.270 rifle

[peashooter 0]

I am thinking about a .270 rifle, can anyone give me any feedback on this calibre and or bullet weight anything really

 

Cheers

Rich.

[Guest Lord B]

I am thinking about a .270 rifle, can anyone give me any feedback on this calibre and or bullet weight anything really

 

Cheers

Rich.

 

What are you wanting it for?

[FJager 0]

.270 is a top calibre, can be loaded from as low as 90gr projectiles up to 150gr. It is a fairly large calibre and the recoil in a well stocked weapon is quite acceptable.

But for anything under red deer in my opinion it is probably too much gun, it is awesome for those far off shots. It is only acceptable on small game if you head shoot though.

Hope this helps

Edited December 29, 2007 by FJager

[Deker 3,478]

.270 is a top calibre, can be loaded from as low as 90gr projectiles up to 150gr. It is a fairly large calibre and the recoil in a well stocked weapon is quite acceptable.

But for anything under red deer in my opinion it is probably too much gun, it is awesome for those far off shots. It is only acceptable on small game if you head shoot though.

Hope this helps

 

 

Agree with all this but the recoil in some factory ammo is quite hard! Suggested by the Home Office as entry level for Boar.

 

Cheers

 

Deker

[peashooter 0]

It will be for deer & pos boar, the .223 will be for small deer and foxes.

 

I homeload shotgun & other calibre's so was hopeing to sort out a load with less recoil.

 

Its the speed and flatness or the calibre that I liked the look of

 

Rich.

[v-max 2]

Im no 270 fan but it is quite a round for long range punch & flatish shooting & good on paper ie balistics & would be good homeloaded i use a 25/06.

[SNAP SHOT 194]

A few friends of mine had .270, and they changed them for the 6.5x55, recoil was a factor and homeloads were much the same, they are very happy with the 6.5 however, the .270 they said was hard to get a good group with