Best 270?

[JoshT]

I do reload... if you can't figure out how to run a powder measure and a press... then that ain't my fault. Factory ammo is for folks who drive foreign full-size pickups 

Show me a load that can best the 160 accubond at 3100 for energy and drift out to 600 yards or so... I bet you have to go to a BIG gun to find it. It is better... there is no doubt.

Will a .270 kill schitt... yup.

Will a 7mm kill it deader... nope. Is it more versitile... yup. Is it a far better mid-long range caliber... without a doubt.

If you want to handcuff yourself to 130-150 bullets that are ballistically middlin'... then by all means, shoot the .270. If you want the king of deer rounds... and you want to spin that turret... buy the 7mm.

I'm dissapointed in you Jud... of all folks on here I expected better of you... you know velocity rules man... 6/55... enough said.

[257 Wby Mag]

Don't be disappointed in me, you know I'm a velocity whore, 257 with a 100 grain scirocco@3750... How much of a difference is there between a 25/06 and a 257 again? grin....

Looks like factory, about 400 fps, handloaded 350 fps, that is if I use your " 3400 fps if your lucky' quote. But once again we're comparing apples to oranges. Guess thats why some rounds are named magnums...

[Buckmark]

Ok i'll bite again, had to do some work and make a little $.
Ok so for the "best .270" debate, i say .270roy.
Factory weatherby ammo that anyone can buy.
140 gr accubond (thats a nosler josht) has a BC .496, a velocity of 3320 and bullet drop of -21.6 @500 if sighted in dead on at 300yds (yeah no kidding you can sight in for 0 at 300).
All with just buying a box of loaded ammo and going shooting, it is hard to beat the factory stuff buy handloading for the roy.
Now to compare to the 7mm with the 140gr you listed, yes you bested me by 20fps, but i beat you with BC which can more than make up for it.
And both will kill just fine.
But wait, you brought up that the 160gr really makes the 7 shine, and im sure you need to handload it, for the 270 roy i dont have a good 160gr to add, but for what the .270 likes which is 130gr and by your statment that velocity rules, well here we go, factory ammo bought off the shelf.
130 barnes tsx BC of .466, velocity of 3400fps, and a drop of -21.0 @500 if sighted in to 0 at 300yds.
And yeah a 300 whinny really makes up for the short comings of the 7mm, but that is for another day.
And i dont thin  old Roy W. drove a foreign truck

[257 Wby Mag]

This was perhaps one of the stupidest cartridge arguements I've seen. Compare a 270 to a 280, 7 remmy to a 7 Wby, etc. Kinda like saying my 300 Roy is faster and flatter than a 300 win Mag. Well no *censored*!

And yes the 270 Roy rules the roost in the .277 department. Who'd a thunk it? grin..

[C-Money]

I still dont think there is enough difference to bitch and moan about. From .270 win all the way threw a 300 ultra mag, a hunter is good to go! I know my .270 and my 30.06 very well, and I am very deadly with those rifles, and that is all I need. See you at the meat locker!

[JoshT]

Truth be told... for average hunting purposes (moose on down... inside 300 yards)... I think a guy could pretty much rule the world with a .308 or a 7mm/08. So this whole line of reasoning is pretty much ballistic gack.

I just think if you're going to step up from there... might as well go to the best all-around gun... and I think the 7mm Rem is the top of that heap... without stepping all the way up to a big .30. The .270 isn't a big enough step up from the '08 cased rounds... to justify the increase in powder/noise/etc.... hell, I'd take a 7mm/08 over a .270 any day of the week.

I shouldn't have started this whole .270/7mm thing... we all know the 7mm is superior... the numbers don't lie. But, to some guys that just doesn't matter... I guess they read a little too much JO'C when they were kids. Hell, I don't even remember if this tread was oriented toward the best ".270 Win RIFLE"... or the best "cartridge in .270"... do any of you guys know?

[mossback91]

the best 270 is the one left on the shelf at the store

[JoshT]

Or on sale for $150...

[Buckmark]

Heck, i'd buy a .270win for $150, make a nice lamp post...

[mossback91]

Heck, i'd buy a .270win for $150, make a nice lamp post...

boat paddle...............

[JoshT]

I was thinking more along the lines of fly-swatter... 

[Buckmark]

Heck, i'd buy a .270win for $150, make a nice lamp post...

boat paddle...............

Na, thats what a mossberg shotgun is for

[Buckmark]

I was thinking more along the lines of fly-swatter... 

Might be under gunned, i've seen some big horseflys during the summer..

[stringflinger4elk]

Heck just pi$$ on all that and go to Christensen Arms, first open a new credit card account for about 20,000 so you can pay your divorce lawyer after you buy one sweet custom made pick your action pick your trigger pick everything rifle made to order and your wife finds out after it shows up.  st you back only 1600 -2600 bucks no big deal you still have 18,000 ish left to pay your lawyer. should get you out of everything alright maybe you'll still have your truck when you are done so you can still go hunting....      

[Buckmark]

Heck just pi$$ on all that and go to Christensen Arms, first open a new credit card account for about 20,000 so you can pay your divorce lawyer after you buy one sweet custom made pick your action pick your trigger pick everything rifle made to order and your wife finds out after it shows up.  st you back only 1600 -2600 bucks no big deal you still have 18,000 ish left to pay your lawyer. should get you out of everything alright maybe you'll still have your truck when you are done so you can still go hunting....      

Heck i'm in the clear then, dont need the divorce lawyer...