What Joe can do with a 30-06 John can do with a .270 and..............
What John can do with his .270 Joe can do with his 30-06.
Hunting the same animals I will put a .270 against a 30-06 any time.
I will also put a 30-06 up against a .270 any time.
I'm not helping much am I?
Well that's because the dead animals will never know if they have been hit with a .277" bullet or a .308 inch bullet.
Back 30 or 40 years ago when all a hunter had to choose from were Plane Jane bullets I would have said the 30-06 due to the heavier bullets available to hunt the larger and tougher game animals like elk and moose. That's not the case today. There are bullets available to the hand loader and factory ammo shooter alike that make once marginal heavy game cartridges into very capeable cartridges. Such is the case with the .270. Where a .270 bullet might have failed on a shoulder shot elk 40 years ago the same .270 when firing bullets such as A-frames, Barnes X, TBBC, Accubond, etc... one can expect these bullets to stay together and usually pass through an elk, shoulder and all.