but now I have boar sniffing about I think a change to a larger calibre is a must
I shot Sierra Game King 150 grain for everything. Silly accurate over a charge of 4350.~Muir
mereside
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If you are shooting boar a good bonded bullet in either 130gr or 150gr I am sure like many others you will like it, this was the first full bore rifle I shot and have many others but its my favourite, the thing with any rifle though is everyone has a favourite and you need to choose yours, have you tried shooting the 270?, atb wayne
enfieldspares
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Biggest "con" of the .270 is that, IMHO, it isn't a true 7mm. So that it is far less versatile at top end weights than its BETTER similar cartridges the old time 7x64 and the big green's .280 Remington. Both are more flexible and better cartridges. Problem is both in the UK are virtually "boutique" cartridges.
I have all three. I load either 140 or 150 grain in the .270 and never cared for the blast of the full house factory 130 grain loading such as Winchester's venerable "silver tip". I wish that there was a 160 grain option in .270 that wasn't overlong and would stabilise. Nosler's 160 grain partition is just too long and Sako's excellent 155 grain Hammerhead is now defunct.
But I am impressed with the new RWS offering in 156 grain weight with a ballistic cap. I think that this is a useful uplift of the .270 Winchester provided it can demonstrate accuracy sufficient to its task.
I have all three. I load either 140 or 150 grain in the .270 and never cared for the blast of the full house factory 130 grain loading such as Winchester's venerable "silver tip". I wish that there was a 160 grain option in .270 that wasn't overlong and would stabilise. Nosler's 160 grain partition is just too long and Sako's excellent 155 grain Hammerhead is now defunct.
But I am impressed with the new RWS offering in 156 grain weight with a ballistic cap. I think that this is a useful uplift of the .270 Winchester provided it can demonstrate accuracy sufficient to its task.
I tend to use 140gr BTSP bullets at about 2900fps
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