I've killed deer and hogs with both... as well as .243, .308, and .30-30....

I would never say the .270 is not capable... however i will say this....

a few years ago, i shot a spike buck in the head with a .270... it at the base of the ear... watched the round hit, and the head go splat... after spending the next 6 hours looking for it, could not find it... what I did find, however, was the little yearling that was standing 15 ft to the left(90 degrees to the bullets path) of the deer i shot... the bullet had gut shot that yearling... i just happened to stumble across it doing a gradual spiral out from the place the spike was standing... about 100 yds... only thing i found of the spike was bone, a toothe and what i thought was brain matter where it fell(yes, i watched it fall)

not the .270's fault... using the same ammo earlier that year, i dropped a 300 lb hog in its tracks, on the run, at 250 yds, with a shot right behind the shoulder....

but i've headshot probably a dozen deer from .30-30s, .308s, .30-06, and even a .243... that was definitely a first...

that .270 belongs to my dad now... great gun...



get one gun, shoot it ALOT at all possible different ranges... dont worry about how flat it shoots or how hard it hits... either will kill a deer equally dead