The .270win:The perfect deer cartridge?

[Mike Moss]

The 270 Winchester is an excellent cartridge. Time has proven that. However it's no magnum but it's close to one.

For woods hunting it's just fine and thats not a demanding application for deer. Many cartridges will do there.

At long range there are some more poweful cartridges that would be a little better.

By the way the data posted by fabsroman is twisted to show the weaker cartridge to be somehow "better" at long range. Of course this fools only some.

I did have an opportunity for long range deer hunting this season. To me long range is about 400 yds. I really don't care all that much if I shoot another deer or not but don't want to wound one. I carried a 270 WSM and a 264 WM. Each has a small edge over the 270 Win. I have a couple of 270 Wins and one of them was a back up down the line. I would have gone to one of my 300 magnums or 30-06's first.