270 win the best?

[d2wing]

I don't see an instability issue? You act as though at 300 yards it shotguns. I simply stated if one chose to they could invest in the cartridge and build a rifle that could compete. For hunting tho it's plenty good.

LOL. Suit yourself. I never said that or anything like it.

 

[.45Coltguy]

Do you remember where you aimed on that elk?

I do. Right behind the shoulder and took out both lungs and clipped the heart. I was angling slightly down. I chambered a second round, just didn't need it. After that, I still wanted more oomph, hence 30-06/200gr Nosler's.

 

[Chuck R.]

LOL. Suit yourself. I never said that or anything like it.

I believe he's referring to this:

I have no argument with that. The other poster was claiming match accuracy in competition for the 270. A different matter. But yes, the .270 is a good deer caliber. The least accurate in it's class but good enough for normal hunting range for most people. It is certainly not the best or most versatile deer cartridge because if its instability and lack of ;long range accuracy but It is good enough for most. I agree that it shoots a little flatter because of lighter bullets.

 

[d2wing]

I believe he's referring to this:

I stand by what I said which is nothing like either of you claim I said. What I said is true and well established for decades.

 

[mavracer]

I don't see an instability issue?

"There are none so blind as
those that will not see"
John Heywood

You act as though at 300 yards it shotguns.

Actually you're the one conflating less accurate with inaccurate.

I simply stated if one chose to they could invest in the cartridge and build a rifle that could compete.

No, you could fix the twist but you can't get around the long powder column causing higher extreme spreads. So you'll only compete for a participation trophy not a real one.

For hunting tho it's plenty good.

Yeah he said that in his original post.
But you're claiming "best" not "good enough"

 

[Chuck R.]

I stand by what I said which is nothing like either of you claim I said. What I said is true and well established for decades.

txcookie asked you about your claim that the .270 was instable, due to this post:

I have no argument with that. The other poster was claiming match accuracy in competition for the 270. A different matter. But yes, the .270 is a good deer caliber. The least accurate in it's class but good enough for normal hunting range for most people. It is certainly not the best or most versatile deer cartridge because if its instability and lack of ;long range accuracy but It is good enough for most. I agree that it shoots a little flatter because of lighter bullets.

This is relatively simple, did you post the below or not?

I have no argument with that. The other poster was claiming match accuracy in competition for the 270. A different matter. But yes, the .270 is a good deer caliber. The least accurate in it's class but good enough for normal hunting range for most people. It is certainly not the best or most versatile deer cartridge because if its instability and lack of ;long range accuracy but It is good enough for most. I agree that it shoots a little flatter because of lighter bullets.

IF you didn't I'd get with the Mods ASAP at it appears someone has managed to hack your profile and post BS.

IF you did, then a couple of us are not "claiming" chit.

 

[d2wing]

"There are none so blind as
those that will not see"
John Heywood

Actually you're the one conflating less accurate with inaccurate.

No, you could fix the twist but you can't get around the long powder column causing higher extreme spreads. So you'll only compete for a participation trophy not a real one.

Yeah he said that in his original post.
But you're claiming "best" not "good enough"

Thank you. Some folks , when you tell them the truth they just get mad and tell lies. All too common.

 

[d2wing]

txcookie asked you about your claim that the .270 was instable, due to this post:





This is relatively simple, did you post the below or not?




IF you didn't I'd get with the Mods ASAP at it appears someone has managed to hack your profile and post BS.

IF you did, then a couple of us are not "claiming" chit.

. What I said is true and well known. Trying to twist what people say is lying you know.

 

[troy fairweather]

 

[Chuck R.]

. What I said is true and well known. Trying to twist what people say is lying you know.

Dude, I don't really care what your opinion is. I've already stated that the .270 lacked target accuracy. I'm not twisting chit, the fact is you posted about "instability", then stated you did no such thing. Now I could keep quoting your post that mentioned instability, but odds are you still won't get it.

Now IMHO, it's one of two things:

a. Reading comprehension isn't your strong suit.
b. It's time to have your meds adjusted.

But it appears that you're back-tracking something terrible. I'm not one to waste my time on someone that won't even own up to what they've posted, so I'm done here.

 

[d2wing]

I did post instability. That is a well know fact about the .270. It is the truth. This topic has been rehashed for years. The facts are well known. Learn something. Everything I said was true. You are the one that doesn't understand and claim one thing means something different. You don't seem to understand anything. Yes the .270 is unstable relative to more accurate rounds. It doesn't mean shotgun patterns and nobody but you said that. Saying I did is a lie.

 

[Old Dog]

Now we're getting into that realm of the early '70s when Elmer Keith used to cast aspersions (actually, he got fairly nasty) on Jack O'Connor's writings...

 

[JmacD]

Oddly, I’ve never had a whitetail complain about what cartridge put him(or her) in my freezer. 270,308,250-3000,25-06,7mm-08,243,7mm mag, 300 win, 30-30,… None complained.

 

[redneck2]

Oddly, I’ve never had a whitetail complain about what cartridge put him(or her) in my freezer. 270,308,250-3000,25-06,7mm-08,243,7mm mag, 300 win, 30-30,… None complained

Absolutely true.

Guys seem to lose track of simple physics. A given size bullet behind a given amount of powder is going achieve the same velocity and killing power as any other, no matter what’s on the head stamp.

We get all wrapped around the axle over a 1/2” at 200 yards when most guys couldn’t reliably hit a 12” target at that range.

And as much weeping and gnashing of teeth occurs due to personal biases, in the end if you didn’t see what was stamped on the side of the barrel or cartridge head, you’d likely never know what you were using.

 

[mshootnit]

Oddly, I’ve never had a whitetail complain about what cartridge put him(or her) in my freezer. 270,308,250-3000,25-06,7mm-08,243,7mm mag, 300 win, 30-30,… None complained.

I had one complain once. So I switched to 270.

 

[Gordon]

Well I have not seen the .277 diameter bullets used in accuracy competition in my life time of looking since the 1970s at least, or the .257 come to think of it !. I also like the 6.8 SPC2 above any other AR15 caliber for hunting . My first high powered rifle was a .270 Winchester way back in 1962 , no complaints it was state of the art. My current "go to " deer rifle " is a .270 WSM > I have 6.5 CM and .264 Win Mags available !
The .270 winchester is and was a great choice for deer hunting and better than 80% of anything available, all around IMHO.

 

[mshootnit]

You don't hear of many people losing deer while using a 270. I have heard it is minimal for Elk, so there must be some losses there. .. Why I don't know.
But nobody is like, man I hit that muley square with my 270 at 100 yds. and he just ran away.

 

[Robert]

5 pages seems like more than enough for this round of "X caliber is the bestest ever". As always, use what you like best, and allow others to do the same.