Thread: 270 shooters

Some 270's are horrible to shoot - (read Tikka with factory stock) and boot like mules.
With the right stock they are very easy to use with 130's and less. Recoil steps up with heavier bullets cranking.
Killing power is a step up compared to smaller calls and a 270 is very forgiving on a poorly placed shot.
I like harder bullets like accubonds that blow a hole right through but in factory the Winny Powerpoint 130's are hard to beat for run of the mill pigs and deer and maybe the 140gr Sako would be a good factory option for stags.
If you can have a couple of shots out of it before committing that will tell you what you want to know.

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Some 270's are horrible to shoot - (read Tikka with factory stock) and boot like mules.
With the right stock they are very easy to use with 130's and less. Recoil steps up with heavier bullets cranking.
Killing power is a step up compared to smaller calls and a 270 is very forgiving on a poorly placed shot.
I like harder bullets like accubonds that blow a hole right through but in factory the Winny Powerpoint 130's are hard to beat for run of the mill pigs and deer and maybe the 140gr Sako would be a good factory option for stags.
If you can have a couple of shots out of it before committing that will tell you what you want to know.

Have to disagree, if you are over 80kg then a .270 is easy to shoot with a 130 grain bullet, in fact a .308 will have more free recoil with most factory loads.

Unfortunately the .270 is for the most part under-loaded, as it is quite an old cartridge. Hornady rounds probably loaded the hottest of most major manufacturers.

This was the 6.5 CM of it's day (1925), with a 130 grain proprietary .277" bullet (unless you want to count some whack Chinese chambering) going around 3,100 fps, according to Winchester.

Avoid the heavier 150 grain .270 bullets, as the 6.5 and 7mm's quickly eclipse them for BC.

Personally shoot 110 grain copper (Barnes TTSX, loaded by Sako as the 'Powerhead II') and this does around 3,200 ish fpd out of a 20" Tikka, handloaded you could probably push them to 3,300 (Barnes claims 3,400 fps out of a 24" barrel). Not sure what my handloads do but they'll toast the brass (loose primer pocket) after two firings.

The .270 is a great deer cartridge but more efficient designs have come along since, even the .243 was knocking on the door of the .270 in 1955 (also a Winchester cartridge).

The .270 was a favorite of Jack O' Connor, and having a pre-64 Win chambered in one gets many cool points...