The 270 would be a great gun. If you reload you can get a good round nose bullet up to 170 grain. If not the 150 grain bullet in any good factory load would be good for your conditions. You would also be set up for deer hunting anywhere on earth with a good 270. A 308 would fill the nich as well as some of the ones listed above. 7MM-08, 260 Rem. and the lever guns. Its just that the 270 is so versitile.