on a lighter note...

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Don't forget Bob, that @Dr Ray and myself both have and LOVE are .270 WINCHESTERS too, so just one more step to Shangri-La. LOL

@CoElkHunter
Owning a 270 is only a step up from the 243.
Both are over rated, over hyped rounds. If'n Jack didn't push it down everyone's throats it wouldn't be where it is now.
Imagine if other cartridges got the same amount of advertising, they would still be popular but hey bullshit sells. Just ask a car salesman.
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Lawd son, I'm sure @Bob Nelson 35Whelen quite agrees with me that 270s belong in the same place 243s do...in the gun store, sitting on the shelf, unpurchased, gathering rust and dust

@sgt_zim
100% agree
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

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@JOHN GRENZ
I used to call my ex wife ANGEL. She thought it was lovely .
At the pub one night she told me how she liked being called angel and asked why I called her that
STUPIDITY I replied and got a smack in the ear.
She didn't like that I called her angel because, SHE WAS ALWAYS YO IN THE AIR AND HARPING ABOUT SOMETHING.
Bob

 

[Dr Ray]

@CoElkHunter
Owning a 270 is only a step up from the 243.
Both are over rated, over hyped rounds. If'n Jack didn't push it down everyone's throats it wouldn't be where it is now.
Imagine if other cartridges got the same amount of advertising, they would still be popular but hey bullshit sells. Just ask a car salesman.
Bob

I like my 270s.

 

[Munnik]

 

[Sideshow]

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Rhino

 

[CoElkHunter]

Lawd son, I'm sure @Bob Nelson 35Whelen quite agrees with me that 270s belong in the same place 243s do...in the gun store, sitting on the shelf, unpurchased, gathering rust and dust

I bought one of those about a year ago from Bass Pro. A BNIB Browning X Bolt .270 that nobody wanted I guess because it had a few minor scratches on the black synthetic stock. I bought it for $430 out the door. I haven’t hunted with it yet but it shoots great groups with factory 140gr Nosler Ballistic Tips. I have some 150gr Swift A Frames I’ll eventually load up. I have shot several deer and pronghorn with my old mid ‘70s Winchester M70 .270 using 150gr Partitions. Does really well and I don’t have to sport a man bun or drink Bud Light. LOL

 

[sgt_zim]

I bought one of those about a year ago from Bass Pro. A BNIB Browning X Bolt .270 that nobody wanted I guess because it had a few minor scratches on the black synthetic stock. I bought it for $430 out the door. I haven’t hunted with it yet but it shoots great groups with factory 140gr Nosler Ballistic Tips. I have some 150gr Swift A Frames I’ll eventually load up. I have shot several deer and pronghorn with my old mid ‘70s Winchester M70 .270 using 150gr Partitions. Does really well and I don’t have to sport a man bun or drink Bud Light. LOL

Going back to my "can we stop talking about flat shooting" -

270 fanbois and 6.5 manbun fanbois are as annoying as 99% of the Aggies I ever met.

 

[Graham Hunter]

@CoElkHunter
Owning a 270 is only a step up from the 243.
Both are over rated, over hyped rounds. If'n Jack didn't push it down everyone's throats it wouldn't be where it is now.
Imagine if other cartridges got the same amount of advertising, they would still be popular but hey bullshit sells. Just ask a car salesman.
Bob

You are right Bob. Jack O pushed it down my throat. Got one when I was 14. 52 yrs later and 300 plus critters and not one lost. Not a tomato stake!

 

[CoElkHunter]

Going back to my "can we stop talking about flat shooting" -

270 fanbois and 6.5 manbun fanbois are as annoying as 99% of the Aggies I ever met.

How about the .243? LOL

 

[thriller]

The most noble of all the calibers

How about the .243? LOL

 

[TnKen]

@CoElkHunter
Owning a 270 is only a step up from the 243.
Both are over rated, over hyped rounds. If'n Jack didn't push it down everyone's throats it wouldn't be where it is now.
Imagine if other cartridges got the same amount of advertising, they would still be popular but hey bullshit sells. Just ask a car salesman.
Bob

My Remington 700 started life as a 270, but has been rebarreled to 35 Whelen many years ago.
I have another 700 that started life as a 243 growing into a 308, and is now at the gunsmith being rebarreled to 358 win. So there is still hope for those guys

 

[CoElkHunter]

The most noble of all the calibers

That must christen Townsend @Bob Nelson 35Whelen as a Nobleman? LOL

 

[jpr9954]

 

[jpr9954]

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

I like my 270s.

@Dr Ray
Someone has to, it's just that it isn't a 25.
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

You are right Bob. Jack O pushed it down my throat. Got one when I was 14. 52 yrs later and 300 plus critters and not one lost. Not a tomato stake!

@Graham Hunter
Sadly I admit I owned a 270 and shot the grand total of one sambar deer. Yes it was a one shot kill but it wasn't doing anything my 25 wouldn't do better.
The best things that happened to that 270 is it got rebarreled to the grand 35 Whelen.
Problem is I can't even give that virtually new barrel away,, no one wants it.
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

My Remington 700 started life as a 270, but has been rebarreled to 35 Whelen many years ago.
I have another 700 that started life as a 243 growing into a 308, and is now at the gunsmith being rebarreled to 358 win. So there is still hope for those guys

@TinKen
A man with exceptional taste, class and intelligent to go with it.
To have a rifle in the MIGHTY WHELEN and the short action non belted Whelen (aka 358) is the epitome of good taste for cartridges that don't need all the advertising hyped up bullshit. They just get the job done no fuss no bother, just like their owners.
Bob

 

[sgt_zim]

How about the .243? LOL

243 people aren't annoying, they're just to be pitied.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

243 people aren't annoying, they're just to be pitied.

@sgt_zim
And educated.
Unfortunately Winchester lied to people with it being a great dual purpose cartridge and pie in the sky velocities. They even had to revise their velocities DOWN when they were caught out.
Unfortunately the 243 is neither fish nor fowl. To big for small game and not quite enough for medium big game.
The fast 25s on the other hand are definitely far to big for small game but ideal for medium to big game and don't pretend otherwise.
Bob