Is the .270 dying?

I don't believe that's cratered...

What you're seeing is often the result of the firing pin hole in the bolt face being just a little bigger than it really needs to be...the primer cup gets pushed into to crack around the pin...
 
I have seen that explanation before and forgot it. I suppose there's just enough pressure with the Hornady SST ammo to give that effect as it doesn't happen with my reloads that I've noticed...at least not with the CCI primers.
 
You did good choosing the .270, don't let anyone talk you out of it, especially yourself.

Gal at work hunts deer and elk with a Ruger No. 1 in .270, has yet to need the second shot.
 
Hornady superformance

Took a box of those to range yesterday to let my neighbors son "fireform" me some brass, target looks like a load of buckshot hit it, all primers flat as I have ever saw.....
Dont think I need to buy anymorebof those dudes....it has to be pushin a 130 bullet over 3000. But there was no consistancy....minute of mulebarn..
 
The Superformance is the modern re-introduction of the "Light Magnum" & "Heavy Magnum." They, in most rifles, would not hit the broad side of a barn either.
 
5 shots of 125 gr Superformance give me one ragged hole out of my Savage Axis 30-06.

Maybe you guys just picked the wrong caliber?:D
 
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They sure weren't worth a hoot in my 270. I won't be buying any more. They and a box of Federals were the first factory ammo I'd bought in years. Federal Fusion 130 gr ran circles around the Superformance.
 
I can't comment on the Superformance in 270 because I don't own a 270. I do know that the 180 grain Nosler Partition Light Magnums group very well in my 30-06. I still have a couple of boxes and it's my go-to elk load.
 
From a reloading perspective I have no problem at all getting 3/4-1" groups with 59 gr of H4831 with Nosler's 130 gr Ballistic Tip or even their Partition. Hornady's 130 gr Spire Point does as well but I guess this 270 just don't like factory ammo for the most part.
 
Col Colt. I have a Remington BDL in 30-06 that will crater a priner even with a light plinking load of 5.0 gr. of Unique and a 110 gr. Cast bullet. :eek: Vouldn't figure it out but one day while cleaning it and getting the brass flakes out from under the extractor I noticed that the firing pin hole in the bolt face had been chamfered. :eek: Now I bought that rifle back in 1981 brand new at J.C. Penney when they were clearing out all their stuff in order to sell to the yuppie trade. I not only got it for the massive discount but as my wife worked there I also got her 10 percent discount off the discounted price. Never have used it much but couldn't turn down that price. $110 and change. I don't think I've run 100 rounds through it yet.
Paul B.
 
J.C. Penny use to sell a lot of things they no longer do but I didn't know they sold firearms. My first 700 was a 7mm Rem Mag bought back in 1972 at $159.95. Don't ask me why I remember that.:) To have bought that one for that price in '81 was one heck of a deal.
 
In the words of the great Jack O'Connor himself:
"It is my notion that it will be some time before a better cartridge than the .270 makes it's bow. Newer cartridges that have come out have found it tough competition."
 
I would expect it to be around a very long time. Rifles and ammo are still being made for it. I won't be buying any as I am a 30-06 fan.
 
C'mon, gimme a break! The 270 is going to live well, as long as anyone reloads and hunts with it.

I expect shooters will be asking the same question a generation from now. I bet the answer will be that it is as effective then as it is now.
 
I've got a LOT of love for the .270 Win.

But, as good as it is, the fact is, the .280 Rem is better. Because it IS a .270, for all intents and purposes, except for having better bullet selection with better BCs, on average. It can't NOT be better, given those facts. :)
 
But, as good as it is, the fact is, the .280 Rem is better. Because it IS a .270, for all intents and purposes, except for having better bullet selection with better BCs, on average. It can't NOT be better, given those facts.
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And yet, while the title "Is the 270 dying" is ridiculous, the same question asked about the 280 would rate some serious thought before coming to the conclusion, "not quite yet".
 
Don't underestimate the sales of the 280...it's never been as popular as the 270...but enough people swear by it that it ain't going anywhere...it seems to be gaining some popularity in recent years, probably due to the fact that reloading has become so popular....to see what the 280 really is, you have to reload it...that's the only thing that held it back to start with.


Townsend Whelen was exactly right about the 280....it's just a little bit better.
 
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