ORIGINAL: ranger140892
I think in your case a back up rifle is a bad idea. Instead, spend your money on psychotherapythat mighthelp you make easy, no brainer decisions on your own, and stop flooding the board with dumb#ss posts.
Niceresponse a-hole, way to help him out.
Our hunting camp is almost 5 hours away and I always bring a backup gun for theof us. Usually its my 44 Deerfield(which I wind up taking out half of the time anyway).
Between the 2 calibers you mentioned, I think either are fine. Im not sure how many other calibers you have but if it were me, Id get something thats not close is size and capabilities ofyour current 270wsm. Go big like a 444 or 45-70 lever gun or go smaller like a 243, that way you can use the back up rifle for other situations like varmit hunting or if you ever go bear hunting something like that. If you currently have a wood stock maybe go SS and synthetic incase it rains you can take that gun.
I think the 50ML for a backup is a great idea if you dont already have a ML. You can get a have decent ML for a couple hunder bucks.