So were they right?

.270 for western hunters and 30-06 for eastern?

I know the .270 is better but would it work in the woods or would a 30-06 with 220gr. be a better brush buster?

223 Ackley works better than the 270 or 30-06 in the woods.

I use the .270 in the eastern woods. Have also used the .30-06 here plenty. They both work well but when I went west for the first time the .270 went along. It's got a lot more western persona to it, I think.

How do those 55gr bullets bust through? Now your going to tell me I need an AR with a 1-7" twist.

Stunt shooter.

I always aim for brush in front of the deer, as I want the bullet to tumble as it hits. Maximum damage that way.

My alternate answer to the OP is: Whichever cartridge I can get in a semi-auto with see-through scope mounts.

Wouldn't work in PA. We don't allow semi's for hunting.

Alright, a pump then. Sheesh.

Now that's got "PA" written all over it!

270 w/180 gr Woodleighs.

Gunner

Ain't nothing wrong with a 270 just 30 06 will do way more..

Like what?

Kick

That pretty much covers it.

Do you sight it in like normal? I don't understand.

You meant 30-06. No such thing in a .270. If there were any to be had Ingwe would've mentioned it.

I've used both...ain't a deer in the world that could tell the difference...but my .270 looks better on targets and on my shoulder...

I just threw up in my mouth a little�..

"The Poohbah" wont mention/slum anything 270. , and yes, you can order 180 grain Woodies fer yer two seventy.

Gunner

Only reason to have a 270...donor action nly.

Only if you don't shoot the donor...

I like em, and everthing else between a 22 Hornet and 8-Bore.

Gunner

He likes to hide the gayness and call them 6.8-06.

Did they drop the requirement that all .270s have to have a Tom264 rainbow stock installed?

That and it's good to keep one around for the little kids to shoot...

oh-oh!!! Here we go again. But I vehemently disagree.
B.I.F.

I'm going to have to try this.

Can shoot over 200 gr bullets
Many guides Cary 06 with heavy bullets for bear..

A 160 Partition in a 270 will "load you up for bear" too.

The .270 is what the 7x57 and .30-06 were improved into...

"The .270 is what the 7x57 and .30-06 were improved into... "

Owww!! That hurt. But oh so true.

Bear in Fairbanks

Well played.

The rifle/cartridge I was replacing when I built my .270 ( an AI, FWIW) was NOT my '06, it was an M70 .264.
My '06/M17 Enfield was replaced by rebarrelling to .300 WinMag.
I restocked the rifle in woodshop in highschool in 1964, and still carry it in 2014!(just not as far, or fast, lol)
I know a lot of hunters that use those "see-thru" mounts. It's just too hard to see a moving target through them. I use QD mounts of one kind or another. Iron sights are for fast-moving game. I hunted in eastern Washington, what does THAT count as? East or West?
Now I hunt in Nevada...Doesn't count much as "woods", anywhere, lol.
Have fun, Gene

A great uncle in AK killed enough griz with a 270 to assure me that it would do the job just fine.

Everybody knows that round-nose bullets are the best for brush-busting, regardless of chambering, as they part the brush and stay on course rather than tumbling when they hit brush like pointy bullets do, ask any deep woods hunter worth his mettle and he'll tell you the same.

In my neck of the deep woods or even the flat country I am more used to, a 30-06 loaded with a good 165g bullet around 2900fps would be about as good a combo as you'd find.

Having said that, the 270 Win with 150 grainers around the same speed would be every bit as good. This latter combo has taken more than 100 pigs for me in the last couple of years from thick timber country to vast open country over grasslands and crops.

A lot to like with either. Been mainly shooting 180s in my 30-06 because I have the lighter weights covered with other calibres.