Another Caliber
 

I never hunted growing up (fishing was my deal), but my son wanted to hunt when he was friends with another kid who hunted! So I took it up about 12 years ago! Turns out I love it and really enjoy my time in the woods and around the camp, it has become a passion, though my son doesn't hunt much anymore!LOL
I have a couple of Browning 270's one wood stock that I use and a stainless/synthetic that I got for my son.

It's an awesome deer gun and I have been lucky and made good shots on each deer I have taken. I have three eight points (two mounted) and a bunch of does and a few sows, (good eats)!

I want another Gun, no good reason other than I like them, I mostly hunt in FL,Ga and Al, and I was looking for some suggestions. I was thinking of trading one of the 270's (maybe), and could spend up to
$ 2,500.00.

Thought you guys might enjoy this..... it's always fun to spend someone else's money!

Perhaps a special purpose hog gun like a lever action Marlin in 45/70 or 450 Marlin. No real need for optics, but you could install a goo quality low-power fixed or variable and still have over half of your budget to spend.

Personally, I don't have a use for high-dollar guns. I like them as much as anyone else, but that's not a priority for me right now. My guns have to earn their keep in the woods.

.270 is a solid, all around caliber to do about anything with short of big game. Before I had my house robbed in Sept 08, I had my Remington 700 in 7 Mag for most of my hunting but I had a .30-06 in an old school Remington 740 semi auto with a short barrel. Awesome gun, to be honest. I drilled an 11 point offhand at 120ish yds with it. the point was having the long cannon for set shots from stands and the much more portable and flexibly 30-06 for hogs or stalk/rattle hunting was a good set up for me.

As far as calibers go.../shrug. Depends on what you want to do. Do you want a gun you can take on big game hunts if you ever have a chance? Do you want something that just shoots straight and clean, not necassarily a cannon? .25-06 is pretty slick for that, IMO.

So what would you like to use this gun (I'm assuming a rifle) for? Your .270's should kill anything down there just fine. If you are looking for something new, maybe look into a Kimber or Sako in .300wsm. Either would be very fine rifles, in an excellent caliber. Another option would be taking a used grade 3-5 Weatherby off someone looking to sell. Maybe in .257 weatherby?
Throw us some more information and I'm sure you will get a plethera of ideas from guys on here.

Don't get me wrong I really love the 270 as a deer gun, I just want another rifle or two.

Got a muzzle loader, an 12 Ga 870, and a 16 Ga Citori,was lucky enough to go to South Dakota, Mexico, and Argentina wing shooting!

I may go out west one of these days, for elk? so maybe 300 wsm?
I could probably get both for "about" $2500 and get a sweet shooting 25.06 or .257 also!

Heh, that's part of the problem...a .270 is a solid 'medium sized' cartridge, so its not like toting around a cannon and wanting something different or the opposite and wanting a little more firepower than you have.

I guess the main thing would be to invest in a quality, accurate rifle no matter what caliber you decide upon.

I'd probably step up in size, since you already have a .270win, which is a great medium size deer type round...

step up to a magnum.... I think on the low end I'd choose a .300wsm all the way up to a .375H&H which is argued to be the most useable cartridge in the world....can hunt the world with it...

I think I'd strongly look at the...
.300 WSM or Win.Mag.
.300 RUM
.338 Win.Mag. (very versatile from deer to brown bear...and my pick/suggestion that you get)
.375H&H

Man, I loved my 7 Mag....I love to have 5 min alone with the SOB's who broke into my house.....

Heres a second vote for the .338 win mag. If you're not worried about overkill you can deer hunt with it but also use it for any other north american big game, including brown bear and moose.

Weatherby Mark V Deluxe in .340 Weatherby Magnum.

May be something tame and fun to shoot like a .243 which is fine for deer especially for typically smaller body FL deer.

I was kind of figuring in a premire scope with the rifle for the cost, so a sako + swarovski + ammo = close to 2,500. You could go with a Kimber Grand American to push the cost up. Or check out some custom,or semi-custom rifles like Dakota Arms. Oh, you also will probably want to shoot this rifle a lot, so depending on how much you enjoy recoil or not might play a factor in buying the .338 or .340. great calibers to be sure, but too much kick for this wuss. Please let us know what you are now thinking, or what you end up with.

For 2500 bucks I would go with two new calibers.. You have a good medium caliber, so I would go with a 243 and 30 caliber or larger.. Maybe a 325 WSM??

Here you go



http://www.remington.com/products/fi...alaskan_Ti.asp



In .300 Win Mag.................................

It really depends on what you plan on using it for. I would say a step up and a step down if you want two more. Say a 300WM and a 22-250. $2500 should be enough for the guns and quality glass for each.

For all around,and more firepower,7 mag or 300 mag.If elk huntin,id go with a 300 mag.

well..if it was my $$ i would build a custome gun. i would take a cz mauser action, have a 26in barrel chamberd in 300 weatherby made for it, and put it in a monte carlo wood stock. top it off with a burris scope. but thats just me

brett

Buy three
 

Well with $2,500.00 dollars I would buy 3 of my Savage stainless rifles with Nikon Buckmaster scopes in 3 different calibers. The one I shoot and love has the accutrigger in 300 WSM. I already have a 270 and 30-06 so I would probably get a 243 and 7 MM mag for the other two.

How about a lever action. A Marlin 336 in either 30-30 or 35 Rem, both are excellent deer rifles. Of course I can't pass up an opportunity to show off mine. :D

I use a 12Ga 500 and really like it, try a muzzle loader or a 20 Ga, 16 Ga