Thread: How much does a 270Win suck in 2019?

Nothing sucks about a 270 - but I can’t compare it with more modern options as I didn’t need one - I started with a 303 at 16 and quickly changed to a 30-06 for 4 years - I shot most animals in NZ with the 30-06 - then changed to a 270 when I thought I would be shooting chamois and tahr every year. I shot a lot of reds with the 270 and still use it when I hunt for reds. I was always scrawny - noise and recoil never bothered me while off-hand shooting - but I put 20 rounds through it on a range about a year ago and it nearly tore my shoulder off - the recoil pad on the Brno is stuffed and I have lost a lot of muscle mass - I used 130 grain Norma soft points for years and then changed to 130 grain Winchester silver tips - both had fantastic performance. I thought it was too fast on fallow so changed to a 243 with better results. I have seen a lot of animals go down with a 303, 30.06, 7*57, 308 and 270 - they didn’t give a rats arse about what hit them because they were all walking or falling dead!