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Is there any realistic advantage of one over the other? I have 2 rifles and one has to go. The .270 has a 22" barrel and the 7mm-08 has a 20" barrel both are bolt actions and are similar in build. Does it come down to which ever one I like the most is the only "real" difference?

No. Now, what do you want to do with it?

Seriously, in my mind it comes down to a rifle you like chambered in whichever caliber. I can't think of anything I would shoot with a .270 that I wouldn't be just as happy to shoot with a7mm-08 or vice versa.

Those are two different tools for two different applications. You'll get more speed with the .270, but you'll use more powder and carry around a longer barrel.

Either one is a fine hunting tool. One may have sentimental value, or you may have more ammunition for one, and that would cause you to want to keep it.

Sorry to hear you have to part with one of your rifles.

Hope things get better for you soon.

i'd keep the 270.

I would also keep the 270.

Thanks for the concern but I am OK. I am just trying to thin some of my "stuff" so I can spend the $$$ on actual hunting trips instead of accruing gadgets for hunting.

The rifle will be for one of my daughter�s. I reload so ammunition concerns will not be an issue.

The 7mm-08 shoots much flatter out to 1000 due to the higher BC bullets available.

Depends on how similar the 2 bolt rifles actually are. For instance if the 270 was a Browning Safari and the 7-08 a Remington 700ADL....you get the idea.
dan

7mm-08. Mild recoil, shorter barrel (probably lighter rifle as well), etc.

Even if it weren't for your daughter, I'd still say 7mm-08. It's just a great little round.

Keep the one she likes better. Functionally they are peas in a pod--anything you can do with one, you can do with the other (paper differences notwithstanding.)

I am tickled to death that I misread that one. Glad to hear that you are skinnying down to hunt more.

I agree here with Utah, in terms of a deer hunting cartridge, what one will do, the other will. Then it becomes a matter of which platform you prefer.

20" barrel or 22". long action or short.

And the 270 shoots flatter with hunting bullets within 400-500 yards where you kill big game.So if you wanna punch paper at 1000 with a hunting weight 7/08,have at it. If you wanna hit and kill big game without much concern about dots,clicks, and other such stuff,keep the 270.

My choice would be to keep the 270.

For a daughter, I'd go with the 7-08. Smaller package and you can shoot 120gr bullets with hardly any recoil.

Had several of both over the years, and yes they are both accurate cartridges...still have a 7-08 and no more .270's You may be able to guess where my vote is on this one.

Good luck in your deliberations.

Paul

...if you're not putting the rifle away for your 3 year old daughter...

If she is old enough to use them now, let her pick after using them both in the field.

I like it. I'll sell 30 or 40 rifles and the Browning safe.....take a few hunts.....then buy 40 or 50.......

7-08!!

Back East, 7-08.

Out West, 270.

That's the way I see it...

Flip a coin.

Let your daughter choose the rifle SHE likes the best.

If it was my choice, the 270 hands down. But that is extremely biased as I have never used a 7mm-08. And for the 270, well, I have used one since 1982 and have literally killed tons of critters with one.