.270 vs .308 ?

Ardent said:
Have never owned a 7x57 double, doubles are medium bore and better in my eyes. ;) I do have a lovely single 7x57, and the 7x57 is swell but outperformed by the .270 (which is outperformed by the .270 WSM, which is outperformed by the 7mm STW, and so forth :) ).

I believe the .270 is where my buck stops in that race, it's fast enough (favourite load right now is a 110gr TTSX at 3400fps), and you are right I am having a bit of a love affair with it lately.. It's been the sleeper in my cabinet a long time, under appreciated. It's boring and it bloody well works: Since 1923. I'll be bored of it again by next season perhaps.
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I'm gonna have to try those 110 gr ttsx in my mountain ascent. The 130 ttsx at 3100 fps dropped a mule deer in its tracks for me this yr, it never took a step. I'm also having a love affair with the 270 win as of late. To tell you the truth, 270 win, 280 rem and 284 win are my favourite choices for hunting deer. The ballistics of those 3 cartridges are almost identical. They are the best of the non magnums for open country mule deer IMHO.
 
Indeed I actually think the .270 is at its best with the 110gr and a reasonable BC (.377 in the TTSX's case). Hard to beat em on sheep and goats in the mountains too, I'd have a .284 if brass was as cheap and plentiful as .270 or .30-06, very intriguing cartridge, just don't want to tie into more niche cartridges. I have enough of those to feed as it stands. :)
 
Ardent, just pick up a decent lot of 6.5-284 and neck up to 7, you don't have much of an excuse to not own the sweet little 284. Lol
 
Ok, here is my logic.... If I buy a 270, it will do everything adequately from yotes to moose.... But it's not the right cartridge for the small end of stuff (Even though it meets the dense small game regulation).......

Now, with a .308, you need to buy something for the smaller stuff, aka 243... And a .223 for the varmint size small stuff..... In other words, I can do everything with a .270 or be "forced" to buy anywhere from 2-4 rifles to cover my bases if I want to be legal and multi species.....

So ya, .308 it is.....
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Superbrad said:
Ok, here is my logic.... If I buy a 270, it will do everything adequately from yotes to moose.... But it's not the right cartridge for the small end of stuff (Even though it meets the dense small game regulation).......

Now, with a .308, you need to buy something for the smaller stuff, aka 243... And a .223 for the varmint size small stuff..... In other words, I can do everything with a .270 or be "forced" to buy anywhere from 2-4 rifles to cover my bases if I want to be legal and multi species.....

So ya, .308 it is.....
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Thats good, we need an excuse to buy more rifle's. I also have a 308 and a 308 norma mag. My god! it never ends.
 
Superbrad said:
Ok, here is my logic.... If I buy a 270, it will do everything adequately from yotes to moose.... But it's not the right cartridge for the small end of stuff (Even though it meets the dense small game regulation).......

Now, with a .308, you need to buy something for the smaller stuff, aka 243... And a .223 for the varmint size small stuff..... In other words, I can do everything with a .270 or be "forced" to buy anywhere from 2-4 rifles to cover my bases if I want to be legal and multi species.....

So ya, .308 it is.....
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You also can be required to have long and short barrel versions of each, I'm building a 32" .25 cal for instance.

Cleftwynd said:
Ardent, just pick up a decent lot of 6.5-284 and neck up to 7, you don't have much of an excuse to not own the sweet little 284. Lol
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I'm strangely Scottish in some ways, I rejoice on finding brass in the range bucket with factory primers. Federal and Wnchester as the easiest to tell, bless them.
 
I always liked 308 win because of the amazing availability in different rifles - e.g. RFB, M14 clones, all those scout rifles, ultralight mountain rifles, sniper, tactical and tacticool rifles etc...
 
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Ardent said:
It's hard to beat for that. If you wanted only one centerfire chambering between a diverse group of rifles, .308's it.
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How boring would that be...two hundred and thirty seven rifles, all 308 :/

No thanks, I am a "gun nut" not a 308 Winchester junky lol. More power to those that are I guess.
 
Kelly Timoffee said:
Oh I bet we could get it shooting. ;)

So are you saying you are looking for 1/4 MOA??

A 284 would be a nice toy though.
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When I first got that rifle, I figured it would be a tack driver, no such luck. You were right though Kelly, it did shoot the 150 gr sierra game kings the best out of all the bullets I tried. Its a finicky rifle, what else can I say. I do like the 7-08 cartridge but I prefer the 284 win.
 
pete dobinson said:
When I first got that rifle, I figured it would be a tack driver, no such luck. You were right though Kelly, it did shoot the 150 gr sierra game kings the best out of all the bullets I tried. Its a finicky rifle, what else can I say. I do like the 7-08 cartridge but I prefer the 284 win.
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I have a supergrade in 7mm-08 that rooksome work to get shooting. Shoots great niw though. Sub moa at 100 and 200 thats as far as the range here goes
 
.270 or .308? Well, according to the guy who runs our local car repair shop, .308's are just not accurate. Both he and his son had them and they got rid of them. So, there you have it. :p

This is from the guy who figures that "they" are putting a lot of water in the car gas now, judging by the water dripping out the exhaust pipe. :rolleyes:
 
hometownhero said:
I have a supergrade in 7mm-08 that rooksome work to get shooting. Shoots great niw though. Sub moa at 100 and 200 thats as far as the range here goes
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Yes, it can take some work to wring out the accuracy in some rifle's. Maybe my m70 EW needs to be bedded. I lost interest though, my kimber's shoot sub moa right out of the box.
 
kjohn said:
.270 or .308? Well, according to the guy who runs our local car repair shop, .308's are just not accurate. Both he and his son had them and they got rid of them. So, there you have it. :p

This is from the guy who figures that "they" are putting a lot of water in the car gas now, judging by the water dripping out the exhaust pipe. :rolleyes:
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I bet you don't take your car to that guy. lol
 
pete dobinson said:
I bet you don't take your car to that guy. lol
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Actually, I do. The guy has been troubleshooting everything from lawnmowers to big trucks and tractors for over 50 years. He is just a chronic BS'r. My wife had a 2001 Chev Suburban. The pushbutton 4wd selector quit. I took it to a GM garage. Oh, you need a something or other for only $1500 or so. Took it to good old Eddy = $2.00 fuse! :rockOn:
 
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