The 7mm mag will out perform the .270.
I own a .270 (my wife's) and not a 7mm mag.
Either will work just fine
-Jake
My math must be all fu cked up. That doesn't add up. 1 "outperforms" the other when they both produce dead elk? How many times do we need to say this. It's all about the bullet, not the headstamp...
I agree with this. Ive killed many animals with both and there is zero difference. Honestly id think you would be hard pressed to find two more similar rounds especially if you're not hand loading. You can safely get 3000 fps out of a 150 in the 270 and do about the same in the 7 mag with a 160. Pretty close no?
Id prefer the 270 for the lesser recoil, but the 7mag is a damn fine round and my favorite of the belted mags.
Its odd that an earlier poster mentioned that the 270 is not common in the camps he's been in. When it comes to the western US, i don't think ive ever been in a camp that didn't have a couple. Its THE quintessential western round in my opinion.
