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<blockquote data-quote="geocodyrgia" data-source="post: 1718290" data-attributes="member: 98212"><p>Like many of the other posters have said, if you already have a 30-06 and a 6.5, there's no NEED for a .270. That said, a Ruger MarkII with the skeleton stock in .270 was my first gun and I currently have (somewhat inadvertantly) added 2 more to the collection, an old Savage 110 flat-back that I bought as a project gun until I messed up and saw just how good the stupid thing shoots, and a .270 barrel for an H&R single shot that has become my switch-barrel hunting rifle.</p><p></p><p>For the same bullet weight range you could be looking at 7-08, 308, 280ai, 7mm RM or several of the bigger 6.5 cartridges and you'd be doing the same things with small degrees of difference in B.C., speed and recoil, but I find the .270 to be a solid middle of the road performer. I've never shot an elk but I wouldn't hesitate to use my .270 on an elk with 150 partitions or Core-Lokts and 130 SST's do great for deer and hogs (and armadillos).</p><p></p><p>So no, I wouldn't feel the need to go buy one if I had a 30-06 and a 6.5 Creedmoor, but owning one has caused me not to feel the need for buying either of the other two as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="geocodyrgia, post: 1718290, member: 98212"] Like many of the other posters have said, if you already have a 30-06 and a 6.5, there's no NEED for a .270. That said, a Ruger MarkII with the skeleton stock in .270 was my first gun and I currently have (somewhat inadvertantly) added 2 more to the collection, an old Savage 110 flat-back that I bought as a project gun until I messed up and saw just how good the stupid thing shoots, and a .270 barrel for an H&R single shot that has become my switch-barrel hunting rifle. For the same bullet weight range you could be looking at 7-08, 308, 280ai, 7mm RM or several of the bigger 6.5 cartridges and you'd be doing the same things with small degrees of difference in B.C., speed and recoil, but I find the .270 to be a solid middle of the road performer. I've never shot an elk but I wouldn't hesitate to use my .270 on an elk with 150 partitions or Core-Lokts and 130 SST's do great for deer and hogs (and armadillos). So no, I wouldn't feel the need to go buy one if I had a 30-06 and a 6.5 Creedmoor, but owning one has caused me not to feel the need for buying either of the other two as well. [/QUOTE]
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