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I wouuld prefer the 30-06 for huge bears, elk and moose, and the 270 for everything else, especially open plains.

The 270 drifts less in the wind, drops less, kicks less, what's not to prefer?

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My next rifle will be a Kimber MT in 270... I'll have the barrel cut to 23" and mount a 2.5-8x36 Leupold on top in Talley Lwt's... should come in all-up with sling and rounds at 6.75-ish pounds.

A 150 Partition at 2,950 should do anything that needs doing to anything I hunt and recoil woun't be obnoxious. As to 30's, these days I mostly prefer the 308 Win over the 30-06. Kicks less, smaller, lighter and does the same thing.


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



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Ahhhh, just split the diff and get a 280.
Once upon a time I had a real nice '06 and a real nice 270 so I sold them both and got a real real nice 280. Problem solved.


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Easy answer! .30-06, necked down to .27 cal. Works even here in Ak. for most everything.
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Go .30 Whelen....

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.270 for my money, a little flatter, a little faster, 140 gr. works for me, reaches out to around 400 yds mostly for deer here in Idaho, still based on an .06 case. Both are great cartridges and no matter where you are if you forget your ammo you'll be able to always find .270 or .06, try that with a 35 Whelen.

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Idaho Biker,

He wrote ".30 Whelen," not .35 Whelen.

It's a joke, just like this thread....


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Well, I may as well contribute to help this get to 10 pages. The .270 and .30-06 just don't hold much appeal to me because they are so common. Obviously they are common because they are good, versatile cartridges that are highly deadly within the effective range of most hunters and don't beat you to death with recoil.
I loved my .280 and would like another if I had to choose a standard length mid power cartridge for deer. And I'd rather an 8mm-06, 8x57, .338-06, .25-06, 6.5-06, .308, 7.65x53, .303 and a bunch of other stuff in that power range before building a .30-06 or .270. But if I fell in love with a rifle that just so happened to be chambered in .270 or .30-06, I'd still buy the gun, but I'd AI it, just because.


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I'll help: I read (probably here) that the toughest part of shooting a .270 is telling your parents that you're gay. grin


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The .270 Win has always seemed to me to be an excellent choice for a dedicated deer cartridge � arguably the best. It will also work on elk, as has been proven many tens of thousands of times.

The .30-06 is more versatile, IMHO, when it comes to big game - particularly when big bear and moose are concerned.

They say a man with a .30-06 doesn�t need anything else and I always figured that was a good reason not to own one � so for the first 24 years I big game hunted I didn�t. That said, since 2006 I have acquired three. Not sure why but no regrets. Still don�t have a .270 and have no plans to get one.





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Originally Posted by Mule Deer


It's a joke, just like this thread....


Classy.


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4 pages in less than 24 hrs. Well, 5 for sure now.


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Still on page one for me.


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.270 interests me not.

30-06 is a wonderful cartridge.

A .280 would be fun.

Or a Whelen.

Or a .338-06.

But a .270?! Boooooring! grin


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Originally Posted by Jeff_O
.270 interests me not.


But a .270?! Boooooring! grin


You must be easily stimulated,Jeff.....You want boring? Run a 358 Win over the chronie some afternoon grin

You can do the 358; I'll do the 270 and we can see who falls asleep first wink

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The 280 Remington is overbore.

The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Taint nothin' that'll make one yawn more than a .358 over a chrony. In fact, it puts deer and bears to sleep. grin


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THAT is true! grin




The 280 Remington is overbore.

The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Originally Posted by Idaho_Biker
.270 for my money, a little flatter, a little faster, 140 gr. works for me, reaches out to around 400 yds mostly for deer here in Idaho, still based on an .06 case. Both are great cartridges and no matter where you are if you forget your ammo you'll be able to always find .270 or .06, try that with a 35 Whelen.


Not trying to be a turd but have you ever heard of anyone who went on a hunting trip and forgot their ammo? I've been hunting since the late 1960s and I never heard of anyone who forgot their ammo and had to save the trip by going to the local hardware store in some small town and picking up ammo.

I've run out of ammo and had to buy shotgun shells locally but thats another story.


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Jeff - you're right! I've frequently seen the 270 bore animals to DEATH.

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