Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Just one?....7-08, 6.5, 270, or 308

All work and essentially do the same thing, but just one; 308. I used to be intrigued by 7-08, but in the real world it is a ballistic twin to 308. Only about 1 ft lb less recoil, and with the best loads the trajectory out to 500 yards are within 1-2", the 7-08 only has about 30 ft lbs more energy at 500. Hand loading is a wash price wise, but the better prices and availability of 308 factory loads just makes it the better option.

If you want to go really long range the 6.5 beats both of them with recoil closer to 243. With the better 140 gr bullets the 6.5 will kill anything a 7-08 or 308 will kill.