between 270 and 300 win mag
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 64
between 270 and 300 win mag
I am buying my father a new rifle for his birthday. We share all our rifles so im looking for a caliber in between the 270 and 300 win mag that I already have. He wants to be able to hunt deer and maybe elk with it.
Thanks for all the help!
Thanks for all the help!
#3
+1 Hard to argue that !
However, I prefer the 7MM RM - "shoots as flat as a .270 and hits as hard as a .30-06."
http://elkhunter2.tripod.com/
I enjoyed read this.
However, I prefer the 7MM RM - "shoots as flat as a .270 and hits as hard as a .30-06."
http://elkhunter2.tripod.com/
I enjoyed read this.
#7
Typical Buck
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Colorado
Posts: 797
Can't go wrong with 270 win, 7mm mag, 30-06 or a 300 win mag. If I was to choose a standard cartridge it would be the 270 win. If I was to choose the magnum I would choose the 300 win mag. But all four are well capable with the right loads to go from 0-500 yards without an issue of trajectory or ft lbs of energy. There's not much of a debate on which is best. If your going to shoot a lot of stuff around the 500 yard mark would be hard to deny the magnums holding the better ballistics. But beware of buying a magnum in cheap light weight guns they will punish you in recoil.
#8
Can't go wrong with 270 win, 7mm mag, 30-06 or a 300 win mag. If I was to choose a standard cartridge it would be the 270 win. If I was to choose the magnum I would choose the 300 win mag. But all four are well capable with the right loads to go from 0-500 yards without an issue of trajectory or ft lbs of energy. There's not much of a debate on which is best. If your going to shoot a lot of stuff around the 500 yard mark would be hard to deny the magnums holding the better ballistics. But beware of buying a magnum in cheap light weight guns they will punish you in recoil.
I think most of the 500+ yard shots are more of a TV advertizing stunt than actual hunting.
Just about every extreme range shot that I see on TV, they will then pan the camera back to the shooter's location and I'll think "Why didn't they sneak up to that next ridge, cut the distance in half, and make an easy, almost sure shot?"