270 on bears

[recoveringunut]

So I am wondering who shot a bear with 270 and if thats a decent round....I mean after all an arrow will kill a bear...why not a 270?

 

[Huntsman]

Try using the "Search". You will find plenty of threads already on this cal. for bear.

 

[Gatehouse]

A .270 will kill a bear without any issue whatsoever...

 

[brenden270]

x2 on what gatehouse said. Use a decent bullet.

 

[unstableryan]

I have full confidence in my .270 for anything I want to shoot, as long as I do my job.

Ryan

 

[recoveringunut]

Ok I will search...thank you for that....that is what i thought...i shot a bear in my yard many years ago with a 25-35 and it did a job instantly and that i believe was a smaller calibre than 270

 

[Why not?]

It works on both bears up here!

Ted

 

[quackquackbang]

270 will work fine on bears!!!

 

[yukonjimmy]

Not my first choice but....

If you use a quality bullet like a 150 grain Barnes TSX, Speer grand slam, or Nosler partition, etc.... you will have no problems.

Cheers,

 

[Drillbit]

No Problem! Everyone`s done it, even Jack O`Connor.

 

[recoveringunut]

excellent I figure if it kills a bull elk on the run.....and pissed off it will plug a measeley bear....lol....

 

[Slooshark1]

I've shot quite a few bears with a .270 Win. I used 150 Grain Hornady Interlocks and they performed beautifully.

 

[JasonYuke]

It works, the 270 is not my favorite round but its a very practical choice.

 

[Boomer]

So I am wondering who shot a bear with 270 and if thats a decent round....I mean after all an arrow will kill a bear...why not a 270?

A bullet and an arrow do not kill the same way. An arrow cuts though tissue and arteries resulting in a fast bleed out. The animal dies when the brain does not get oxygenated blood. A bullet breaks bones, crushes and liquifies tissue which produces a massive assault on the nervous system, and the rapid blood loss associated with this damage ultimately cuts off oxygen to the brain and kills it.

Having said all that, a .270 with a suitable bullet is a decent bear cartridge under most conditions.

 

[bill c68]

I use a 7mm-08 which many compare to the .270.
My father has been using a .270 exclusively for Moose for many years so I don't seen any issues with it.

 

[Boomer]

I use a 7mm-08 which many compare to the .270.
My father has been using a .270 exclusively for Moose for many years so I don't seen any issues with it.

I should have added that if a 7mm is good there is no way for the .270 to be bad.

 

[hakx]

.270 Win will smack all but the largets bears and moose on this continent. Good luck.

 

[Kilo Charlie]

I gotta add, the difference in power level between a .270 Win and a .25-35 Winchester is astronomical! Assuming you shot the bear a few feet from the muzzle, the .25-35 energy level is about 1200 ft-lbs. The .270 Win would be closer to 2700 ft-lbs. Now, those numbers may not tell you everything, but it does make it easy to see that the bullet's energy has considerably more than doubled.
I've shot black bears with the .280, the .270's red-headed stepchild. Killed the bears very dead, very fast.

 

[unstableryan]

The .270 was my grandpa's "big gun".Over the 30-40 years he owned it, it saw tons of deer, a lot of moose and probably a couple bears.

I think he originally bought the .270 because sometimes mule deer are too far away.

If he was concerned with bears around camp though, he would have loaded up his Winchester 30-30 and left the scoped rifle in the corner. I think him and his 30-30 was like Walt Kowalski with his Garand.

 

[JasonYuke]

I should have added that if a 7mm is good there is no way for the .270 to be bad.

Thats a good way to look at it, how can a bullet stuck between 2 of the best a .264 and .284 be that bad! As I said not my favorite, but I do own one and its works.