6.5 PRC is my new favorite caliber and will probably replace my beloved 270 Winchester...

Keep my 270?

  • Yes

    Votes: 13 39.4%

  • No

    Votes: 7 21.2%

  • Get a new gun in another caliber, this is THR, we're a bunch of enablers here!

    Votes: 14 42.4%
  • Total voters
    33
45/30-06OKIE

45/30-06OKIE

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I'm head over heels in love with 6.5 PRC now that I've had some half way serious ammo put together and while I haven't had a chance to stretch it's legs. I like the super sleek bullets used by it over the 270... I have 400 pieces of Lapua brass for the 6.5 PRC lol. I have a Mossberg Patriot in both calibers and they both shoot very well. The 6.5 is the Predator version with a VG6 epsilon muzzle brake I put on it. Very tame shooting rifle for the weight and amount of powder and bullet weight it's throwing down range.
While I love my walnut stock 270, I just find the 6.5 PRC way more interesting as a cartridge. Short and fat like 45 Auto which is my favorite handgun caliber. Anyway my question is why would I bother keeping a stockpile of factory 270 ammo and the reloading supplies for it if I literally haven't shot it in two years? Finding the right buyer would be the hardest part...
 
Do as I say, not as I do.

I still have my old 30-06 which was my first hunting rifle almost 30yrs ago now, and I never like the idea of actually hunting with it, versus objectively better and subjectively more interesting cartridges and rifles I have today. I just moved last year, which meant an opportunity to liquidate some unwanted inventory, and that rifle crossed my mind several times in that process - I can’t bring myself to get rid of it, but I also can’t bring myself to make use of it. I also have my Father-in-law’s old R700 in 30-06, so having two blued and walnut 30-06’s with sentimental value, and dumping that on my son to make use of them is pretty hard, when I don’t make use of either myself.

So I voted for you to be more brave than myself - bail on the .270win.
 
In my opinion they both kinda do the same job, with the newer 6.5prc doing it a little more efficiently. So I'd probably let go of A 270 in your case. That said, if you have a personal history with your 270 that might make you miss it, well, just hold onto it. You already own it and won't make a bunch of money selling it.
 
Keep the .270 till you find another rifle you want to try!

I don't have any of my original rifles anymore, and honestly dont miss any of them, but having a spare is always good, and having an old standby cartridge (06, 270, .243 etc) can sometimes be useful.
 
Maybe it is my recent aesthetic appeal of walnut and blued steel over the utilitarian and weather proof synthetic, but I say keep the 270.

Besides, 6.5 PRC is a pretty new cartridge compared to the 270. Whats to say you can't find 6.5 ammo as well 20 years from now because manufacturers focus on the next big round or we have another ammo dry spell?
 
If I still hunted very much I’d have at least two rifles adequate for whatever the task. That said, having multiple redundant copies of anything makes little sense to me personally.

I hunt very little to none any more. Should the occasion arise I have a 7 mag, which in the real world would be close to your 6.5. It will do anything I’d ever need to do. For me having “stuff” just to have “stuff” no longer has appeal. See George Carlin’s comic rant on “stuff”. Having reloading components and ammo for over twenty calibers got old.

Then again, many decisions are less about being pragmatic and more based on emotion. Gun guys love to argue over 1/2 a degree shoulder angle, two grains of powder, and .004 difference in diameter when in reality it’s meaningless 95% of the time.
 
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I’d keep it. There may come a time, like when the silliness struck, and weird whacky unprepared people are buying up everything. You may be able to find cartridges and components for the .270 but not the 6.5 PRC.
If you aren’t needing to sell the .270 I would just hang on to it for a while.
 
thump_rrr said:
I've never sold a firearm.
When I'm dead they can figure out what to do with them.
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This sounds good to folks on a firearms forum, but what happens if you have a family and friends who are non-shooters? Could be an emotional burden. Just saying.



I voted to sell. If you know it’s going to collect dust and have no one you’d pass it on to, sell it.
 
Lots of good responses here... I don't exactly have a "history" with my good ol' walnut and blue steel 270 but it was the first rifle I ever bought in 2020. I can basically shoot it for darn near free with all the ammo and reloading stuff I have. (40MM ammo can full of factory ammo) However, I have a 25-06 Rem 700 I put mine and dads blood sweat and tears into building out the way I wanted it. It's walnut and blue steel as well. So I will definitely keep that, so it makes it more tempting to sell the 270 and stuff for it.

Edit to add, I don't hunt, but keep saying I want to, just need more time and money...... Sigh... I just shoot for fun.
 
I would hold onto it for a while. At least until you find something that you can't live without. Or you want to rebarrel the 270 to something different.
I have found it a lot fun to try different cartridges and different platforms. Trading has allowed me to do that.
 
WisBorn said:
I would hold onto it for a while. At least until you find something that you can't live without. Or you want to rebarrel the 270 to something different.
I have found it a lot fun to try different cartridges and different platforms. Trading has allowed me to do that.
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Hmm good idea. Of course come hunting season someone might want a bunch of non overpriced 270 ammo so that gives me something to barter with.
 
270OKIE said:
Lots of good responses here... I don't exactly have a "history" with my good ol' walnut and blue steel 270 but it was the first rifle I ever bought in 2020. I can basically shoot it for darn near free with all the ammo and reloading stuff I have. (40MM ammo can full of factory ammo) However, I have a 25-06 Rem 700 I put mine and dads blood sweat and tears into building out the way I wanted it. It's walnut and blue steel as well. So I will definitely keep that, so it makes it more tempting to sell the 270 and stuff for it.

Edit to add, I don't hunt, but keep saying I want to, just need more time and money...... Sigh... I just shoot for fun.
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So this give more insight for my vote, which I voted to sell it.

You have a solid .270 and an ammo can full of factory ammo plus reloading gear to make more rounds. And I’d bet the gun shoots fine and has a decent scope on it. But if you sold the rifle, you wouldn’t need the ammo or accessories.

So you have a pretty nice package to offer someone….or you have a nice package to simply keep for the time being…or the next 30 years.

I’d probably think about where I think I’d be in 10 years…and if anywhere in that 10 years is somewhere needing the gun, either as a replacement, a gift, an heirloom, or an asset to sell, I’d hang on to it.

If it’s never going to be any of those, or you need the money to turn it into 6.5 stuff or some other need, then sell it.
 
Buzznrose said:
So this give more insight for my vote, which I voted to sell it.

You have a solid .270 and an ammo can full of factory ammo plus reloading gear to make more rounds. And I’d bet the gun shoots fine and has a decent scope on it. But if you sold the rifle, you wouldn’t need the ammo or accessories.

So you have a pretty nice package to offer someone….or you have a nice package to simply keep for the time being…or the next 30 years.

I’d probably think about where I think I’d be in 10 years…and if anywhere in that 10 years is somewhere needing the gun, either as a replacement, a gift, an heirloom, or an asset to sell, I’d hang on to it.

If it’s never going to be any of those, or you need the money to turn it into 6.5 stuff or some other need, then sell it.
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Yeah I do see where your coming from... I have always said on this forum that no gun collection is complete without a walnut 270 bolt gun but maybe not? After all, I have an M1 Garand in 30-06!! So maybe it's time to seriously put some feelers out and see if I can snag a buyer at a reasonable price.
 
270OKIE said:
Yeah I do see where your coming from... I have always said on this forum that no gun collection is complete without a walnut 270 bolt gun but maybe not? After all, I have an M1 Garand in 30-06!! So maybe it's time to seriously put some feelers out and see if I can snag a buyer at a reasonable price.
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In my simple mind, the question is “are you a gun collector or a guy who owns guns?”.

I see them differently. I’m a guy who owns guns and has some reason behind what I own, either immediate (carry gun, training, range fun, home defense, etc.) or in the future (heirloom, gift, etc.).

Your thread made me think…and I’m actually drafting a similar thread looking for advice myself.
 
Buzznrose said:
In my simple mind, the question is “are you a gun collector or a guy who owns guns?”.

I see them differently. I’m a guy who owns guns and has some reason behind what I own, either immediate (carry gun, training, range fun, home defense, etc.) or in the future (heirloom, gift, etc.).

Your thread made me think…and I’m actually drafting a similar thread looking for advice myself.
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Both, I guess? like I don't just like walnut and blue steel, I have an SBR quad rail 10.5 5.56 with a Fostech Echo II trigger and a Surefire M952V-TN! It's stupid fun going out to bfe and blasting 5.56 Ball downrange.
I definitely like collecting cool guns but I have a problem with buying a bunch of stuff and then I'm like well crap now I'm stuck with this stuff... Cause seems like nobody wants to give a fair offer on stuff I try to sell at gun shows with dad. We have an FFL BTW.
 
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Enabler squad checking in… keep it. Keep ‘em all. Buy several more. Maybe the entire PRC family in matching customs? Lol. And the entire 06 family for the giggles?

In all seriousness, I like and admire the the new cartridges, but I hate to see people en mass just drop the old guard… can new ones do it better? Yup! But I’ve digested many critters(mostly whitetails) that didn’t complain about the difference between a round ball from a flintlock, a cast 30-30 bullet, an old lead core out of and 06(or derivative) or one of the sleek new creeds or PRCs… so unless you’re eying something specific, I’d still say keep it…
 
Buzznrose said:
This sounds good to folks on a firearms forum, but what happens if you have a family and friends who are non-shooters? Could be an emotional burden. Just saying.


I voted to sell. If you know it’s going to collect dust and have no one you’d pass it on to, sell it.
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I’m in my 50’s with no wife, children, brothers or sisters.
I have one godson who is 42.
He has the combination to the safe and knows where there is a list of values to all the firearms.

If the current Canadian laws remain the handguns, and AR-15’s cannot be sold in Canada and will have to be destroyed if they can’t be exported.

He will also be inheriting a house currently worth over $1M which should ease the burden.
 
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