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You can use gunbroker.com for pics, and a general idea of what you'll pay

For new guns, it's hard to beat prices at walmart.com

You should seriously look at a 7mm-08 also. It's just as lethal as the others inside of 300 yds on deer, will have the least recoil, shoots really flat, and is generally matched with fairly short barrels (as is the 308).

good luck

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my step dad was talking about the 7mm-08 so your saying the guns at walmart are actually good and worth buying

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The .270 winchester is very close to the finest deer rifle ever made.....

It's a tad too much IMO but still a very fine cartridge.

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I would look at Savage for lower cost and something that works. Funny I almost never see a used .270.

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ahh i dont think i want a savage. but i do have a question why are the guns at walmart cheaper than the ones on the makers website

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Dont let anyone talk you into the notion that Wally guns are built cheaper...just tisnt true. They sell so cheapbecause ofmassive volume. Remember also...the prices on the company websites are msrp's.....just suggested retail prices. Almost everyone sells for cheaper than the msrp.

On your original question. I carried a 270 for nearly 10 years and have zero complaints. Hits hard, groups great, cheap and readily available ammo, same poi with any brand of 130 grain I have ever tried. Its just a time tested tool that is a solid and dependable performer which you would never regret buying. I bought a 7-08 in 2004 and I can say I like it every bit as well as the 270. The 2 rounds are VERY similar ballistically with the 08 having a tad less recoil. I always considered my 08 as a short action 270. You cant go wrong with either round. The 7-08 has caught on rapidly over the last few years and I expect it will continue as theres really no cons to it. As for the 270...its been putting them down since 1925 and is as popular as ever. Flip a coin and take your pick...either is ideal.

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DD. Boy!! I though maybe you fell off the edge of the earth.:D

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I am a anti-270 hunter. For meits either too big or too small to be the perfect gun.

But it shots the best - reloads the best and isvery accurate. I don't own one but I have "borrowed" my son-in-laws and it is in my gun safe now.

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If you find the perfect ONE rifle, I don't want to hear about it. However, My wife might.;). The 270 is probably the best pure deer rifle on the planet. Thats is for any size deer under most all shooting and hunting conditions. The only thing that might be better would be the 280. Even then its to close to call the difference. Very close would be the 250, 25-06 260, 6.5x55, 7mm-08, 7x57 Mauser ,308, and 30-06. Don't forget the 44 Mag and 45-70.;)

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I agree with you James, I have had a .270 since I was 16 .It has killed atleast 20 deer none seemed to notice it wasnt a mag. I am a big bore fan by heart so that .44 mag and 45/70 are really my cup of tea. But I am 6'3" and weight 250 lbs an ex bodybuilder so I love recoil I never have minded some pain, My military career I was a ranger and I got to be around and shoot many .50 bmg.So that is where that comes from.