.270 win recoil

[djones17]

Hello Everyone! I Am New To The Forum As Of This Morning, But I Have Read Countless Threads. I Must Conclude That There Is A Vast Well Of Knowledge And Support Here. With That Being Said I Am Finding Myself In A Predicament With A Rifle. In February Of This Year I purchased Two Rifles, One For My Fiance And One For Myself. I Ended Up With A Factory Winchester Mod 70 Extreme Weather Chambered In .270 Win. It Is All Stainless With A Medium Contour Fluted Barrel And A Synthetic Stock. Beautiful Gun And It Works Great. ShortlyAafter I Aquired This Rifle I Was In An Accident That Left My Shoulder Rather Sensitive To Recoil. (2-3/4 Target Load From A 12 Gauge Makes Me Pretty Sore) I Was Contenplating Selling The Rifle And Buying Something More Mild. Also Considered Trading It. But Then I See All These PostsInvolving Breaks And Stocks Etc.Would This Rifle Be Worth Dumpinh More Money In To To Remedy The Recoil or Just Cut My Losses And Move On. Sorry For The Long Winded First Post.

 

[1911cwp]

First, Welcome to the forum. The .270 Winchester is a great cartridge. It is very popular for deer sized game and ammo is reasonable to buy and available. I used to have a Remington 700 BDL in this caliber. I don't care for recoil much, so I had a new pad put on the gun and it helped a lot as long as I didn't go shoot a whole lot at one sitting. If your just using it to hunt then sighting in shouldn't take much ammo. You could find someone with a Lead Sled to sight in and take the recoil factor out. Once hunting your probably not going to shoot more than once or twice anyway so your good to go. So I'd keep the gun. I would get an action job as it makes shooting so much better. Another option is to trade or sell and get something different. Other caliber are .243, .260 Remington, ect. Brakes are good but loud. They may help but I have no experience with them yet. Another way is to buy a semi-auto. You may give up some accuracy. There are a lot of ARs out there being set up for deer and such. Calibers include .308, 6.5 Grendel, .260 Remington, 6.8 SPC, and more. Good luck and shoot safely.

 

[CaptainMal]

My favorite hunting cartridge is a 270 with a factory BOSS brake. Wonderful rifle with literally no recoil.

Put a Bostrum brake or some other one on. You will be the better for it.

 

[djones17]

Thanks For The Info. I Have Access To A 1000 Yard Private Range Out On The Plains And I Visit It Quite Often. I Really Enjoy Longer Range Shooting But At The Moment My .270 Is The Only Thjng I Have That Will Reach Ojt There And I'm Just Very uncomfortable Shooting it. Its Not Out Of The Norm For Us To Go Through A Few Hundred Rounds A Day Out There Through Various Rifles And My Little Marlin .17 Hmr (My Favorite And FirstRifle) Just Doest Quite Scratch My Long Range Itch.

 

[2506]

With the proper break it will take about all the felt recoil out of your 270 Win. Just know that you will have to wear ear protection ALL THE TIME when shooting it as well as anybody behind or beside you. They are LOUD but effective.

 

[djones17]

Ear Protection Is A Big Rule At Our Range As All Of The Owners Rifles Have Breaks And Multiple Shots/Rifles At The Benches At Once Are Not Uncommon. I Wear Ear Protection Regardless Of What Or Where Im Shooting Since Im Already Partially Deaf. I Took The .270 Out There A Few Weeks Ago And Realised I Had Developed A Flinch From That Rifle, Not To Mention The Hurting Shoulder From The 20 Or So Rounds I Put Through It!

 

[Trapper243]

If you are going to keep the .270 you might want to try adding some weight to the stock. It is surprising what a few extra pounds can do to settle down the recoil.

 

[GSPV]

The 270 is a great hunting cartridge. For volume shooting, it leads a lot to be desired. Especially in the light rifle that you have.

If you have the funds, I'd suggest getting a much heavier rifle, like a 17 lb "light gun" in a low recoil cartridge like the 6 BR. That assumes that you reload. Factory loads for the 6 BR aren't on every Bass Pro shelf.

 

[WyleWD]

With the proper break it will take about all the felt recoil out of your 270 Win. Just know that you will have to wear ear protection ALL THE TIME when shooting it as well as anybody behind or beside you. They are LOUD but effective.

+1 on this post AND have a good recoil pad professionally installed. You might have to shorten the stock a little to make the rifle "come up" comfortably, but in the end you'll be glad you did it. 270 is a good hunting round. And definitely use hearing protection! WD

 

[jonbearman]

The pad and a good break with at least 2 chambers is the ticket.You wont even flinch once you realize how good a break works.There is a fella on this site that makes any break out of stainless which I recommend due to the powder and copper build up ,that way it can be cleaned less than steel brakes.His price is around 45.00 and then you will have to have the barrel threaded which shouldnt break the bank. I hope someone chimes in with his name and contact.Go to brownells and have a look at the brakes they sell.One is called the QOE brake and is heated and slid on. Once it is cooled it is on there solidly and acts just like the boss brake on winchesters and brownings. It also is adjustable like a barrel tuner to tighten your groups up.

 

[djones17]

Thanks For All The Advice. I Bought This Rifle For Hunting Out Here On The Plains But I Enjoy Shooting So Much That I Find Myself At The Range Regularly. Would A Different Stock Help At All? Maybe One That Weighs A Little More? I Do Shoot Off Of A Bipod Out In The Field.

 

[mikegaiz]

Go with a brake $150 to $200.00 and you will love it.

 

[jim_k]

Shoot left-handed, and do rehabilitation or surgery on your other shoulder.

 

[HTSmith]

A 270 Win is a great hunting round. It was my first centerfire and I've not owned anything since that killed white tails better or further. That said, I don't like recoil very much either and I've converted to a 260 Rem for most of my hunting. If you are shooting 100 rounds in one day I'd convert to something that takes less powder and kicks less.

 

[wapiti25]

you need a range gun and a hunting gun. You have the hunting gun, now look at a 223 or a 6mmbr for the range gun. The range gun needs a fast twist barrel for the heavy (high BC bullets). I'm shooting a 223 with an 8 twist barrel for our F Class matches using 80gr bullets, It is nice and soft on recoil as it weight's 12 lbs.

 

[djones17]

Tim And Wapiti You Both Make A Good Point, I Need To Look At The .270 For What It Is And Not What I Want It To Be. Looks Like Ill Be Getting A 6Br!