270 Win/ What to do?

[PARA45]

OK, you just can't tease us like that without any pictures.

 

[Red Devil]

She stays a 270 with a few upgrades like new trigger, bedding and free floating the barrel. I’m sure it will be a shooter and look forward to giving a test run and hunting with it later this year. Appreciate the input from y’all.

If you decide to re-barrel down the road, try a 5R 1:8 Twist .270 Winchester, which will allow you to access the newer, heavier bullets in that caliber.




Red

 

[ve7poi]

I was able to recently add a LH model 70, chambered in 270 win recently to my Winchester battery. Now I am debating on leaving it a 270 win or re-barreling it to another caliber. I already have or will soon have the following LH Model 70s

416 Rem Mag
375 H&H
300 Win Mag
30-06 Springfield

So I am debating on whether to keep the 270 a 270 or re-barrel to either a 25-06 Rem or a 280 Ackley Improved or something else??

This would have me covered for pretty much anything and everything I would ever hunt, anywhere in the world I believe. I am curious what everybody else thinks about what direction I should go with this project. I have gotten plenty of good advice from those much more knowledgeable than me on AH when it comes to rifles so I thought I would get input from y’all. Thanks.

Leave it as a 270 win

 

[JG26Irish_2]

Keep it a 270. That is a great mid-sized game caliber for NA deer, antelope, even elk (but I can think of others perhaps better for elk) or Africa PG. They are typically accurate and fairly flat shooting. I have had a old Mauser custom sporter for a long time that was chambered in 270 win many years ago. I have hunted deer with it for more than 30y with great results. Mine shoots best with the 150g bullets but I have never tried any heavier.

 

[Rule 303]

I should have added. Try 140 and 150 grain bullets, mine shoots best with 140 and 150 grain bullets.

 

[Bert the Turtle]

Depends on what problem you are trying to solve. If you just enjoy having different guns to play with, choose whatever floats your boat. If you have a specific use case, that should determine the cartridge or at least narrow it down.

 

[Dr Ray]

I was able to recently add a LH model 70, chambered in 270 win recently to my Winchester battery. Now I am debating on leaving it a 270 win or re-barreling it to another caliber. I already have or will soon have the following LH Model 70s

416 Rem Mag
375 H&H
300 Win Mag
30-06 Springfield

So I am debating on whether to keep the 270 a 270 or re-barrel to either a 25-06 Rem or a 280 Ackley Improved or something else??

This would have me covered for pretty much anything and everything I would ever hunt, anywhere in the world I believe. I am curious what everybody else thinks about what direction I should go with this project. I have gotten plenty of good advice from those much more knowledgeable than me on AH when it comes to rifles so I thought I would get input from y’all. Thanks.

270 is just great. The 30/06 and 270 are fairly comparable. If you really want to have a different caliber I’d suggest the 25/06 using 117 grain bullets.

 

[30.06king]

I vote leave it as a 270W. It's a fantastic calibre, more capable than you might think until you start using it seriously. Both my son and I have our own rifles. I don't think either of us ever want to sell or change ours.
Nothing wrong with any of the optional cals you mention but if you want one of those, just buy another rifle. Hang onto the .270W and avoid the post sale regrets of letting it go, especially if it's a shooter.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

I was able to recently add a LH model 70, chambered in 270 win recently to my Winchester battery. Now I am debating on leaving it a 270 win or re-barreling it to another caliber. I already have or will soon have the following LH Model 70s

416 Rem Mag
375 H&H
300 Win Mag
30-06 Springfield

So I am debating on whether to keep the 270 a 270 or re-barrel to either a 25-06 Rem or a 280 Ackley Improved or something else??

This would have me covered for pretty much anything and everything I would ever hunt, anywhere in the world I believe. I am curious what everybody else thinks about what direction I should go with this project. I have gotten plenty of good advice from those much more knowledgeable than me on AH when it comes to rifles so I thought I would get input from y’all. Thanks.

@Fatback
My vote goes to the very much unloved 25-06.
A 100gn TTSX at 3,400 fps make a dandy long range round or you can go a 110gn accubonds or eldx for real long range smack em down deer cartridge or for bigger game a nice 129gn A frame. It will do everything the 270 will.
I do like the 280AI BUT it starting to become so common so I will stick my neck out and say the good ol 25-06.
Bob

 

[Saul]

While I will always push for the 280 AI, if your rifle shoots straight I do not see changing it to be worth it.

 

[Fatback]

Update: Kept her a .270 and glad I did. I’ll have this rifle with me for the opening weekend of rifle season coming up this Saturday. This was the final 3 shot group at 100 yards.

 

[Field28]

Keep it a 270!
Buy another rifle in 25-06!
Both are incredible whitetail calibers!

 

[dchum]

Update: Kept her a .270 and glad I did. I’ll have this rifle with me for the opening weekend of rifle season coming up this Saturday. This was the final 3 shot group at 100 yards. View attachment 640312

Oh happy days,

What are you feeding her! Looks like you made the right decision.

 

[Fatback]

Shot that group with Hornady 130 grain interlocks. More than enough for our local deer and pigs. I do have some 130 and 150 grain nosler partitions loaded by Federal that I plan to try sometime soon to see how they group.

 

[dchum]

Shot that group with Hornady 130 grain interlocks. More than enough for our local deer and pigs. I do have some 130 and 150 grain nosler partitions loaded by Federal that I plan to try sometime soon to see how they group.

Perfect, I love a softer lead nose bullet for whitetail.

Cheap too - always a bonus.

 

[CBH Australia]

She stays a 270 with a few upgrades like new trigger, bedding and free floating the barrel. I’m sure it will be a shooter and look forward to giving a test run and hunting with it later this year. Appreciate the input from y’all.

Do that then wear out the barrel.
Nothing against the .270 but I got a .280ai then a 7x64 for the wife and I just seem to like 7mm cartridges.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Keep it a 270!
Buy another rifle in 25-06!
Both are incredible whitetail calibers!

@Field28
Nah just sell it and buy a 25-06. Even better deer calibre
Bob

 

[CBH Australia]

@Field28
Nah just sell it and buy a 25-06. Even better deer calibre
Bob

Better than .270 as a deer calibre?

 

[Sarg]

Better than .270 as a deer calibre?

Nope he is Dreaming there bud lol

Funny I had a .270Win in a P&H I bought just for the action, made the mistake of shooting the donor & it was a tack driver with everything, I only had a few rounds of mixed up stuff wasn’t really a .270 fan, anyway had a bunch of 170gr Speer bullets, well loaded those & it really shoot well with them, strange as most say .270 is too slow a twist ?