Do I need a new caliber?
11-29-2009, 04:04 PM
#1
Spike
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Do I need a new caliber?
I am using a .270 but I am beggining to wonder if there is a better caliber for me. I Hunt a very steep area of land with many ridges and hollows. I will not have a shot over 150 yards most shots are 50-75 yards. I hunt deer and coyote. Is the .270 a good gun for this kind of hunting or should I look into a diffrent cartridge?
11-29-2009, 07:08 PM
#6
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 10,679
It's not the cartridge but rather the rifle that it is chambered in.
If you are hunting in thick terrain you want a short, quick handling rifle that can be maneuvered through trees and brush easily. The cartridge matters not.
If your rifle has a long barrel, is overly heavy and bulky, and has a big high power scope I would say it would be a handicap in that setting regardless of what cartridge it is chambered for.
If you are hunting in thick terrain you want a short, quick handling rifle that can be maneuvered through trees and brush easily. The cartridge matters not.
If your rifle has a long barrel, is overly heavy and bulky, and has a big high power scope I would say it would be a handicap in that setting regardless of what cartridge it is chambered for.
11-29-2009, 07:15 PM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Spokane Washington
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Like Bigbulls said, if the rifle is not set up for the terrain that you are hunting then it can put you at a handicap. I hunt area like you describe and usually end up carrying my lever gun by midway point. Basically when the weather gets cold and things get less than ideal for a scope, the lever gun comes out and I go for the gun that packs the easiest.
11-29-2009, 09:45 PM
#9
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NW Montana / SW Alberta Rockies
Posts: 3,258
270 is just fine but why limit yourself to one rifle. Everyone needs a 30-30 in the back of the truck. Its a good short range brush gun up to about 150 yrds and easy to pack and fun as heck to shoot. If you don't own one now, you will. 
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