Well the short mag is going to do everything the standard 270 will do, and I have no doubt of that, but I feel I should point something out here.
I am shooting a 150 grain Nosler Partition (flat base) in one of my 270s and it will stay supersonic to over 1200 yards. It is still going 1400 FPS + change at 1000. Some 270 boat tails will stay super sonic out to 1740 (which is a mile,) but I don't shoot those kinds of bullets myself.
The Nosler Partitions seem to suit me just fine. I use them in 130,150 and 160 grains.
So if you state "Partly because it helped me successfully drop a buck at such a long range at dark, that I am pretty sure no 270 Win or 06 would have worked."
How far away is that?
Farther than 1000 yards?
Not that I am calling BS, because I know that the rifles and the bullets can and will kill out there, but I just wanted to ask specifics. I have shot 1000 yards many times in my life with many different rifles and loads, but I have never killed anything that far away. The longest shot I ever made was just shy of 900, and I only did that one time. I have killed a LOT of deer at ranges of 500 to 650 however.
And all my longest kills have been made with a 270 Winchester, except for one moose I killed with a 375H&H that was waaaay out there.
The longest kill I ever made in my life with any rifle that was not a 270 (or that one shot with my 375) was probably about 475 to 500.
I have killed a bunch of western mule deer and antelope with 308s 30-06s 7X57, 303 Brit, 338-06, 25-06, 6.5 Swede, 300 magnums, and many other calibers too. And made some "long shots" but most of them were at 400 and under. If I were to count every single deer I have killed in my life I'd bet 75% were killed under 200 yards.
"Long shot" can mean different things to different people.
A long shot for a revolver is 125 yards.
150 yards for a flintlock rifle with a round ball.
A long shot for an iron sighted 30-30 is 250 to 300.
A long shot can be only 200 yards too, if you are shooting offhand, especially if the deer is running.
So "long" can mean different things at different times.
But the regular 270 Winchester with flat base hunting bullets is a killer out to and maybe past 1000 years, so I am curious as to what range you say the short mag will do it and the standard won't.
I am shooting a 150 grain Nosler Partition (flat base) in one of my 270s and it will stay supersonic to over 1200 yards. It is still going 1400 FPS + change at 1000. Some 270 boat tails will stay super sonic out to 1740 (which is a mile,) but I don't shoot those kinds of bullets myself.
The Nosler Partitions seem to suit me just fine. I use them in 130,150 and 160 grains.
So if you state "Partly because it helped me successfully drop a buck at such a long range at dark, that I am pretty sure no 270 Win or 06 would have worked."
How far away is that?
Farther than 1000 yards?
Not that I am calling BS, because I know that the rifles and the bullets can and will kill out there, but I just wanted to ask specifics. I have shot 1000 yards many times in my life with many different rifles and loads, but I have never killed anything that far away. The longest shot I ever made was just shy of 900, and I only did that one time. I have killed a LOT of deer at ranges of 500 to 650 however.
And all my longest kills have been made with a 270 Winchester, except for one moose I killed with a 375H&H that was waaaay out there.
The longest kill I ever made in my life with any rifle that was not a 270 (or that one shot with my 375) was probably about 475 to 500.
I have killed a bunch of western mule deer and antelope with 308s 30-06s 7X57, 303 Brit, 338-06, 25-06, 6.5 Swede, 300 magnums, and many other calibers too. And made some "long shots" but most of them were at 400 and under. If I were to count every single deer I have killed in my life I'd bet 75% were killed under 200 yards.
"Long shot" can mean different things to different people.
A long shot for a revolver is 125 yards.
150 yards for a flintlock rifle with a round ball.
A long shot for an iron sighted 30-30 is 250 to 300.
A long shot can be only 200 yards too, if you are shooting offhand, especially if the deer is running.
So "long" can mean different things at different times.
But the regular 270 Winchester with flat base hunting bullets is a killer out to and maybe past 1000 years, so I am curious as to what range you say the short mag will do it and the standard won't.