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All three are very close in performance. Based upon your actual experience, rate these in order for accuracy and living up to published velocities.

30-06 (150-165 grain bullets only)
280 (140-150 grain bullets only)
270 (130-140-150 bullets (I love the 270 Win range of bullets)
308 (150-165 bullets only)

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Never had a 280 but out of the other 3 a 30-06 would win in the accuracy department

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Yep, they all can be accurate. Very much depends on the single example of the rile so chambered.

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My experience lends me to feel this way, and yes, your experience may be the complete opposite because of your individual rifles....

1. 30-06 - I don't recall ever not getting good accuracy/velocity and with relative ease. Many bullets and powders and all of them just seem to work well.
2. 308 - By a small margin over the next two; like the 30-06, I have found the 308 eager to please and easy to load.
3. 270 - One of my favorite for hunting. I love the bullet range 130-140-150 you will easily find one to shoot well. The 270 Win is easy to get to published velocities!
4. 280 - Not a lot of experience (yet), but so far it seems a little more picky as compared to the others. Should be as good as 270 and the 30-06 ballistically at least.


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I have owned several of all four.
I would rate
#1 270
#2 280
#3 308
#4 30-06

I don't shoot factory loads so this is based on handloads


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The biggest variable will be the individual rifle. I have or have had excellent results from all those caliber and bullet combinations.


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A 270 is a awesome round I use it for open country 100yd plus it gets the job done every time as far as up close hunting mountains and hollers I need them to drop right there or not far and a 30-06 or 308 gets it done

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Depends on the rifle.

I've had 5 .30-06 and still have 3. Two had accuracy issues and went down the road. The three I kept shoot very well with 150-168g bullets. (Two purchased used, one new)

Two .308s, one an AR, both shoot very well with 150-168g bullets. (New bolt, built the AR.)

One .280 Rem, another shooter with a variety of 140g bullets. (New)

A .270 I bought for a daughter loves 150g AB @ 2912fps. (Used)

All were easy to find loads for.


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Have owned/shot/killed with/loaded for multiples of all, and others, and still do, for more years than I care to recall.

Individual gun is always determining factor.

That said, 308 is easiest to get good load for of anything I ever shot.

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Accuracy is much more dependent on the rifle, load and shooter than caliber

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I’ve always preferred the 270. Bullets have alway been made for the 270’s velocity range. Even the WSM and wby don’t exceed by more the 350 fps.
A 30 caliber bullet can be loaded in a 300 savage to a 300 bee. Big difference in velocity range.
As for accuracy, all depends on barrel and stock plus gunsmith work. Hasbeen

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Originally Posted by murkydismal
Have owned/shot/killed with/loaded for multiples of all, and others, and still do, for more years than I care to recall.

Individual gun is always determining factor.

That said, 308 is easiest to get good load for of anything I ever shot.

same here, I agree 100% but I also find the 30-06 extremely easy to load for 👍......Hb

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The biggest variable will be the individual rifle. I have or have had excellent results from all those caliber and bullet combinations.



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1. 270
2. 30-06
3. 308


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As Coyote Hunter and many more said...

It’s about the chamber the the rifle.... all those SAAMI specs are pretty old so they aren’t as tight as a Creedmoor might be, which means it’s how tight is that chamber, and rifle.

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I hate to sound like the Stick but it's kind of a dumb question. Accuracy dependent on the rifle, Velocity dependent on the load and the barrel.
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It’s not he caliber, or the gun..... its usually the nut behind the bolt that causes accuracy issues.

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1: 270. Don’t know why, but I’ve had a dozen and they all shot great with easy load development. A Vanguard S2 shot itty bitty groups with Fusion factory ammo, so I never even bothered reloading for it. Gave it to my nephew.

2: 30-06. I’ve had a few 30-06s and most shot well with some load development.

3: 308. The only 308s I’ve owned were pencil barrel carbines and they shot well enough to hunt with, but nothing spectacular. All were inch and a half guns. I bet this was mostly due to the guns, not the cartridge.

4: 280. I’ve owned two, both Remington 700 stainless mountain rifles, and I only got the second one because Remington replaced the first one due to it not feeding and being “out of spec”. I really wanted to like it and even restocked it in a McMillan. It was an inch and a quarter/half rifle.

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I've owned them all... hand's down, no contest, the 308 (in factory rifles) will shoot circles around the others.


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