I hate my 270win

[Haftard]

I hate my 270win Ruger American.

#1 it's cheap. I look like a broke high school kid barely getting by with a Walmart special stock and basic no frills, no drills, quick to corrode barrel.
#2 the trigger is a "3 stage" Tigger. You pull up the blade. Then drag it across the sear. To then find the ledge where it holds up and gives you a nice, crisp, controlled 4ish lbs break.
#3 it shoots too damn good. Every box of ammo I have shot out of it will atleast shoot 1.5moa. and I was able to reload (and im no stickler when I reload) and get a .75 moa group.
#4 the 270win is too god damn versatile. Wana go coyote hunting? I'll smack the bubblegum out of a coyote at 400 yards. Wanna go deer hunting? It was like ti was built for it. Wanna go shoot long range? Sure I barley have any recoil and a muzzle break would make me a kitten.
#5 every time I wanna buy another rifle I start to think "ahhh my 270 can do that"

It's B.S I tell you. Why dose it have to be such and pile of junk yet be the best shooting rifle in my safe.

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[AnimalOne]

OMG! Such a tragedy...

 

[po18guy]

For a mere $500 extra, you can have a beautiful laminated stock and a Timney trigger.

 

[orygun]

To the OP, you knew it was ugly when you bought it.
Fortunately beauty comes many ways. Accuracy is one.
I'd probably do something about that trigger. We have a couple of Ruger rifles (77MKII) and the Timney triggers I installed were worth the time and effort.

 

[No_Regerts]

Think of how many of our spouses feel the same way about us?

 

[Stomper]

I hate my 270win Ruger American.

#1 it's cheap. I look like a broke high school kid barely getting by with a Walmart special stock and basic no frills, no drills, quick to corrode barrel.
#2 the trigger is a "3 stage" Tigger. You pull up the blade. Then drag it across the sear. To then find the ledge where it holds up and gives you a nice, crisp, controlled 4ish lbs break.
#3 it shoots too damn good. Every box of ammo I have shot out of it will atleast shoot 1.5moa. and I was able to reload (and im no stickler when I reload) and get a .75 moa group.
#4 the 270win is too god damn versatile. Wana go coyote hunting? I'll smack the bubblegum out of a coyote at 400 yards. Wanna go deer hunting? It was like ti was built for it. Wanna go shoot long range? Sure I barley have any recoil and a muzzle break would make me a kitten.
#5 every time I wanna buy another rifle I start to think "ahhh my 270 can do that"

It's B.S I tell you. Why dose it have to be such and pile of junk yet be the best shooting rifle in my safe.

That's 'cuz we're AMERICANS, and Americans LOVE an underdog that'll RIP YOUR BALLZ OFF.


Did we flinch when facing Japanese Tiger tanks in goofy cartoon looking Shermans?

Did we sit around crying about fascists and burn our cities down when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?


Hell NO we didn't, we mass produced no-frills implements of a$$kickology that'd put a bindi dot right smack in the middle of their foreheads…. For the first 3-5 rounds until the barrel warmed up, and then have to settle for heart shots instead.

My .308 RAR has only fired one round out in the field while hunting.


But that's all it needed 1.5 hours into opening day….




That was a few years back….. dang, I gotta get less busy and get back into it again!

 

[No_Regerts]

That's 'cuz we're AMERICANS, and Americans LOVE an underdog that'll RIP YOUR BALLZ OFF.


Did we flinch when facing Japanese Tiger tanks in goofy cartoon looking Shermans?

Did we sit around crying about fascists and burn our cities down when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?


Hell NO we didn't, we mass produced no-frills implements of a$$kickology that'd put a bindi dot right smack in the middle of their foreheads…. For the first 3-5 rounds until the barrel warmed up, and then have to settle for heart shots instead.

My .308 RAR has only fired one round out in the field while hunting.
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But that's all it needed 1.5 hours into opening day….
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That was a few years back….. dang, I gotta get less busy and get back into it again!

Weren't Tiger tanks German?

 

[titsonritz]

Weren't Tiger tanks German?

 

[Capn Jack]

All of these years my Irish uncle has been telling me the Italians bombed Pearl Harbor.

 

[Stomper]

Weren't Tiger tanks German?

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OMG….. I cannot BELIEVE that YOU TWO didn't catch the inference!

Turn in your man-cards and report for remedial training!

 

[DirectDrive]

Weren't Tiger tanks German?

Legend has it that Hitler gifted the Japanese one Tiger I

 

[thorborg]

I bought my 270 Ruger in the late 70's so I cannot even begin to relate to the new stuff. Always felt it is a great rifle in looks, fit, feel, and function. If much of it su+'s to you, I'd look for something else. adding sugar won't necessarily make it taste better.

 

[echo1]

I've got a Remington 710 in .270. I don't think a rifle can be made any cheaper, or more ACCURATE PAX

 

[DLS]

I have a tang safety Ruger M77 in .270 Winchester that has been a solid performer right from the box. It easily shoots 1.5 MOA* or better, all day with pretty much any factory load I ever put through her. Very quickly I found a sub-MOA hand load with a couple of weights of bullets and never looked back.

To date this .270 has taken 2 elk, 6 deer, 3 pronghorn and a black bear. There are about a dozen long range coyote's to it's credit too. If I hadn't switched to bow hunting decades ago it would undoubtedly have more "notches" on the stock.

A few years ago, when my son started hunting, he passed by all his black rifles and a pretty nice Rem 700 6.5 Creedmoor and asked if he could take the old war horse for a ride. He has not had a shot in the last two seasons, but if he did I'm sure the rifle's record would have expanded.

There is really something to the .270 Winchester that, even today, is hard to duplicate on the game fields. If the bullet manufactures had ever built a match grade bullet for it who knows what might have happened?


* My definition of a rifles MOA ability is a ten-shot group starting from a cold barrel shot at about 30 seconds per shot. No discounting flyers and no cherry-picking a 3-shot group here and there.

 

[Member 34319]

Those Ruger Americans. Love to love them. Hate to hate them.

 

[2ndtimer]

I feel the same way about my Marlin XL7 in .270 Win. It carries well, lightweight, has a nice trigger (copy of Savage Accutrigger), and cost just $259 a few years ago. And shoots factory and handloads under an inch and a half. Easily outperforming my 3x expensive Winchester Model 70 Ultimate Shadow in .270 WSM.

 

[osprey]

Buy something that is more aesthetically pleasing but don't get rid of the Ruger until new rifle is fully vetted. Or, keep it for a back up. Other than my father's firearms that have sentimental value, very few of my guns are untouchable and many guns have come and gone from my safe. Although I am partial to the 7mm cartridges for an all around gun, 270 is a good one for anything in the lower 48 and almost everything in Alaska as well.