The 270win is the best cartridge to hunt with ever.
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Oddly enough the only two 270 owners I know, only have 270s.
I hate the .270.
It is ballistically inferior to .280 which also has 10x bullet selection available?
For a guy buying only factory ammo buy the .270. For the handloader the.280 is superior in every way...
It is ballistically inferior to .280 which also has 10x bullet selection available?
For a guy buying only factory ammo buy the .270. For the handloader the.280 is superior in every way...
had no idea there's such restriction in Ontario.
in Quebec we can hunt with 50 BMG
Quebec rules say : "Rifles of a calibre equal to or greater than 6 mm (.243) used with centre-fire cartridges"
It only applies to small game in some counties in Southern On. Big game you can use whatever centerfire calibre you please, anywhere in the province. If you want to use .223 55 gr FMJ on a moose, it's legal. Stupid, but legal. Actually, maybe not, moose die pretty easy. I'm sure it would do the job on a broadside heart / lung shot, and definitely on a head or neck shot. Not much margin for error and awfully unforgiving though, and raking shots would be right out. Doesn't let a lot of daylight in though, especially without an exit wound.
Why a .270 is less dangerous than a .30-30 for shooting a coyote, I couldn't tell you.
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You had best re-read the regulations if you think you can use any calibre for big game ANYWHERE in the province!!!!
The 270 win. only offers 4 bullet weights. Geez, it must also out perform the 270 Weatherby, case in point, all Weatherby cartridges. Hmmm, what about the short mags? What about all the 264 cartridges? Seems to me there are many "best" big game cartridges. I've killed over 200 big game animals and they went bang-flop from a 240 weatherby up to the their big 300.
The 270 and 30/06 will always have good sales since ammo is always in stock in small towns & hamlets.
It's nice too have a choice of the 2 cartrages.
There is very little difference between the 2 of them when it comes down to terminal impacts on critters with their intended bullets.
Sure the 270 does better at this range with that bullet much like the 30/06 has its favourite loads.
As Jack O'connor said many a times back when the cartrage first came out.
"The 270 with its limited bullet selection can reach out there past the 30/06,,, but not by much.
Is there a place for the old war lord,,, in my view there is since the 30/06 handles the 180gr projectiles like nothing,,, they still deliver the energy needed for larger game that even my trusty 270 struggles too accomplish."
This was when there was limited bullets out there years ago.
If Jack was alive today he'd be suprized too see the massive selection of bullets on the market for these rifles
Development of new bullets have come along ways, so that alone puts new life into both of these fine cartrages.
Will they match what the magnum cartrages will do, probably not,,, but today's average shooter doesn't need the most powerful cartrage out there too fill the freezer.
Yes its nice to put some energy down range as it allows for missalinement by inches of shot placement,,, both of these cartrages have enough too get the job done with in their limits.
Both have a proven track record of game harvest and 1 has a proven record in the theatre of wars.
Don
It's nice too have a choice of the 2 cartrages.
There is very little difference between the 2 of them when it comes down to terminal impacts on critters with their intended bullets.
Sure the 270 does better at this range with that bullet much like the 30/06 has its favourite loads.
As Jack O'connor said many a times back when the cartrage first came out.
"The 270 with its limited bullet selection can reach out there past the 30/06,,, but not by much.
Is there a place for the old war lord,,, in my view there is since the 30/06 handles the 180gr projectiles like nothing,,, they still deliver the energy needed for larger game that even my trusty 270 struggles too accomplish."
This was when there was limited bullets out there years ago.
If Jack was alive today he'd be suprized too see the massive selection of bullets on the market for these rifles
Development of new bullets have come along ways, so that alone puts new life into both of these fine cartrages.
Will they match what the magnum cartrages will do, probably not,,, but today's average shooter doesn't need the most powerful cartrage out there too fill the freezer.
Yes its nice to put some energy down range as it allows for missalinement by inches of shot placement,,, both of these cartrages have enough too get the job done with in their limits.
Both have a proven track record of game harvest and 1 has a proven record in the theatre of wars.
Don
Yup. Sure is. Anywhere you can use a centerfire for big game, you can use any calibre.
I'd suggest you take your own advice, my friend. If you get stuck, I can tell you which page of the reg summary spells it out.
The answer is this: anywhere you can use a centerfire rifle for big game, you may use any calibre. .223 to 700 NE, doesn't matter. Perfectly legal.
If you disagree, please feel free to post the relevant section of the regs that shows I'm wrong.
It sure is!
Unless you're hunting medium to dangerous game in Africa, when a .375 H&H or. 416 Rigby has it beat, in my experience. Or unless you're hunting in thick cover and a rifle with a barrel long enough to take advantage of the .270's ballistics can be quite an encumberance, and where it's ballistic prowess goes largely unused taking shots under 50 yards. Or if, say, you were blasting prairie dogs all day long and the recoil and cost of it might be a bit much when smaller calibres will accomplish the job at hand. It might be overkill too for snowshoes, probably a .22 would be more suitable.
But other than that, sure, it's just dandy.
Also: the hammer - best tool ever! Unless you need to drive a screw, that is.
Which is true, but also not what we're talking about, which is the use of centerfire calibres. As I said, anywhere you can use a CF rifle for big game, you can use any CF calibre. As the original post said:
Which is absolutely untrue, presuming the use of the .270 is legal in the first place.
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Excepting small game which I know you mentioned earlier but makes your last post look incorrect. There are parts of Ont where you can shoot and hunt with a 270 that you can't with a 30-06. Those places just happen to not have big game seasons where you can use centerfire.
Your original post, before you edited, said wherever big game is hunted in ontario, any centrefire can be used. This is untrue. Southern Ontario there are shotgun seasons for deer, which is big game. Shotguns are centrefire. You cannot use a rifle instead of a shotgun just because it's centrefire too. This is an important distinction. You meant to refer to centrefire rifle seasons for big game in central and Northern Ontario. It caused some confusion.
Its the best non magnum 270!
If you could neck it down another 20 thou or so, I think you'd be onto something...
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