.270 or .308

[fabsroman]

All of the rifles I have bought so far have been Rugers. I believe they have their target model in a .308 and they probably offer their hunting rifles in .308 too. I have the target model in .220 Swift and the stainless steel hunting model in .300 Win Mag. I love both guns and will be buying the .25-06 Ruger MKIIVT (i.e., target model) right after I get an AR-15 and AR-10.

I have shot both the .308 and the .270, and I don't think I have noticed a difference in recoil in either of them. Of course, the .270 was in a Remington 700 and the .308 was on a Browning BAR. To get an exact feel for the difference in recoil, you would need to shoot the exact same model gun in both calibers with the maximum load you will ever use.

At first, my .300 Win Mag kicked like a mule, but I changed the stock and added a bipod to it and now I can shoot it all day.