The .270win:The perfect deer cartridge?

[Brithunter]

Hi royinidaho,

Thank you fro you kind comments, yes I am rather proud of the Medwell rifle, it's a one of a kind in the true way. I did not order it just picked it up when it came on the market and I would have liked to have brought it to the US last year with me but I was not able to get insurance to cover it. The makers gave me a quote to replace it and the insurance companies don't like it The load I am using is not at the top yet but the accuracy is so good I stopped right there, funny thing is I get the about same velocity with 150 grn flat point bullets as well just under 2800fps.

As for the BSA 270's well I have the odd ones the Std weight Majestic has a 24" barrel on it, the featherweight only weighs 6 1/4lbs and was made in 1959, the CF2 was made in 1984 and strangely has a slightly loser chamber than the older majestic, the CF2 was brought new. I have some chrongraph results from the Stutzen 20" barrel using RWS factory ammuntition, The results are over 5 shots. So the 270 does surpass the 30-30 even with my hopped up reloads.

173 grn H-Mantle loads average was 2563

130 grn T-Mantle loads average was 2996

I have not checked velocities with the longer barreled Majestic yet, I need to borrow the chrono first. Must get one of my own one day

For comparison the 30-30 gave an average of:-

2756 fps using the 130 grn bullets

2677 fps using the 150 grn bullets

Upon checking my reloading records I see this is when I was working up the loads and I have increased the powder charge a bit since then, but it still does not equal the 270's velocity of near 3,000fps.

Oh I noticed that I also checked out the 7x57 handloads the same day using the Hornady 139 grn BTSP bullets:-

and got an average of 2773 fps

Which again I have increased slightly to get over 2800fps.

Where I hunt here I have the chane of shots out past 300 yards, but I seem to get the real chances close up for some reason or another but I do agree that the 7x57mm is a great old timer which performs as well today as it ever as done. I have 4 rfles in 7x57, 3 of them are M93 Boer Mausers including this one:-


It's one of the rarer Boer Plezier rifles, I need to get the fore sight blade repaired as the bead has been broken off the fine blade. And yes I have shot it, in fact I brought some Remington 175 Grn bullets so I can load som e cartridges close to it's original loadings so it will shoot close to the sights. The other two are a long rifle and a carbine.

The 270 Win has a soft spot for me as it was my first rifle I purchased and I doubt I will let it go.