RE: which Calibre
Actually one more thing I'd like to add and sorry about the thread drift..
After many years of hunting I have come to the conclusion that bullet construction is very important.. After using a bunch of different lead bullets (premium and generic), I am blown away by the Barnes TSX bullets.. Our hunting group started using them about 4 years ago and Its amazing how tough they are and how much damage they impart.. We seldom recover Barnes bullets but when we do they are together and expandedas advertized.. In the leaded days, we retreived way more lead bullets and about half of those didn't stay together so well, they DID do the job (I can't say they failed), but I am impressed with how the Barnes just don't break up like the leaded ones..
We bulk load up 140 grain 270 TSX for 4 of us and 2 more in our extended group want in.. I know, I know you're supposed to tweak the load to your gun, but nobody in our group's complaining with the accuracy from the generic load.. My gun and ammo is still more accurate than I am...