.270 Stevens

[KLT]

I know everyone hates dumb questions, but.  I was at a local gun shop recently, and they had a new Stevens .270 marked down to $249.  So I took it home.  I know my brother inlaw uses a .270, and seems to like it.  I'm not very educated on the centerfire bullets,and I was wondering if I could get some input on cartriges to use.  This is my step up from a 12 gauge.     

[Slowpoke Slim]

A 270 is a versatile cartridge. I guess "it depends" on what your intended purpose is? Deer? Elk? Boars? Black bears? Brown bears?

For deer, any "standard" bullet in a 130 gr weight would work fine. Pick a load that the gun shoots into good groups and make sure your knife is sharp. For elk, I would choose the heaviest-for-caliber bullet in a "premium" design, like partition, accubond, TSX, A-frame, etc.

Pick up half a dozen different 270 loads and take it to the range to find what the rifle likes to group. Maybe your B-I-L can "spot you" some ammo to test in your rifle?

I have a Stevens 200 in .223 rem. It shoots way better than it should for the price tag.

Enjoy your new rifle.

[Slowpoke Slim]

Oh, I forgot to add...

It wasn't a dumb question.

Feel free to ask away. We all had to start somewhere.

I don't hunt with a .270, but one of my hunting buddies does. He kills game with it just fine.