.270 Winchester Ballistics

Ballistics and Drop for the .270 Winchester

Cartridge Type: Rifle
Height: 2.54"
Width: 0.473"
Average FPS: 3536
Average Energy: 3775
Average Gr: 136
Recoil: 1.82
Power Rank: 4.81 of 20

The .270 Winchester was designed somewhere in the 1920's and was released by Winchester. The round was moderately popular for hunting medium to large game as its a bit more potent than the 30-30 and the 30-06. The 30-30 and the 30-06 are other popular rounds that while great for deer, are a bit underpowered for larger game like elk and mule deer.

The writer Jack O'Conner a writer for the magazine Outdoor Life was a huge fan, and he was by far the leading voice for this weapon. So helpful was he in the promotion of this round that Winchester created a wonderful looking mantle gun called the Winchester Model 70 Jack O'Conner that only comes in one round..you guessed it... the 270 Win. See the review of the Winchester Model 70 Jack O'Conner and see the photos.

So whats so special about the 270 Win? Power would be the quick answer. It hangs with the 30-30 and 30-06 until about the 250 yard mark as far as drop goes it then goes on to out-fly the 30-30, but the 30-06 beats it out. In regards to power this cartridge beats both the .30-30 and the 30-06. So the end result is a round that flies almost as well as the 30-06, better than the 30-30, and has much more of a punch. That's a good round no matter how you look at it.

So why is the .270 Win not the most popular round? It has much to do with the fact that this round was produced a bit late, in the 20's like we said. The US Military picked up the 30-06 years before as a primary round in 1905, and it was used in both World Wars, the Korean War, and Vietnam. History tells us that cartridges used by the military are later used by it's civilians. So it is possible that the .270 Win with it's power and range could be considered the better bullet.

*Casing image above is an artist rendering and not a real photo of .270 Winchester Ballistics cartridge. While we have went to great lengths to make sure that it's as accurate as possible this rendering should not be used to generate specs for casings.

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Known Rounds

.270 Winchester-Nosler AccuBond, .270 Winchester-Norma Full Jacket, .270 Winchester-Sellier & Bellot SP, .270 Winchester-Federal Soft Point, .270 Winchester Short Magnum-Winchester XP3, .270 Winchester Short Magnum-Federal Nosler Ballistic Tip, .270 Winchester-Remington Core-Lokt Soft Point, .270 Winchester Short Magnum-Federal Trophy Bonded Tip, .270 Winchester Short Magnum-Federal Barnes Tipped Triple-Shock, .270 Winchester-Hornady LM InterLock, .270 Winchester Short Magnum-Federal Nosler AccuBond, .270 Winchester-Federal Sierra GameKing BTSP, .270 Winchester-PMC Pointed Soft Point, .270 Winchester-Remington Bronze Point, .270 Winchester-Norma Soft Point,

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Other Cartridges with Similar Widths (cartridges not bullets)

.300 Savage, .220 Swift, .480 Ruger, .375 Remington Ultra Magnum, 8x57mm Mauser JS, 7.21mm (.284) Lazzeroni Firebird, .44 Smith & Wesson Special, .280 Remington, 7mm-08 Remington, .240 Weatherby Magnum, .45 GAP (Glock Automatic Pistol), .250 Savage, .38 Smith & Wesson, .45 Winchester Magnum, .257 Roberts,

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Other Cartridges with Similar Length

.264 Winchester Magnum, .458 Winchester Magnum, .338-378 Weatherby, 8.59mm (.338) Lazzeroni Titan, 7.82mm (.308) Lazzeroni Patriot, 7mm Remington Ultra Magnum, .284 Winchester, .416 Remington Magnum, 10.57mm (.416) Lazzeroni Meteor, 7mm Remington Magnum, .375 Remington Ultra Magnum, 6.5mm Remington Magnum, .220 Swift, .350 Remington Magnum, .416 Weatherby Magnum,

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Power Rank

The PowerRank is an estimation of the cartridge power. The first number is the value of this cartridge, and the last number is the value of the most powerful round in our bullet database.

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