Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles 270 vs 30-06

so this thought just started running through my head. does the 270 or the 30-06 do anything better than the other? would you be able to tell a difference when shooting at game and on how quick the animal went down? Personally i dont think their would be a much of a difference if any difference at all. I started off with an 06, sold that (not because i didnt like it but i wanted to try a 300 out and wanted some extra $$ to spend on it), bought a 300, sold that pretty quick (just didnt cut it for me. People were always talking about "upgrading" from an 06 to a 300 up to me their just wasnt an "upgrade" that i felt. its the same bullet going around 200 FPS faster. WOOPTIE DOOOOO!!!), bought a 270 and a 338 win mag and i VERY happy with both of them. I would deffinatly buy an 06 just because its a good cartridge but for right now theirs just no point to. what do you think about the 270 vs the 30-06? Whats your opinions on the two?

I prefer the 270 because I mostly deer hunt and it just seems "right". Probably not much flatter than the 30-06 and I'm not going to bore anyone with meaningless mathematical minutia. I just think its "just right" when it comes to deer hunting.

I have used the 30-06 and it works fine and I'd admit that its probably a bit more versatile with heavier bullets on bigger game like elk. But, if you don't need that, why not go with the one you like?

I like the 270.

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Casey

This might end in a few posts, or it could go 10 pages.

Short correct answer is that they are two peas in a pod. Especially with todays good bullets what one will do so will the other.

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No ones forcing you to reply. if you think its such a waste of time then why waste all that time posting those pictures. your just helping this poste go longer than what you think it needs to. quite being a cry baby!

You're funny . Would you like some goo-goo with your ga-ga?

270 vs 30/06 is about the DEADEST horse in the pasture. BOTH are stone cold BORING!

Funny stuff, Gringo Loco. Your Web Fu grows strong......

Boring.....................perhaps.

Incredibly effective................without question.

I will take a 280.

Yeah, both stone-cold boring....but practically speaking nothing much that has come along improves on them a whole bunch.

......and after you get over the infatuation with messing with little brass bottles of different shapes and sizes that only hold powder and seal chambers,and just wanna go hunting;and after you realize all any of them do is propel bullets from rifles,they are likely the two that will be remaining.

This is because both work well on the overwhelming majority of BG animals a guy is likely to hunt here or anywhere else.

Their only fault is they don't leave you much to talk about.......

I saw the title of this thread and thought " no way..." but I tuned in and was rewarded with this post...derivations on a theme...

Ingwe

And heeeeere we go!

Yes..The .270 shoots smaller bullets better than the '06 but the '06 shoots heavier bullets better than the .270.I have both now but the far majority of game I have shot here in Idaho has been with a 130 grain bullet out of the .270 Win.

I have seen people down size in the '06 to match 270 performance and fail miserably compared too, and in another sense,I believe 160's are to much for the 270 where 165 and especially,180's are the cats neow for the '06.

Either of them make a great all around Idaho caliber.

Jayco

the only thing I would say is I would feel more comfortable hunting bigger stuff with the 06, not saying the 270 can't do it, but if I were bear hunting (brown bear/grizz)I would prefer to shoot a 200 grain pill from an 06 than a 140 from a 270.

In the field performance, I'm pretty sure they'll both work. I have to admit to personally being more drawn to the 270. The 270 seems to have been built by a hunter for hunter's and hunting.Where as the 3006 was designed for the military and pushed into hunting service as an after thought.We all know they're both damn good cartridges.

One goal I have is to have at least one rifle in all of following: 25-06, 6.5-06, .270, .280, 30-06, 338-06, 35 Whelen.

It's really like having a package of different color britches. When you hunt on Monday put on the red ones, Tues the blue, etc. etc. Things are often too close to call depending on where you hunt and how far you might need to shoot.

.270 Vs. 30-06....Just pick your color for the day!

It's really about the rifle.

YMMV

If you already own a .270 and a .338WM and are happy with both. Mission accomplished! I'd dare someone to tell you there is something you can't kill with this combo! and buying an '06 just because is never a bad idea. Buy something different, like a real nice Mauser or a Husky in '06..

CLB

Deep into two pages already. Guessing here it wall make 5 easy, and maybe 10. Do I hear 10?..........