Thank you for the input, I have a 30-06 and a 25-06 but for this new Ruger Hawkeye FTW for $500.00 I thought it seemed like a good deal. It does seem a little on the heavy side that's why I thought if I could trade it for the larger 300 it may work better but hate to spend more money to upgrade if there is only a small margin of increased benefits. Second question, is the 270 much flatter then 30-06? when I look at graphs they seem to be the same comparing same bullet weights.