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270 WSM especially if looking for a light weight deer rifle. Recoil is painful with a light weight 7mag shooting the heavier bullets necessary to see the ballistic gains... Short action saves the weight and medium to lighter bullets in 270 WSM save on recoil. Just my 2 cents.
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Short action saves the weight and medium to lighter bullets in 270 WSM save on recoil. Just my 2 cents. Short Action = 4 oz. wow Jerry
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"Wow" plus "less recoil", still would determine my choice.
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...Eland at 287 yards smashing through the big shoulder with similar sd. as a 150 e-tip? Nope, the 270 isn't going to match up to the 7mag. And the 7mag was light in this case... This is the first of two shots on my Eland..... 7mmAg E-Tip did a god job!....but so did Brittany Boddingtons 7mm/08 on her 200yd Bull Eland, or maybe girl power had something to do with it...
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Deer and the .243 go together like peas and carrots, even our big northern deer... I hate to state the obvious but..... 243 is not among the choices. Jerry Just pointing out that debating terminal performance on deer between the .270WSM and 7RM is silly. The .243 does the job great, so choosing between those would come down to rifles in question, bullet and brass availability, and personal preference. I'd be full-fledged in 7RM mode, but not because of some imaginary terminal performance gain. In fact, years ago I stopped using my 7Mag's on deer once I realized how well the .243 works.
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Jordan, not to hijack, but what 6mm bullet are you using to whack those big Canadian bucks? Thanks.
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Jordan, not to hijack, but what 6mm bullet are you using to whack those big Canadian bucks? Thanks. Big Canadian Bucks?
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My guess is that 95% of the shooters out there don't shoot well enough that the minute difference in drop/drift on all of the loads discussed aren't minimized by human error - and just to be clear I count myself among the 95. As I get older/more experienced I've also noticed that the animals care not what bullet they are hit with or what it originated from - if they are hit in the right place they die.
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You ain't guessing.
And take it further if the 270 shoots 1/2 MOA and the 7RM shoots MOA.
But everyone knows that all the rifles around the 'fire shoot 1/10 MOA and the wind always blows 90 degrees at 10 mph. And all the scopes track perfectly and everyone's dope is perfect and every shot is made from a perfect rest.
The choice between the two is clearly obvious.
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You ain't guessing.
And take it further if the 270 shoots 1/2 MOA and the 7RM shoots MOA.
But everyone knows that all the rifles around the 'fire shoot 1/10 MOA and the wind always blows 90 degrees at 10 mph. And all the scopes track perfectly and everyone's dope is perfect and every shot is made from a perfect rest.
The choice between the two is clearly obvious.
And don't forget they do it "all day long".
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I thought it was only when they did their part. Oh wait, they always do their part.
Everything can die with a 75 Amax but a .277 bounces off. Not to mention that they share almost the exact same flight characteristics. As in wind. As in you can play with a lot of wind with a lot off 75's and remember that schit when you're pulling the trigger on meat with certain 270 loads.
No sir, that doesn't make any sense.
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Of THE TWO CHOICES, for a lightweight deer hunting rifle I would pick the 270wsm. You can have a lighter platform right off the bat with a shorter action to allow for perhaps a heavier scope while keeping the weight down, not to mention I think resale would be easier with the 270wsm.
Not sure why some people have to ridicule the question, maybe after they kill their first big buck they'll find it easier to answer the questions without the insults..... Maybe.
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Jordan, not to hijack, but what 6mm bullet are you using to whack those big Canadian bucks? Thanks. Big Canadian Bucks? Might be in reference to Bergmann's rule.
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You could not Give me a kimber for free!!!!! In that spirit You couldn't give me a 7mm RM with a hundred dollar bill tapped to the phfuqer Opinions vary my friend!
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You could not Give me a kimber for free!!!!! Some people can't figure it out. For those that can, Kimbers are bliss. It's not that hard. Nothing to figure out. Either one likes a rifle for various reasons or not. Feels right or not. Me? I hate kimbers
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Jordan, not to hijack, but what 6mm bullet are you using to whack those big Canadian bucks? Thanks. Big Canadian Bucks? Might be in reference to Bergmann's rule. I have no doubt it was. I know Canada has big bucks, actually killing them is another question.
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I had a good 270wsm. Never did make much sense to me as it didn't have much over a standard 270, and had mag box issues to deal with.
So, you could pretty much give me anything over a 270wsm.
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Had a 270 WSM Montana and liked it, then got a 7 RM and liked it more, and now a vanilla 270 Montana and like it the most.
It'll all work out one day.
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Jordan, not to hijack, but what 6mm bullet are you using to whack those big Canadian bucks? Thanks. 85 TSX, 80 TTSX, and 105 AM and HPBT have worked great for me on a number of big deer.
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Jordan, not to hijack, but what 6mm bullet are you using to whack those big Canadian bucks? Thanks. 85 TSX, 80 TTSX, and 105 AM and HPBT have worked great for me on a number of big deer. Do you have any pics of all those big deer?
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