Originally Posted by Dogshooter
That'd be a .54 vs .66.... (.277 145 ELD-X vs .284 175 ELD-X)... at equal velocity...

But you knew that already....

That's giving up 20%.... I guess if 20% is no big deal.... you can send me 20% of your next paycheck....



I will...... smile if it means the 270 is shorter, lighter,and handier in oak brush jungles, or north slope timber where big mature mule deer bucks live; and a 24-26" barreled 7 mag is clearly superfluous and sort of a PITA. Not that I never carried them mind you,and they worked.

Bit truth is the BIGGEST mule deer I encountered out west were killed under 300 yards, is broken or heavy cover.


But as you can see I'm a fan of both.


Here's a couple of victims of 22" barreled 270's that I "managed to hit" smile in mixed cover. (One guided although I was alone;and the other unguided....). They died about as well as those hit equally with the 7 mag,although I think the 7 mag shows better, in general, at distance.

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Last edited by BobinNH; 01/23/17.


The 280 Remington is overbore.

The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.