.308 or .270?
08-09-2007, 01:00 AM
#22
Typical Buck
Join Date: May 2007
Location: South Carolina
Posts: 957
RE: .308 or .270?
Either will do. I have a .270win. Only rifle i've ever owned. I was thinking about buying a .308...but bought a new bow instead. 
The only thing I am sittin' here wondering is why there are so many "under 200 yard" comments???!?!?!?!?!
Both of these rounds aremore than capible of taking shots beyond 200yds. Why do you think the military and law enforcement uses the .308 so much?
The only thing I am sittin' here wondering is why there are so many "under 200 yard" comments???!?!?!?!?!
Both of these rounds aremore than capible of taking shots beyond 200yds. Why do you think the military and law enforcement uses the .308 so much?
08-09-2007, 05:48 AM
#23
Fork Horn
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Heart of Dixie
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RE: .308 or .270?
ORIGINAL: longbeardbuster
I currently use a Browning A bolt .270and I am thinking about switching to a Ruger M77 .308but I have never had any experiece with a .308. Has anyone had experiece with both? Which if eitheris better for deer, probably for shots under 200 yards?
I currently use a Browning A bolt .270and I am thinking about switching to a Ruger M77 .308but I have never had any experiece with a .308. Has anyone had experiece with both? Which if eitheris better for deer, probably for shots under 200 yards?
08-09-2007, 10:18 AM
#24
Join Date: Jul 2007
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RE: .308 or .270?
I think it's hard to say one is better then the other, as both are great. If you can't hit at 300 yards with a 308 then you can't do it with a 270. I love my 308 but know the 270's great also, so you really can't go wrong with either. One thing about the 308 is it can be found in a carbine with 18 or 20 inch barrels. If I already had a 270 and was going to get a 308, that's the way I'd go.
08-09-2007, 10:33 AM
#25
Typical Buck
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RE: .308 or .270?
It's like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic and complaining that you don't have a window seat! Shoot a deer with a .270 or .308 at 200yards or less and the only place it is going is down.Mute point debating calibers.....Harold
08-13-2007, 02:15 PM
#29
Nontypical Buck
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RE: .308 or .270?
I have killed a mountain of deer with 270 over the last 25 years, but I have recently bought a 308 to try this year. My primary caliber of choice is 30-30, and where I hunt, it is really all I "need".
08-14-2007, 04:15 PM
#30
RE: .308 or .270?
Being the humble kind of guy thatI amAND not one to brag as most of you know.. however I do shoot a Belgium Browning Mauser action 270 which was made in 1963 ...in 2006 I shot 13 times ...13 kills as I posted here in 2006 ...I cant imagine trading a Browning A boltfor TWO Ruggers ...JMO
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