308 or 270
 

I plan on getting a new rifle soon. im just not sure what caliber i should buy. I plan on hunting hog and deer with it, and having some fun at the range with it so i want it to be accurate. to atleast 400 yards. what do you recommend? 308 or 270. I have heard good things about both of these calibers. butI'm still not sure what to get. I already own a 243. If you can recommend a few rifles aswell around $800- 1000 that would be sweet[&:]

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Tikka T3 lite, .270 w/ a conquest 3x9. The .270 is a bit flatter, but both will get the job done. .308 will give you a bit more bullet selection, but for hogs and deer you are more than covered.

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i personally love my .270win. Its accurate to about 600m with practice and supposedly out to about 800 with skill. The great thing about the .270 is that it has light recoil and a relatively trajectory. Both have the same content in grains with the .308 having more options in bullet weight and probably is going to be found cheaper.

any remington 700 would be a great choice, design is your preference and determine the cost. the cheapest is the 700 SPS which starts at like .450

good luck!

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Technically, your .243 would do the hogs, deer, & range fun, too. And with lots o' relatively inexpensive factory ammo choices, too!

.308 or .270 would also give you lots of inexpensive ammo choices, and a virtually endless combination of rifle platforms from which to choose. M-14's & AR's can be had in .308, just in case that tickles your fancy. Go to a place with tons of rifles, & shoulder all the ones that "speak" to you. The one that "feels" best to you is the one to get. Unless it's the dirt-cheapest model of any particular mfgr., they'll all do about as well as the others.

This could well turn into an 8 page sniping war between the cartridge partisans. Either cartridge will do what you're looking for, though, & you'd have an awfully hard time choosing any truly meaningful differences between the two.

Get a quarter, & flip it!

FC

RE: 308 or 270
 

Both are great....no...more than great. Superb cartridges. Both will do what you're looking for. The 270 can be a little bit faster and flatter, especially at 300 yds and beyond. But the .308 can counter this by being somewhat more versatile with the fantastic range of bullets for 30 caliber. I've got a Winchester 270 that is super and a .308 in Ruger that has been a fine rifle. Both fit your priceline. But you can include CZ, Remington, Savage and I'm sure a few others. Every serious gun maker offers both calibers.

You won't go wrong.

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never been a big fan of the .308, though plenty of guys love it, personally id rather have a .30-06 than a .308, if considering a .308 case....id be looking at the 7mm-08 or .243 win.

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I have both and its kind of like apples against oranges or Chevy vs. Ford. Both are great and it really depends on what brand of gun you feel most comforatable with. The 308 does have a larger bullet selection though and is easier a hair cheaper to handload due to about a 10gr. difference in powder capacity.

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Salukipv - I used to feel exactly as you do about the .308 and basically looked at itas an /06 "imposter." 90% of my hunting life I've owned and used the /06 as pretty much my go-to gun and it's never let me down. And then a shoulder injury and resulting surgery left me a little recoil sensitive to what my /06 could dish out for about a year. During that time I got rid of my /06 and figured I could never shoot one comfortably again. (Happily I was wrong) Anyway, months after the /06 was gone I gat a heavy bbl Ruger 308 practically given to me in a trade by a guy who just had to have something else I owned. I had so little respect for the .308 that I took it to a smith and told him to chop off all but 19 inches of that big heavy barrel as I wasn't dragging that muzzle heavy thing around the rest of my life.

After that and in spite of my savagery, I discoveredthis .308 was still a tack driver and one of the most accurate rifles I ever owned. Furthermore, for the hunting I was doing and the bullets I was shooting, it really would equal an /06 on most things and do it with less powder and seemingly less recoil.

Ultimately I came to love and respect the thing and I think that is pretty much the story of the .308. It's a rifle that grows on a fellow and if you don't shoot critters that demand bullets heavier than 165 grains, the 308 is really all in the world a guy needs. It's not a spectacular cartridge but it is for sure avery good one. They will do a fine job on anything from elk or black bear on down to jackrabbits and for accuracy they will outshoot 95% of the guns out there. Super efficient cartridge.

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308...If your going with a bolt action you can get the benefit of a shorter rifle by going with the shorter cartridge...

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If that were my choice, I'd go with the 308.

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Either gun will shoot 400 yards with no problem. Though it is funny everybody always wants a gun that will shoot 400 - 1000 yards when almost 90% of the time you never shoot over 100 yards at a deer. Even at the ranges most of them only have a 200 yard range. I have guns that will shot as far as you want but the longest shot I made on a animal was 175 yards and most have been less than 75 yards. I would finda gun that fits you well and then it is really a coin toss which caliber to get. We have a couple of each and never one is better than the other.

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Either is a great choice. Mine has been for decades the 308 Win. You can get a great shooting factory rifle well within your price limits. For my $$$, right now I'd lean towards the a Browning A-Bolt or Steyr Pro Hunter.

If you prefer using a scope, my advice is to get the best scope that you can possibly afford. Clean, crisp edge to edge, "bright", rugged scopes are expensive and worth every penny. I am 100% convinced that you cannot count on all of these qualities in an economy scope.

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I have Both and plenty of other calibers. I would go with the .308, simply because you have a much better number of bullet weights to choose from. And the .308 is a favorite of the military and police snipers because of its inherent accuracy. You can get the .308 in short , fast handling rifles or in regular length stocked rifles, and I personally love the shorter rifles. They are lighter and easier to carry. But, as many have said, the .270 is a fine rifle round...... I just think for your applications the .308 is a better choice. And if you decided you needed more power, you can buy some Hornady light mag sst ammo, and it will do anything you could ask of it.

In rifle choice, the Ruger M77 ( full size or the new Compact model ), Browning A-Bolt Hunter or Medallion ( or the A-Bolt Micro Hunter in a short gun ), or the Remington Model 7 for a short gun are super rifles to choose from. And yes, I do own all of them plus other brands and models, but those guns see most of my hunting action. I would highly recommend you check them all out and pick which ever feels best to you. If you have any specific questions about any of them please feel free to PM me.

Good Luck,

God Bless

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308, 308, Oh by the way-308. 30 caliber is King-except for the 45-70. Tom.

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anytime I use a rifle, its typically out west and shots may be out to 500yds, I know the .308 is a great round, very accurate, I just think I'd rather have a .270 or .30-06, though maybe .308 with lighter bullets can compete, I think i'd rather a 7mm-08 then, for this reason, lighter/faster bullets.

but sure if i was shooting under 200-300 yars for sure, then ya less rifle, I think I like the 7mm08 more than the .308, those bullets just seem big for a .308. to each their own, and ya just figur eout what type of hunting youre going to b edoing and what you want to do with it.

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I shot my first buck at 25 yards with my .308, and he dropped, didn't run, just dropped, shot it in the upper shoulder, using Federal Powershoks, the impact of the bullet broke the spine, and the bullet itself went into the lungs.

No significantmeat damage, in fact, no half-dollar sized exit wound, either.

.308 is under no circumstances, and overkill round for deer, unless you're hunting Key deer.

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308 Browning A-Bolt Or browning BLR W/Pistol Grip with 165 or 180 GRNWinchester BallisticSilver Tips UGotA Gun For The Rest Of Your Life:D

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I have used both but presently I only have the 270. But really, it's your personal preference. You aren't going to go wrong with either one.
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RE: 308 or 270
 

Both are great cartridges! I prefer the .308.

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Check out the 308 with 168gr bullets. Lighter, and faster doesn't always win ;)

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Personally,I would go with the .308. Being X -military;).If I was going to go with a 30-06 based cartridge it would be 25-06.

RE: 308 or 270
 

Whats the difference between the two? Is the recoil in the 270 a big difference than the 308? Also, which one is a good choice for shooting accurate up to 300yds?

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The calibre is very close, but whichever one you go with, I would go with the Browning A-bolt, stainless, great gun.

RE: 308 or 270
 

I believe the recoil for both would be relatively the same, any differences would mainly come from how the gun is built, not the cartridge it fires.