30-06 or 270
- Thread starter NBgunnut
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It doesn't matter which one you get , sooner or later you'll get bored of it And want to upgrade. It happens with everything.A 300 quad is more than enough to haul a moose out of the bush ,but after owning one for a while you'll want to upgrade to a 700. Kraft dinner and hot dogs are enough to fill you , but after eating it for a while , you'll want a steak.
That's why I think you should step it up right out of the box to a 300 Weatherby or 300 win-mag. Sooner or later your gonna want one anyways.
That's why I think you should step it up right out of the box to a 300 Weatherby or 300 win-mag. Sooner or later your gonna want one anyways.
I feel that both are similar cartridges and will both be up to the task...
However if I'm after bigger critters I like a larger, heavier bullet to try to anchor them cleanly, and have an entry and exit hole. My vote is for 30-06. I know aa few guys that use 270 for everything including wood bison, but I prefer a bigger diameter.
However if I'm after bigger critters I like a larger, heavier bullet to try to anchor them cleanly, and have an entry and exit hole. My vote is for 30-06. I know aa few guys that use 270 for everything including wood bison, but I prefer a bigger diameter.
Either caliber will do nicely on either game. To me it would depend on which type of game you're going to spend the most time hunting, IE. if I was going to hunt primarily deer with thoughts of the odd moose, I would choose the 270. If I was going to primarily hunt moose with a crack at the odd deer, I'd choose the '06.
270 for the deer hunter who hunts moose. 30-06 for the moose hunter that hunts deer. Same thing with the 7mm and 300 mags.
There's a great deal of over-lap.
So much of what goes into cartridge choice is based on feelings, hunches and what we feel ought to be true. I'll admit that there is certain visceral knowledge that a 30 cal has to be better on large animals than the 7mm and 270s, but proving it by killing things hasn't been as decisive as I'd like. Fact is, I've had way too many fast kills with 270s and 7mms to have any doubt about how well they work.
There's a great deal of over-lap.
So much of what goes into cartridge choice is based on feelings, hunches and what we feel ought to be true. I'll admit that there is certain visceral knowledge that a 30 cal has to be better on large animals than the 7mm and 270s, but proving it by killing things hasn't been as decisive as I'd like. Fact is, I've had way too many fast kills with 270s and 7mms to have any doubt about how well they work.
steve-o1979
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I can't understand all this "bored" talk...been shooting 30-06 for 19 years...does everything I ever wanted it to do. I have absolutely no interest in buying anything other than the classics... 308, 30-06, 300 win mag, and 270. They have all worked fine for years and years.... If it ain't broke, don't fix it 
BigUglyMan
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- New Scotland
Not true. You can't hunt bison in the NWT with the 270 as there is now a 30 caliber minimum (used to be a minimum bullet weight but that just changed).
BigUglyMan
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- New Scotland
I can't understand all this "bored" talk...been shooting 30-06 for 19 years...does everything I ever wanted it to do. I have absolutely no interest in buying anything other than the classics... 308, 30-06, 300 win mag, and 270. They have all worked fine for years and years.... If it ain't broke, don't fix it
Did I miss a meeting? When did the 308 and 300 WM become "classics"?
steve-o1979
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- Nova Scotia
Ok, I won't call those two classics really, but chances are if you were to do some kind of a survey among gun owners, you'll find that more people have rifles chambered in the 4 calibers I mentioned than any other calibers.
BigUglyMan
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- New Scotland
Looks like I'm short a 270.
Bigfoot 870
CGN frequent flyer
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- Nova Scotia
Flip a coin.............
Unfortunately the popularity of a cartridge in no way improves that cartridge's ballistics, or it's effectiveness in killing game animals. As such, referring to a cartridge as a "classic" , is pretty much a meaningless term. By the way, you only mentioned two calibers, the 308win, 30-06, and 300WM are the caliber.
The real answer to this question is buy both and decide for yourself. That is what I did, now I am on a mission to decide what is the best factory round built off the 06 case. I still need to try the .35 Whelen and .338-06. So far I like them all.
The .300 has been a classic since '63. .270 speeds with 30-06 bullets, wrapped in a package that the common man could afford. If it weren't for recoil there wouldn't be a lot of the smaller cartridges.
