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I'd be hard pressed to think of a situation where one would succeed and the other would fail.

Fred

I agree with that!

I keep wanting a light weight 7-08 cause thats what us gun nuts are supposed to do, want something else that is..but what would I do with it?? I have a .270Win, a better, faster, solution in a 7.5 pound full up rifle..

Fred, you know this is entirely too logical and such thought process has no place on here; personal prejudices and delusionary rationale are much more important than cold hard facts. The 270 has necromancy,was conjured by sourcerers at Winchester and cannot fail, while the 7/08 was made only to squeeze into tiny rifle actions,and is vulnerable and frail by comparison.Intuitively, we all know this but choose to ignore it,because we are fearful of appearing irrational....

I myself do not suffer from such short-comings.....

I've always been a big 270 fan, but I have a 7-08 that has most of my 270's collecting dust...

Thing is, it's the rifle and not so much the cartridge...Lil Sky 7-08 is about as good as it gets, IMHO. Of course a Bob or a 260 would be just as good, so I'd sell them both and buy a 7-08 or 257 in a Montana...

DJ

the .257 Bob is different enough from the .270 to make sense to me as well. The .257 Bob in the Kimber makes the most sense to what I shoot and where I shoot.

the .257 Bob is different enough from the .270 to make sense to me as well. The .257 Bob in the Kimber makes the most sense to what I shoot and where I shoot. I have had 243's and could never warm up to one for some reason.

I have a .257 Bob it is a 700 Mtn Rifle that has been restocked in a Basner. It is MY favorite rifle and the one I taught my oldest daughter on. Now she has her on rifle, a .270. My 8 year old will start learning soon on an air rifle, then a .22lr, and then I will use down loaded .257 Bob, 75 gr. handloads. Eventionally she will get either the .270 or 7mm-08. I am leaning hard on the .270 for her and have this desire to keep the 7mm-08 for me.

But I use the .257 Bob for everything here in the Carolinas and if I need to step up to something bigger I use my custom .338 Win Mag. I keep buying and trading rifles for my daughters ;)but I always use either the .257 or .338 when I hunt, go figure.

Well, I have owned both (and several rifles in each caliber) and I prefer both.

Having said that, the 22" barrelled rig gets my nod....I find the 22" balances better for me than a 20" does. The Remington model 7 in 7mm-08 vs the Remington Mtn Rifle in 270 WIN are good examples of this and I have owned both.

In the end, the one to keep is the one that feels the best to your daughter since she is the one that will be using it. I'd bet she goes for the 7mm-08 because it has the shorter action and shorter barrel. She won't be handicaped with it either. The only thing you might have to alter is maybe swap the scopes (if that is an issue in this case).

EE

The two cartridges are very similar. However, the types of rifles they are chambered in can easily swing the decision in my view. If you like a more compact rifle, then it's the -08. If you like the ease of access to the receiver and don't mind the larger size of the overall package, then the 270. The 270 Mountain would probably be one of the nicer compromises. I prefer the Model Seven -08 to the Mountain -08 though. (Better loading port.)

That is the route I went with my oldest daughter once I saw she was serious about hunting and shooting. I got here a 700 Mtn LSS in .270. I sold the laminate stock and bought a Ti take off from Bell & Carlson in a LOP that fits her. I got a VX-III 2.5-8 with the heavy duplex and put that scope in some lt. weight Talleys. The whole thing turned out great.

Here are a few pic's:

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Finding over the counter 270 Win Ammo is slightly easier than finding 7mm-08 when you are out in tim-buck-two.

I am an southpaw so finding a LH 7mm-08 is pretty difficult, I have found it much easier to come by a 270 Win, so that is what I went with.

+1 on Brad's East - West option. Had both but ended up with a 280

Had all three and ended up with 4-5 270's

Its the rifle that could matter for your daughter. Even for a big guy here in our Eastern forests a Kimber 84M in say 7mm-08 is going to be lighter and easier to handle than most any .270's that I have seen.

Here is a nice buck taken in the woods with the Kimber 7mm-08. That light easy to handle rifle is a edge to me. To each his own.

Is that a new camo design or my monitor screwed up?
I have two 7-08's so you know my sugg.but like has been said,one will work as well as the other,east or west imho.

Ron

The 7-08 handloaded with 120g is a 270.

Why burn the powder?

Yep, the 270win rules out West, guess what the Alaskan boys and western blacktail hunters prefer over it?

7-08 - North West and East

270Win - Rockies

This whole thread is mental gymnastics as one person likes to state. Pretty fun though, I could be happy with either!

MtnHtr

Sorry for the fuzzy picture but it was taken by my son with his cell phone camera of the first deer that he got. In the background is his pack and the Kimber is leaning against the tree behind it.

Tell him great job on the deer,
needs more exp. with the cam.,just kidding,well done.

Ron