The .270 Winchester was developed by
Winchester Repeating Arms Company in 1923 and unveiled in 1925 as a chambering for their bolt action Model 54. The cartridge is based upon the
.30-06 Springfield, and the case is slightly longer due to the necking down process.Driving a 130 grain bullet at approximately 3140 ft/s (957 m/s), (later reduced to 3060 ft/s (933 ms/)) the cartridge demonstrated high performance at the time of its introduction and was marketed as being suitable for long range shooting on most big game. Two additional bullet weights were soon introduced: a hollow point bullet for
Varmint shooting, and a 150 grain bullet for larger deer, elk and moose in North American hunting. While not an immediate success, over the succeeding decades and especially in the post WW2 period, the .270 Winchester has attained great popularity among gun owners and hunters, ranking it among the most popular and widely used cartridges worldwide. Internationally, firearms manufacturers now offer this chambering in all firearm varieties:
bolt actions,
single-shots,
lever-actions (such as Browning BLR),
Pump-actions (such as Remington 7600),
autoloaders (such as Remington 7400) and even a few
double rifles.
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