.270 Winchester ballistics chart
The .270 Winchester trajectory with a 130-grain hunting bullet: drop, wind drift and retained velocity from a 200-yard zero to 700 yards.
Overview
The .270 Winchester has been a benchmark open-country big-game cartridge for a century. A 130-grain bullet at just over 3,000 fps shoots flat enough that a 200-yard zero keeps a hunter inside a few inches of point of aim to beyond 300 yards with no holdover.
Older factory twists of 1:10 stabilise conventional hunting bullets well but not the longest low-drag match projectiles, so the .270 is best thought of as a flat-shooting field cartridge rather than a modern ELR chambering.
Typical uses: Deer, sheep, pronghorn and elk hunting in open country to moderate ranges.
Sample load
The trajectory below is calculated for this representative factory load in a standard ICAO atmosphere. Your rifle will differ — enter your own chronographed velocity and verified BC in the calculator for numbers you can dial.
- Bullet
- 130 gr spitzer boat-tail
- Muzzle velocity
- 3,060 fps
- Ballistic coefficient
- 0.46 (G1)
- Zero
- 200 yd
.270 Winchester trajectory table
| Range (yd) | Velocity (fps) | Energy (ft⋅lb) | Drop (in) | Elevation (MIL) | Elevation (MOA) | Wind 10 mph (MIL) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | 2,847 | 2,341 | 1.4 | -0.4 | -1.3 | 0.2 |
| 200 | 2,644 | 2,019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| 300 | 2,451 | 1,734 | -6.4 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 0.6 |
| 400 | 2,265 | 1,481 | -18.6 | 1.3 | 4.4 | 0.8 |
| 500 | 2,087 | 1,258 | -37.5 | 2.1 | 7.2 | 1.1 |
| 600 | 1,918 | 1,062 | -64.5 | 3.0 | 10.3 | 1.3 |
| 700 | 1,758 | 892 | -100.9 | 4.1 | 13.8 | 1.6 |
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