Who among you have experience with the Encore Pistol in 270 Win? What kind of accuracy do you get from this cartridge in the pistol length? On game performance?

Gee whiz......anybody got a thought?..............

I had a TC Custom shop barrel in .270 Win that was 16 1/8" in length. Accuracy was 1-2" at 100 yds. depending on which ammunition was being used. Never used it on game, but would expect it to be as effective as out of a rifle, though you may want to drop a little on the bullet weight to make sure it expands reliably at the lower handgun velocity.

i hunted with a .270 rifle for years. it's a great cartridge. i'd kinnda like to have one in a longer pistol length, but the 7mm-08 is sure hard to beat in a handgun!.... and i think there are more bullet choices in 7mm for handguns(expansion etc).

Kyode,

I switched from the .270 to a 7mm-08 for those exact reasons. It was a 12" barrel (lighter), used less powder, shot as well or better, and had better bullet selection. It also had substantially less recoil than the .270 or 30-06 I have and has become my go to caliber for medium game in the encore.

I still have the .270 rifle that was the first long gun I bought with my own money (33 years ago) and it gitserdun on whities. If a person goes with at least 15" in a pistol the loss of velocity would only be a couple hundred FPS so you'd be running a 130 at 2700 plus, rather than 2950 conservatively. Still plenty fast to make a BT or SST open up down range. The '06 cases aren't the most efficient tho and I agree with the others that a 7-08 would be a better choice, or 260 Rem if you want a smaller slug. The .308 cases are just the right size for shortguns.

I have had two 270 Win’s in short guns and one 7mm08. The first 270 shot light out, ¾ 5 shot groups at 100 with IMR 4831 and a 130 SP, and I am still working on the second. I have ran 9 experimental rounds down it and I have 10 more loaded up and just weighting for range time. My Custom Shop 270 will shoot ¾ 3 shot groups with IMR 4064 and a 130 SP if I take my time and don’t get the barrel too hot. I got rid of the first barrel because I couldn’t constantly obtain the accuracy I wanted with the recoil of the 270. I latter bought a TC “Custom Shop” that had a break. The recoil with a break is equivalent to a 243 or less. I can tell you this, my 270 has shot 5-6 hogs, 1 deer, and a bobcat and everything was DRT. I kind of view the 270 Win shortgun equivalent to a 7mm08 rifle.

I have 5 bullets and 6 powders that I can load in my 270, I just haven’t used all the combinations yet.

Just my way of thinking; I don't have any of the 06 based cases, and I haven't really considered them because I think they are a little to much for the short tubes. In NY you can't have a pistol barrel over 16" so at 15" the 308 based cases run just a little under the 06 cases and do it with less powder.

If you have an 18" barrel on a handgun the 06 cases will out do the 308 based cases especially with the heavy bullets.