Caliber Bullet/gr Muzzle 100 yards 200 yards 300 yards 400 yards 500 yards
fps/ft lbs 500 yard Drop
270 win Hornady SST 130gr 3200 /2955 2984/2570 2788/2228 2582/1924 2393/1653 2213/1414 -33.7
270 win Hornady SST 140gr 3090/2968 2894/2603 2706/2276 2526/1983 2353/1721 2187/1487 -35.4
7mm-08 Hornady SST 139gr 2950/ 2686 2757 2345 2571/2040 2393/1768 2222 /1524 2059/1308 -39.6
308 win Hornady SST 150gr 3000/2997 2772/2558 2555/2173 2348/1836 2151/1540 1963/1282 -40.7
308 win Hornady SST 165gr 2840/2955 2635/2544 2439/2180 2252/1858 2079/1574 1902/1325 -44.7
30-06 spr Hornady SST 150gr 3080/3159 2848/2700 2627/2298 2417/1945 2216/1636 2025/1366 -38.4
30-06 spr Hornady SST 165gr 2960/3209 2750/2769 2549/2380 2357/2034 2173/1729 1997/1461 -40.7
30-06 spr Hornady SST 180gr 2820/3178 2630/2764 2447/2393 2272/2063 2104/1769 1944/1509 -44.1
This how a 270win stacks up against other standard calibers using the same bullets from the same manufacturer. It's pretty plain it can hold it's own in the short range field and over comes and out preforms in most long range applications. The 270 win has been sold short in many discussions about big game cartridges. Unless it's a magnum it's hard to beat the 270 win as an all around big game cartridge and has plenty of power to do what the rest of the standard calibers do. Especially at longer ranges. I didn't put the 280 rem in the mix but it's right there with the 270win.
Of course there's different bullets and different loads but this is pretty black n white comparison. I too reload my own so I do know about super performance loads as which these loads are done by Hornady.