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Always a .300 Win for Me......I love this cartridge for all around use, all My big game rifles are chambered in .300 Win.......Good luck.......Hb
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For me, when I am away from home on a hunt, the 300 wm Howa ss in a McMillan sako classic gets to go every time. It shoots a 150 gr ttsx at 3300 fps into 3/4" for three and is easy to shoot. I can shoot about as far as I should before I have to worry about holdover, and the 150 gr ttsx hasn't had a problem punching through elk or aoudad at 350 yards.
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My 300 Win mag is seeing more action this fall than previous hunting seasons; I'm going into areas with combo deer/elk.
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.270. Covers the primary game hunted and plenty for elk when/if it happens.
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I like my .270.. More and more it rides in the truck with me, but I love my .300.. On a serious big game hunt, I don't leave home without it..
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223 for everything. I personally got tired of burning more than 25gr of powder per shot. If you end up with a raking shot on a big bull, aim for the nuts.
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No doubt, the .270
The .300 is overkill on 2 out of 3
Last edited by Sasha_and_Abby; 09/15/17.
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I'll use either the 300 win mag with 180gr. TSX @3050fps or the 270 winchester with 140gr. TSX.@3000fps
Any thoughts? I have done a mixed bag hunt just like you are asking 3-4 times and took a .300 WBY on all of them. Obviously, more power than needed but was glad to have a gun I trusted (the most important part) for long, windy shots. Could I have taken a 270 and had equal results? Probably, but I don't own a 270 that I trust but my 300 worked to perfection. I am going on a similar hunt in two weeks, plus with a bear tag in my pocket. I am going take a 300 for sure but a 257 WBY is tagging along because I have room, which will be used on some of them, if wanted. Bottom line, take the gun you are most comfortable with.
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I have done a mixed bag hunt just like you are asking 3-4 times and took a .300 WBY on all of them. Obviously, more power than needed but was glad to have a gun I trusted (the most important part) for long, windy shots.
Could I have taken a 270 and had equal results? Probably, but I don't own a 270 that I trust ....
>>> Bottom line, take the gun you are most comfortable with.
I'm in a similar boat but a little diff. I do have a 270 W I like/trust/& am comfortable using. I also have a Black Shadow 300 WM that I like/trust & enjoy hunting it TOO. I would take BOTH and maybe hunt BOTH. So maybe I'm NO help to the ?? Jerry
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Both great calibers, there is a good chance you can shoot one of them best from field positions. Unless they have matching scopes, you may like one more than the other.
Sounds like it will be a good hunt.
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You guys know this thread is eight years old right?
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You guys know this thread is eight years old right? Proof that nothing changes. Since we've already surpassed irrelevance, I'll add that I'm taking a 338 Fed shooting 180 Accubonds at ~2775 for Elk and Mulies.
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I always have two on a hunt. I've dropped mine before.
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270 because I'm too much of a puzzy to shoot a 300 Win.
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300 win mag and 168 TTSX.
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.270 just because. There is literally nothing in NA that i wouldnt hunt with my .270. Second coice would be a 30.06, just because. However, since .270 and .300 were the choices.. >The 270 wins...See what I did there?
Why is abbreviate such a long word
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You guys know this thread is eight years old right? And your point is? 300 win mag because I have one.
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