Originally Posted by
Game Stalker
If you're going to consider the .270, you might as well just get the .280 Remington and be done w/it. You'd be glad you did. The biggest difference between the .280 and the others you've inquired about is that you need to get the ammo from a real gun store instead of just walking into a Wally world type box store.(That can be a factor) The 280 has similar recoil to the .270 and its 7mm bullets are overall better ballistically . Standard and premium ammo is available to suit virtually any big game requirement.
Never have seen a shooter or an animal that could tell the difference in a .270 vs .280.
OP, at reasonable ranges, there is no appreciable difference in a .270 and 308, as far as performance on game, when both are loaded with good bullets. I've used both extensively. I am a little bit partial to the 270 win. It was my first CF rifle cartridge and I have killed enough game to fill a couple of large dump trucks with it. Lately, I've been carrying a Kimber Montana in 308 @ ~5 lbs, all-up. Hiking steep and far certainly favors that rifle. It kills chit.
Bottom line is that the bullet shoved in the brass matters more than what is written on the base of that brass.