Now that I am a disciple of Jack O'Connor I am reading and watching everything I can find about .270 Winchester Centerfire.
I'm reminded of why I didn't get interested in hunting rifles in the first place.
People start with their preconceived conclusion and work backwards from there to "prove" it.
It's 6.5 v 6.8 all over again. Except it's not. 6.5 v 6.8 is THIS all over again.
A good example is a hunter who says that .270 sucks and .308 rocks because he's gotten consistent one-shot kills with .308 in otherwise identical rifles. If you watch the entire 25 minute video you'll find out that his choice of bullets is constrained by no-lead laws where he's located and the rounds he's chosen work better with a larger diameter. He's married to a brand of bullet and he sticks to whatever they offer religiously. He's also making his own ammo, so of course it's nothing HE did wrong in making the lower performance round...
You've probably seen this before as well.
I strive to be objective. I fail a lot, but I strive.
Near as I can tell in the debate between .30-06 and .270 Win; the only practical difference is .270 shoots flatter and the 130gr bullets make up for mass with velocity. The rest becomes theoretical to 95% of the shooting public because we simply don't have the skill to make the differences apparent.
As Willard sagely notes, "The deer can't tell the difference."
But we just cannot stand that someone is happy with something different than what we like.
Now I am really tempted to get a .30-06 rifle to have both sides of the debate; like I have a .45 1911 and a Glock 17.
Need to save a couple of months of my VA stipend before I do that.
I'm reminded of why I didn't get interested in hunting rifles in the first place.
People start with their preconceived conclusion and work backwards from there to "prove" it.
It's 6.5 v 6.8 all over again. Except it's not. 6.5 v 6.8 is THIS all over again.
A good example is a hunter who says that .270 sucks and .308 rocks because he's gotten consistent one-shot kills with .308 in otherwise identical rifles. If you watch the entire 25 minute video you'll find out that his choice of bullets is constrained by no-lead laws where he's located and the rounds he's chosen work better with a larger diameter. He's married to a brand of bullet and he sticks to whatever they offer religiously. He's also making his own ammo, so of course it's nothing HE did wrong in making the lower performance round...
You've probably seen this before as well.
I strive to be objective. I fail a lot, but I strive.
Near as I can tell in the debate between .30-06 and .270 Win; the only practical difference is .270 shoots flatter and the 130gr bullets make up for mass with velocity. The rest becomes theoretical to 95% of the shooting public because we simply don't have the skill to make the differences apparent.
As Willard sagely notes, "The deer can't tell the difference."
But we just cannot stand that someone is happy with something different than what we like.
Now I am really tempted to get a .30-06 rifle to have both sides of the debate; like I have a .45 1911 and a Glock 17.
Need to save a couple of months of my VA stipend before I do that.