between 270 and 300 win mag
 

I am buying my father a new rifle for his birthday. We share all our rifles so im looking for a caliber in between the 270 and 300 win mag that I already have. He wants to be able to hunt deer and maybe elk with it.

Thanks for all the help!

the 06 is never a wrong choice

+1 Hard to argue that !

However, I prefer the 7MM RM - "shoots as flat as a .270 and hits as hard as a .30-06."


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I enjoyed read this.

7mmRM..."shoots flatter than the 270 and hits harder than the 30-06" :D

7mm will do all that you ask.

I,m 66 shoot a 7mm for years, shoulders started to go after Iraq so I changed
to a 270 Winchester. How old is your father? Actually I still shoot the 7MM,
but I can shoot the 270 more.

Can't go wrong with 270 win, 7mm mag, 30-06 or a 300 win mag. If I was to choose a standard cartridge it would be the 270 win. If I was to choose the magnum I would choose the 300 win mag. But all four are well capable with the right loads to go from 0-500 yards without an issue of trajectory or ft lbs of energy. There's not much of a debate on which is best. If your going to shoot a lot of stuff around the 500 yard mark would be hard to deny the magnums holding the better ballistics. But beware of buying a magnum in cheap light weight guns they will punish you in recoil.

What he said. :cool2:

I think most of the 500+ yard shots are more of a TV advertizing stunt than actual hunting.

Just about every extreme range shot that I see on TV, they will then pan the camera back to the shooter's location and I'll think "Why didn't they sneak up to that next ridge, cut the distance in half, and make an easy, almost sure shot?"

Ditto. Love mine. :)

I agree with Blackelk.

deer and maybe elk? I'd get a deer rifle that could handle elk then.

anything from 270 to 300win.mag would work, but I think something like the 7mm rem mag or .300wsm sound nice. or even 270wsm, 280 rem.

6.5-284 if you want to be unique, savage chambers this.

280rem maybe .280 rem AI

i just started looking into the 7mm-08. that seems like a good round from what ive heard with not alot of recoil.

280 is a plus, I have a 270 and 308. It is flatter shooting and has not let me down.

270 is what I have, and with all the craziness that has taken place in the last 6 months, I have never had a problem finding that caliber ammo on most any sporting goods shelf.

280 or 7-08.. Long or short action take your pic.

Depends upon how big, strong and young your dad is?

I am a senior and the .300 Win. Mag kicks kind of hard!

I made some 30-06 level loads for one I got.

They say the .270 Win. can take bigger game with the best bullets.

That's my suggestion.

Besides a 270 just has to weigh less and we carry those rifles so much.

tween the two thats it

I too would have the say the good old 30-06 is a good choice between the two. But the .280 would be a strong second. Shoots flat enough for distance with almost as much oomph as the 7mm RM without all the recoil. The mag will give you a bit more fps but at a cost of considerable more powder.

Using the above criteria, what calibers do you "already have?" Are you trying to get something you already have reloading dies for?

Any of those calibers will work well on deer. I prefer 30's on elk (I actually use a .338) but there are a lot of people using 7's, 270's, etc.

I think he means; between 270 and 300 win mag ??

I have a 270 and 300 win mag. I dont reload. Is it pointless to buy another gun in the same caliber?

I don't gun hunt much, more of a bow hunter. But I went with a 30-06 for it's versatility. Nothing to extraordinary just a Ruger M77 MKII, glass bedded it / floated barrel, topped with a Burris Fullfield 4.5-14 x 42mm. After dialing in a hand load I have a rifle that's more accurate than I can shoot it. I can get 3 rounds into 3/4" at 100yds consistently off a bench and I'm sure a better shooter could shrink that. And that's a 165gr spbt with a hot load and serious recoil. Since you already have a 270 and 300mag I would recommend spending the money on reloading equipment rather than another rifle. You can fine tune a load that will give you a balance of power and the level of recoil your father is comfortable with. Reloading isn't difficult once you take some time to read up on it and ask a few questions.

Buy something in between ~ recommend 7MM RM.

Each caliber should play a "back-up" role for the other; often it's more a matter of the terrain your hunting in (always bring 2 guns on important hunts).

The only time I would buy the same caliber would be a .223 (for example): one in a boltgun and one in a AR platform. As always, just one man's opinion.

Not necessarily. If your father is going to hunt at the same time as you, both of you could carry the same caliber and have double the ammo available. Also, good insurance in case something goes wrong with either rifle. You want to buy a rifle for your dad which is a good thing. Make your best choice and then enjoy the hunting with your dad. :D

.308 or .30-06 are more than sufficient. I have no data to back it up, but I'd venture a guess that more animals have been taken with two cartridges than any other.

If you shoot it well, it will work.

Ditto, Ditto to both of the above. If you were to reload for it, you could almost duplicate 7MM Mag performance.

hate to tell u 06, dose it all,n it dont hert

Like others have posted, it's hard to beat a .30-06.

If you and your Dad are sharing rifles, and you already have a .270 Win, I would advise against a .280 Rem. There is very little difference in downrange performance between them, and they look close enough alike that there is the possibility of mixing up the cartridges and rifles.

I reload for all of my centerfire shooting, including my .270 Win and my .300 Weatherby (my favorite hunting rifle!) and even at today's inflated powder prices, it only costs me 10 cents more in powder to load a .300 Wby cartridge than it does to load a .270 cartridge.

The price of fuel is more of an issue than the cost of reloading a few cartridges.