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Re: Does.anyone use .270? [Re: AntiGov] #8678369
10/23/26 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by AntiGov
I have a model 70 270 ......130 grain to 150 grain


It's great caliber , but a little light for less than perfect shots on elk

I bought a 300 win a while back but have not shot an elk with it yet


I’m a devotee of the church of O’Conner, There is nothing in North America that the .270 can’t handle.

Re: Does.anyone use .270? [Re: SGT. C] #8678372
10/23/26 04:43 PM
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I would use the 90 to 130, the 150 came after I gave my 270 to my son.


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Re: Does.anyone use .270? [Re: ABeardedTrapper] #8678373
10/23/26 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by ABeardedTrapper
Originally Posted by AntiGov
I have a model 70 270 ......130 grain to 150 grain


It's great caliber , but a little light for less than perfect shots on elk

I bought a 300 win a while back but have not shot an elk with it yet


I’m a devotee of the church of O’Conner, There is nothing in North America that the .270 can’t handle.



That's how I felt about it too.
It was a very good varmint gun and big enough for elk, maybe even moose.


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Re: Does.anyone use .270? [Re: SGT. C] #8678401
10/23/26 05:30 PM
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I like a 270.
I run hand loads with 130gr Nosler ballistic tip hunting bullets for whitetails almost exclusively.

Re: Does.anyone use .270? [Re: SGT. C] #8678407
10/23/26 05:48 PM
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Here, .270,130 grain , I shoot one shot every year.

Last edited by trapper les; 10/23/26 05:48 PM.

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Re: Does.anyone use .270? [Re: SGT. C] #8678410
10/23/26 05:51 PM
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Re: Does.anyone use .270? [Re: ABeardedTrapper] #8678413
10/23/26 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by ABeardedTrapper
Originally Posted by AntiGov
I have a model 70 270 ......130 grain to 150 grain


It's great caliber , but a little light for less than perfect shots on elk

I bought a 300 win a while back but have not shot an elk with it yet


I’m a devotee of the church of O’Conner, There is nothing in North America that the .270 can’t handle.



I agree , haven't used anything else

I've only shot 4 elk with my 270 .......more than that with a bow

But unless you get a perfect shot , they don't hit the ground right away


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Re: Does.anyone use .270? [Re: SGT. C] #8678429
10/23/26 06:20 PM
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I once shot at a deer in a soybean field. The deer was a long way out. Upon the shot, several deer that I had not seen ran away. I assumed I missed, so when a deer stopped, I took a shot at it. More deer ran.

I climbed down from my stand and went to my truck. My blue heeler was waiting in the cab. We drove to the field where the deer had been seen and began to search. I was pretty sure I had not killed anything. I did not know the yardage. I found a dead doe and couldn't believe it. I called the dog but she would not come. Oh crap, could I have killed both deer? Yep, I had. She was standing over the other deer.

The rifle was a M700 Rem in 270. The bullet was a 140-grain Sierra. A friend saw me in the field and stopped to ask if I needed help. I told him what had happened. He had a range finder, and he put it on the stand at the woodline where I made the two shots. The range was 540 yards. Without knowing, I just held a wee bit over the back of each deer.

Those are my two longest shots. I like a 270.

Re: Does.anyone use .270? [Re: SGT. C] #8678434
10/23/26 06:32 PM
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I've shot a pile of whitetails using Remington 130 grain core lokt rounds, drops a whitetail in their tracks with little to no meat damage, the 150's are another story..... the deer don't even flinch when hit, they just take off but usually drop within 50 yards. Ive been told that the 150's are awesome on bear and bigger animals and the 130's should be used on whitetail sized animals..I shot a bear a few years back with the 130 grain core lokt's, first shot through the heart, it dropped and got right back up and started away from me, second shot was downhill and i hit in front of the hind quarter and took out the liver, it kept going and i shot a third time hitting it in the hind quarter, it spun towards me and the fourth and final shot a frontal through the brisket which hit the heart again. A friend of mine who also shoots a .270 told me the 130's are too light for bears and to shoot 150's, he has taken two PA black bears one over 375 lbs and both dropped in their tracks with the 150's.

Re: Does.anyone use .270? [Re: SGT. C] #8678453
10/23/26 07:09 PM
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My Rem 700, made in the mid 1980's, loves 130gr Sierra Gamekings and 140 gr Nosler Accubonds even more.

Re: Does.anyone use .270? [Re: SGT. C] #8678505
10/23/26 08:34 PM
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My wife, daughter, and I have shot several bear with 130 grain Core-Lokt and none of them needed more than one shot.

Re: Does.anyone use .270? [Re: SGT. C] #8678532
10/23/26 09:36 PM
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I've owned 4 different 270s, currently have a Browning Auto. I really like it. Shot 130 grain core lokts for ever. Killed a lot of deer with them. The 130s are rough on meat under 100 yards or if you hit bone. I have only killed 3 elk with them and they do work if you have the optimum conditions but there are way better calibers for elk hunting.


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Re: Does.anyone use .270? [Re: SGT. C] #8678534
10/23/26 09:39 PM
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Yes. 130 grainers

Re: Does.anyone use .270? [Re: SGT. C] #8678572
10/24/26 03:55 AM
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When I was young I had two hi-powers. 30-30 and 270. Shot a lot of coyotes with 270. When you pick up the coyote it looks ruined. Looks like the exit wound is the size of a softball. If you pelt and wash you will see the exit is really more of a tear 3-4 inches long and sewing is not a big deal.


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Re: Does.anyone use .270? [Re: SGT. C] #8678783
10/24/26 01:36 PM
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Use 150 grain Noslers on elk and moose.

Re: Does.anyone use .270? [Re: SGT. C] #8678785
10/24/26 01:41 PM
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As much as I like my 308 which shoots a one hole group if I let the barrel cool off before the 3rd shot, I think I like my half inch group shooting 270 better due to the fact that it is much flatter shooting which is more forgiving when shooting at deer out to 300-400 yards.
Once I shoot the 308 past 300 yards I need to know what that yardage is within 50 yards or it will turn into marginal hit.

Re: Does.anyone use .270? [Re: SGT. C] #8678845
10/24/26 03:32 PM
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My wife shoots 150 in her 270, it was her dad's gun and he had a few 160 grain that she shot up
when she first got it. It was his Elk gun for years.


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