Why is the .270 dying?

[NorthIdahoDude]

Nope. Nor will he care what pants the sonofabitch who shot him was wearing.

Probably wouldn't care if the sonofabitch was not wearing pants at all, to be honest...

Mmm... Bucket List Item - Shoot an elk while not wearing pants and see if he cares.

(I've already shot both turkey and deer while pants-less, neither of them cared at all)

 

[go_deep]

2 dead mule deer by the old .270 this year.

 

[bnewt3]

2 dead mule deer by the old .270 this year.

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Did you ask them if they were offended by you using an "obsolete" cartridge?

 

[go_deep]

Did you ask them if they were offended by you using an "obsolete" cartridge?

Ooh, they get a little pissy, but they get over it.

 

[Kendall Sorensen]

Ultimately I believe the gun manufacturers are largely following suit to the ammo manufacturers. Browning is making a fast twist 270 win that allows for extended length in the magazine and faster twist, if the rifle manufacturers start to adopt this concept you will see a resurgence of some of the legacy cartridges. Imagine a long throated 30/06 with extended magazine length, correct twist and a throat in a factory rifle. My hunch is the next craze will be updating legacy cartridges and marketing them as the next best thing.

My M1917 sporter with 10” twist has the extended mag and the long throat and we celebrated its 107th birthday this morning out on the AZ Strip. With NECG peep I’m good on a 24”x36 target at 600 and 205 Bergers are clocking 1800+ fps at that distance.

 

[UnckleBob]

Did you ask them if they were offended by you using an "obsolete" cartridge?

He died of shame.

 

[cal30_sniper]

It’s going to take a lot of dirt to bury the .270 Winchester. The .270 has enough “wallop” to kill anything in North America out past where most people should be shooting.

Rifle manufacturers could easily be making faster twist barrels to shoot heavy for caliber bullets in the .270, but they work in conjunction with bullet manufacturers to sell new rifles and cartridges. These become a package deal to get people to stop using what they already own. As you noted, the 6.5 PRC and .270 Winchester are very similar within normal maximum hunting ranges. The difference is purely marketing.

I just had my old custom Mauser .270 cut (21”) and threaded so that I feel comfortable continuing to use it for years to come. Wearing her OG she measures 46.5” long and 9.9#. I will probably upgrade the old Redfield scope she wears (and the mounts, which I don’t consider a reliable design), but she’s been a great rifle for me for over 30 years and I expect she will only get better with age.

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“Keep on keepin’ on…”

Now just get UM to make a wood Rokstok for it and we’ll have finally achieved perfection!

 

[Deerfield]

As much as I like geeking out over the more modern, efficient and high performing cartridges, for some reason I’ve been wanting a classic wood stocked .270 with a set and forget scope to hunt with from time to time.

 

[NRA4LIFE]

Yet it still works exceptionally well on game of all sizes.
You don’t need to have the newest shiniest rifle or bullet to kill animals.

Yep, my near

As much as I like geeking out over the more modern, efficient and high performing cartridges, for some reason I’ve been wanting a classic wood stocked .270 with a set and forget scope to hunt with from time to time.

One of my .270's is a near 40 year old Browning BAR with an old Redfield Tracker on it. I keep the rifle out in MO with a friend so it really doesn't get shot too much. However, I haven't adjusted the scope in any way for probably 25 years.