What is it about the .270 Winchester that remains so appealing to hunters? Sometimes the designers get things right the first ...

Of the hundreds of commercial metallic cartridges introduced, the .270 Winchester is one of few that have maintained a century-long tenure of popularity. As a youngster, I remember hearing my first ...

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My first centerfire rifle was a 270 Winchester. It’s the first rifle I learned to handload for and a rifle I shot a lot of deer with. Oddly, as much as I liked the rifle—and as great as the 270 is—I ...

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When you stretch shots past a few hundred yards, the wind becomes the ultimate test. Even the best marksman... The post ...

Comparing the .270 with the 7mm Remington magnum is like comparing grits and white cornmeal. They’re pretty much the same thing. The latter round is a tad more powerful; so little, though, that any ...

The .280 Remington was a terrific flop when it was introduced, but it almost made a comeback under a different name ...

The .270 Winchester will celebrate its 80th birthday in 2005. During its fourscore years of existence it has gained a worldwide popularity equaled by just a half dozen or so other calibers. While ...

If there's a class of cartridges that's in a league of its own, it's the .270-caliber family. For starters, it has only three members, and one, the .270 Winchester Short Magnum, is less than 10 years ...

When a good friend of mine drew a once-in-a-generation ­Oregon elk tag, he wanted to hunt with the rifle his father gave him when he was in his early teens. The only problem, which is quite common ...