Of the hundreds of commercial metallic cartridges introduced, the .270 Winchester is one of few that have maintained a century-long tenure of popularity. As a youngster, I remember hearing my first ...

The most common bullet weights for the .270 are 130 and 150 grains. The old buck walked slowly around the point, stopped, reached up for a mouthful of browse. The gold bead came to rest against his ...

Every hunter’s got that one caliber they brag about—the one they claim “never misses.” Then the weather turns, the... The ...

My take: the tie makes sense. Creedmoor helps more hunters shoot well – and confident, repeatable hits matter most. The ’06, ...

The .280 Remington was a terrific flop when it was introduced, but it almost made a comeback under a different name.

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This story, “The .270 in Africa,” was originally published in the March 1967 issue of Outdoor Life. Bechuanaland is now Botswana. My wife and I did a 30-day hunt in Bechuanaland in the summer of 1966.

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If there's a class of cartridges that's in a league of its own, it's the .270-caliber family. For starters, it has only three members, and one, the .270 Winchester Short Magnum, is less than 10 years ...

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There’s nothing sexy about the 308 Winchester. It’s as old as dirt and as common as bad breath, and yet the cartridge’s popularity is surging with today’s hunters—so much so that it has replaced the ...