The question is, if you already have a 30-06 and a 6.5 creedmoor where does the 270 fit in. Rifle would be used for whitetail, woodchucks and coyote since we have all three in abundance on our farm. In a trade that i made i acquired a bunch of 270 ammunition and was thinking i now need to buy a rifle in 270, you know because that would be way smarter than just selling the ammo.
270 Win ?
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Rich Coyle
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The .270 replaces both.
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Give it to someone that annoys you as a practical joke
PredatorSlayer
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The 270 doesnt get much love on here because they generally arent considered a long range round. I think they are awesome - it was my first rifle and will always have a special place in my heart. It will be perfect for what you want to do.
Short answer: in the middle. 
I grew up using a 270 and always have a soft spot for them. Bottom line you probably don't need one, but they are a nice cartridge, accurate, less recoil than the 06 and a little flatter shooting. Very similar ballistics to the 6.5 but a slight edge in velocity, at least if you load your own. Also much easier to find 150 grain bullets for than the 6.5, you can go heavier than that but then you are basically replicating the 30-06.
I grew up using a 270 and always have a soft spot for them. Bottom line you probably don't need one, but they are a nice cartridge, accurate, less recoil than the 06 and a little flatter shooting. Very similar ballistics to the 6.5 but a slight edge in velocity, at least if you load your own. Also much easier to find 150 grain bullets for than the 6.5, you can go heavier than that but then you are basically replicating the 30-06.
Blacktailer
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Ask your wife why she has so many shoes. LOL You never know when you might need one.
deerhunter64
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270 is an awesome round. My longest shot on a mule deer (600 yards) was with a 270 with a 130 BT. I have two rifles in 270 Win and they have never let me down. Low recoil, flat shooting, plenty accurate , and a good chunk of oomph ....what more do you need.
Calvin45
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Of course it would be smarter than selling the ammo! My first rifle (not the first I'd hunted with but the first one to be my own) was a 270 and is still my go to rifle. A cheap savage package gun (111). Cheap ugly rifle, boring old news cartridge, boringly predictable results
. I agree personally about it replacing the 6.5 creed and the .30-06 but that's only because my two most used rifles are in .270 and .300 win mag. Some say the .270 isn't suitable for long range, and there's some good reason for saying that...but I'd add to it that I don't believe there's any hunting application where the .270 would be inadequate but the 6.5 creed would be suitable in its place. Yeah it uses somewhat higher bc bullets, not as different as some might have you think tho, but starts out way, way behind in the energy department, and by the time it's caught up to, let alone exceeded, the .270, both rounds are really not the best choice for big game hunting compared to the big 7mms and .30 cals.
The 270 doesn't get the love it deserves! In most parts of the world if a guy only had one rifle ( that's it) except for large bear , moose and elk etc . In the southeast a guy doesn't need much else. Want and like another story. I'm as guilty as everyone else just saying
Lee Goodwin
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Get a 270 , a real nice one, and a 338. Sell the 6.5 and put the 30.06 up with 180 grain bullets driven by super performance powder...? Or sell the 30.06?
Inside of 600 yards the 270 can do very well hunting deer.
Inside of 600 yards the 270 can do very well hunting deer.
COBrad
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I can testify from much personal experience and observations that the .270 makes a fine elk rifle. For the majority of "average" hunters it's far superior to any magnum because its easier to master. .02$
308stillbrass
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For hunting BIG game, the .270 is indeed very hard to beat. With the advent of EXCELLENT hunting bullets on today's market, unless you are hunting BIG BEARS, a .270 is all you need.
I had a .270 for over 10 years and it was my first deer rifle. It was a great hunting cartridge, but I don't consider a great long range cartridge. Even with 140-150gr Berger's at 3000fps, it's not much gain over a 6.5 Creedmoor with 140-147s at 2800fps. The Creedmoor will burn 10gr less powder and have less recoil. I have since rebarreled my .270 to .284 Winchester with a long throat and push 175s at 2850fps with 2gr less powder than my old load of 140s at 2950 with 56gr of powder.
I think I've killed more elk with a 270 than any other caliber (7mm STW is close, I would have to sit down and count them up). It is a fine deer cartridge and on the light side for elk, but with good bullets perfectly acceptable for elk at reasonable ranges. It is still my go-to timber gun for elk. Admittedly because I own one of the old Remington 760 pumps that I grew up using and am more comfortable with that gun in a point and shoot situation at running or momentarily going to be running game than any other rifle. But I wouldn't be using it if I wasn't comfortable with its terminal performance. For the primarily deer hunter that may hunt larger or smaller game with the same gun it is practically the perfect versatile round. That being said, the 30-06 and 6.5 Creedmoor will also work fine as a versatile round, the 270 kind of splits the difference between the two.
There are a lot of calibers that do one thing better than a 270, but few that do as many things acceptably well as the 270.
There are a lot of calibers that do one thing better than a 270, but few that do as many things acceptably well as the 270.
