Thread: How much does a 270Win suck in 2019?

You really just can't beat a .270 for a hunting rifle. If they invented it today it would be a top big game cartridge all over again. New powders have made it even better. It will kill anything a .30/06 or a .280 will do with less recoil and take care of most of the 7mm Rem Mag business as well. A 7mm bullet of 130 grains at 3100 - 3200 fps is not something to look sideways at.

You have to load it properly though. The downside to the .270 - which is not the cartridges fault - is that the factory ammo is slow. I tested three different brands and they were all going 2600fps -2800 something with a 130 grain bullet.


I like that is was purely a hunting cartridge as well, not used by the military.