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this thread right here is what this site is all about, opions.
model70 loves the 270, it does everything hell ever need to do.
I love the 270, it can do and has done everything that ill ever need to do, short of big game. deer and elk arent big game. i have my 300win handy when i start to trip into that big game territory. ive got the 270wsm because i just had to have it, it looks cool and can out perform the 270win by just alittle all the way across the board with all bullet weights. 150s in the wsm case might be the way to go.
the 2506. the caliber has clung to me like glue on hot rubber and that will never change. in my opion the 257 calibers make some of the best deer only calibers out there. mix larger game in there and theyl work there to but there are others like the 270win 270wsm 280 7mm 3006 300win and on and on that will outperfrom the 25 cent bullets on larger game..
same holds true to the 277 calibers, there are calibers smaller and larger that have an advantage over them. maybe your plinkn away at rock chucks tipped 20 or so over but you havent seen a single hit due to the recoil. you migh then be thinking the 257 and smaller calibers would be kinda fun for varmiting, these have the advantage over the 277s in this department.
you might be hunter that hunts coyotes and rock chucks on acasion in the big game off season. then prong horn sets of the big game season. and rolls into deer season where your hunting muleys in idahos high country where shots can range from 20-600yds of your capable of shooting that far. the 270win can handle the longer shots. you also maybe hunt spring bear. the 277 is pretty well perfect here to. elk then come into the picture at the end of the big game season. the 277s are also very capable here to. and your shooting mainly this one rifle you know it very well and have found it strenghts and weaknesses. you know what you can and cant do with it. so to me the 277 is bout perfect for most every all around hunter in idaho.
but theres exseptions to the rull. what if you tend to hunt elk more than you do deer, maybe moose to. your planning that alaska hunt. i know someday ill more then likly end up packn a few rifles to alaska. i also know that id be hunting more than one type of game. and im pretty positive id take atleast two rifles. probly one of my 277 calibers and whatever 30cal i have at the time. i wouldnt ever go to alaska under gunned or even have any question about being under gunned. thats why the 2 calibers would come with me.
sp pretty much the 277s rull the roost right up untill you realize or need something that might be alittle better and have an edge over the smaller bullet. it doesnt mean the 270 is capable it just means there something atleast alittle better suited to the job.
Evan
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