The popular .270
When the .270 first hit the market about 55 years ago, it caused a major commotion among the. shooting fraternity both for its hitting power and because of its long-range accuracy. Based on the .30-06 United States . military cartridge necked down to take the smaller projectile, the .270 Winchester was first introduced by the Winchester Cartridge ' Company in the United States in 1925. At that time, it was better as a medium, light-skinned game
! cartridge than anything offered. i Since then, it has enjoyed a great reputation among ; hunters all over the world ; because of its accuracy and reliability. But let us not get too : carried away with it — the i .270 was not made for i clobbering elephants with single shots at 320 m or charging bull buffalo at 3m. It was designed principally for medium-sized game animals and, when used for this purpose, there are few cartridges that can surpass it. The .270 has been used successfully on all North American big-game from moose and grizzly on down, and has also been, used quite adequately on a wide variety of open plains animals in Africa In New Zealand, the .270 has been used by a large number of hunters and has proved highy successful, particularly in the Southern Alps for long shots on thar, wapiti and other beasties. In America, the .270 has also been adapted for that favourite sport of “varmint”, hunting — clobbering bunnies and groundhogs at extreme ranges. At this game, the .270 has also shown itself to be better than a good deal of other cartridges that were suppos-
edly specifically designed for this purpose. The cartridge takes a vari- 1 ety of different projectile loads, from about 100 grains up to at least 160 grains, which allows it to be used on widely differing numbers of game animals. The very light loads are ideal on light animals such as foxes, rabbits and wallabies. The heavier loads, of 150 and 160 grains, have proved good projectiles for use against heavy game such as deer, moose and a variety of African antelope and have also shown themselves adequate for bush work where a solid projectile is needed to couteract possible deflection. The .270 Winchester round has been loaded by all American ■ munitions manufacturers, as well as manufacturers in Europe and Britain. Special batches of it were even loaded by C.A.C. in Australia for the New Zealand Forest Service several years ago. It is a round that can adequately handle anything New Zealand has >to offer, and it is likely to remain' one of the favourites in this country for some time. (Information supplied by the North Canterbury branch of the New Zealand Deerstalkers’ Association.)
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Press, 2 March 1982, Page 25
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