Will The 27 Nosler Kill Off The .270 Winchester?
DESPITE the introduction of a spate of super magnum and a few so-called more efficient cartridges, the good old .270 Winchester just keeps on keeping on. First, it survived the onslaught of the .270 Weatherby magnum, and later the .264 Winchester and 7mm Remington and .270 WSM, and if anyone thinks a pipsqueak like the 6.5 Creedmoor poses a serious threat to the .270 Win. he's got rocks in his head.
The controversial .270 has become a world cartridge since its inception almost a century ago. When it was introduced in 1926 it was the flattest shooting standard big game cartridge of that time. Hunters were amazed to find that the fast-stepping 130gn bullet allowed them to make well-placed shots on game at long and uncertain ranges and drop the animal in its tracks.
It is a fact that the .270 Winchester owes a lot of its popularity to famous U.S gun writer Jack O'Connor who plugged it unmercifully in Outdoor Life magazine and used it with great success all over the world. For mountain hunting O'Connor recommended
