.270 REM, a choice cartridge?

I thought he might have been talking about a .280 Rem, but when he said rifles were everywhere, it has to be a .270 WIN. That happens to be a favorite of mine also and is my primary deer cartridge now.

The 90 grain Sierra HP is what I shoot more than anything else in my .270 Win. I use reduced charges of IMR 4895 and find them very pleasant and accurate. They also hit to within 1/2 min of my relatively hot deer loads at 100 yards. I've heard that is a trait of the .270 Win.

JP
 
It depends upon if you are going hunting or going to punch paper out at long distances.

I have both a Winchester M70 Super Grade in .270 Win and a Savage 10 FP in .308.

The M70 has a hunting barrel and the first two rounds touch but the third moves high right by about 3/8s and the fourth and fifth move out further as the barrel heats up.
That is just fine for a hunting rifle, since you should never need more than two rounds. If you can't get it done with two, you don't know where the bullets are going anyway so rifle accuracy isn't the problem, shooter accuacy is.

The 10 FP with its heavy barrel doesn't heat up that quickly and it has put the full group in one ragged hole on many occasions with hand load ammo that it likes. It has averaged 0.458 with 150 grain Sierra Match Kings at 100 yards over all its measured groups. Its best group is 0.143 inches.
It has similar load performance with 168 grain ammo and just slightly larger groups with 175 grain ammo.
It will heat up but it takes about 4-5 groups before you have to stop to let it cool.

You can find heavy barrel models in 0.308 rifles from lots of manufacturers.
The important thing is that I have never seen a .270 with a heavy barrel so you will always have barrel heating problems, especially with the larger powder loads that propel .270 bullets.

I think that is the critical consideration if you are going to shoot targets and don't want to stand around for 10 minutes or more between shots.
 
mark775 said:
270 REN ! He meant REN.
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Tatsumi67 said:
my prime argument against .270 rem being that it was sort of still a uncommon round, but when i went out i saw it everywhere, fleetfarm, wallmart, galyans, most stores I looked.
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Definitely NOT .270 REN.

.270 REN is rarely chambered any more. Even in its "heyday", it was a nearly-unknown niche cartridge.


And.... It doesn't matter. This thread is 2 years old.
 
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