RE: Two Questions Caliber and Scope
Consider a 300 Remington Ultra Mag
Use Remington Ammo:
Series One - Approximates 30-06 performance.
Series Two - Approximates 300WinMag performance.
Series Three - Full blown Ultra Mag
Grow as you go.
Dial it up or down according to where you hunt and what you hunt.
270 was my first centerfire rifle.... never was that impressed with it, it was o-k-a-y but never delivered a real "wow" performance for me, well.... okay, it was spectacular on prairie dogs.