There's a lot of ribbing about calibers, but you are well armed with a 270. It has reasonable recoil and sends the bullet out with enough velocity to smoke anything in it's path. I no longer own one, as I have an issue with selling good rifles in order to have another reloading project. The guy i sold it to has had it in his safe for 10 years and hasn't oiled it since he bought it. It probably has a rusty barrel by now. What a shame.