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Hey all,

I just inherited a Weatherby mark v 270 magnum rifle and was interested to know if it can fire a 270 winchester round. I am new to firearms and have been studying up on pistols and now starting on rifles.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Man

No. There is no interchange on this cartridge.

I suspect your rifle is actually chambered in .270 Weatherby Magnum, not 270 magnum.

You should only use the EXACT cartridge that is engraved on the barrel of the firearm.

jdonovan wrote:No. There is no interchange on this cartridge.

I suspect your rifle is actually chambered in .270 Weatherby Magnum, not 270 magnum.

You should only use the EXACT cartridge that is engraved on the barrel of the firearm.

Thank you so much. I thought so but I wanted to be certain. I appreciate your help.

270 weatherby is a nice cartridge, but its a proprietary chambering, that only custom guns, or factory weatherby rifles use. As such ammo is much harder to come by, and a bit spendy when you do find it. Also the 270 wby is a bit of speed daemon, and it is a bit much for most eastern game uses. That's not to say you can't use it, but you usually wind up with more tissue/meat destruction than is needed for a clean harvest of the animal.

It makes a heck of a nice out-west long range medium game rifle, also would be very at home for African plains game.

jdonovan wrote:270 weatherby is a nice cartridge, but its a proprietary chambering, that only custom guns, or factory weatherby rifles use. As such ammo is much harder to come by, and a bit spendy when you do find it. Also the 270 wby is a bit of speed daemon, and it is a bit much for most eastern game uses. That's not to say you can't use it, but you usually wind up with more tissue/meat destruction than is needed for a clean harvest of the animal.

It makes a heck of a nice out-west long range medium game rifle, also would be very at home for African plains game.

Thank you for all the information. I was planning on ordering about 40 rounds of 270 weatherby cartridges but at almost $2 a round is really high. I do not hunt and plan to shot a few rounds down range just to say I've shot it. After I fire it, I plan to clean, oil and store it and see if I can get some antique value out of it later down the road.

The Weatherby Mark V deluxe I have is dated to 1962 and made in west germany based on the serial number.

If you dont have a emotional attachment to the firearm you could always trade it on this site or gundeals.org for something you are more incline to shoot/hunt with. Thats a real nice rifle and im sure a lot of ppl would like to get thier hands on one. Just a thought