I will be going to Colorado this fall to elk hunt near Gunnison. I will be using my Howa .300 Win Mag as my primary gun but will also take a second as a back-up. My choices are my Ruger 77 in .270 Win and a sporterized VZ-24 Mauser in 7mm-08. I need to keep one sighted in with my whitetail rounds to use for deer season here in Michigan. I' m leaning towards using the Ruger .270 as my back-up as it' s a little lighter. Each of them shoot MOA without difficulty. The Mauser has a synthetic stock and the Ruger a wood stock. Each are mounted with similar 3-9X40 scopes and each have a Timney trigger.

Whaddya think?