308 or 270WSM

[Kushog]

I am looking at getting a new Browning rifle but i cant decide on the caliber. I will be mainly using it for moose. I currently have the Browning Bar 270WIN. I am looking at the new Bar but the A Bolt White Medallion caught me eye as well. Any opinions on the gun or caliber would be appreciated. I can't decide.
Rick

 

[manitou210]

There is really nothing a 308 can do better that the WSM except for recoil. but if you reload you can load some lighter loads and probly have more energy that the .308win

 

[gtrussell]

Your picking the right brand for sure.If you are likeing your BAR then I would stick with it,and just change to the 270 WSM.

 

[Navigar]

Both calibers are so close to each other in 150gr bullets that neither the animal, nor the paper will notice. If you want to shoot heavier bullets go with the 308.

 

[shortaction]

270 WSM in the Browning BAR Short Trac and the XBolt stainless synthetic Dura Touch would be a close second.

The 308 Win is a great cartridge but will not give you anything over the 270 win you already have.

 

[Boomer]

I am looking at getting a new Browning rifle but i cant decide on the caliber. I will be mainly using it for moose. I currently have the Browning Bar 270WIN. I am looking at the new Bar but the A Bolt White Medallion caught me eye as well. Any opinions on the gun or caliber would be appreciated. I can't decide.
Rick

If you want a new rifle just because you like it, go for it. But if you want your new rifle to do something your current rifle doesn't, driving the same bullet faster doesn't strike me a much of an advantage. The only advantage that the .270 WSM has over the .270 Winchester is a slightly flatter trajectory. The question is, can you make use of the difference in the field? I couldn't.

IMHO, the .270 Winchester is a better general purpose hunting cartridge than the .308. I like the .308 and have a couple of them, a target rifle and a gas gun, but where it shines as a game cartridge is when chambered in a short light carbine. Loaded with a good 150 gr bullet like the TTSX, it will get 2700 or a little better from a 20" barrel, which is the original .30/06 ballistics which Stewart Edward White and Teddy Roosevelt took to Africa a century ago. It killed game then, it will kill game now. WhyNot's wife packs a nifty little Ruger 77 RSI, and I'm sure he could provide a litany of success she's had with it.

 

[Mighty Peace]

Go with the 270WSM, with Winchester Supreme 140gr Accubonds or the Elite XP3's in 150gr and you are set!!!

I love my reloads with 140gr Accubonds in my two 270WSM rifles.

Nothing really wrong with the 308, but I know the performance of the 270WSM at longer ranges on elk and moose and its devestating!!

As any, bullet placement is the key!

 

[Terry Perkins]

I currently have the Browning Bar 270WIN.

This rifle is quite adequate for moose.

 

[two-dogs]

I would choose the 308, but I have no experience with the short mags and I am looking hard at the new shortrax Bar, but in my case, it's for Deer, so I'm having a hard time choosing between the 308 and the 7mm-08.

 

[Ranger Dave]

308 is hard to beat for a general hunting round.

 

[Demonical]

.308

 

[stuckon308]

.308

 

[RememberTheSomme]

If you want a new rifle just because you like it, go for it. But if you want your new rifle to do something your current rifle doesn't, driving the same bullet faster doesn't strike me a much of an advantage. The only advantage that the .270 WSM has over the .270 Winchester is a slightly flatter trajectory. The question is, can you make use of the difference in the field? I couldn't.

IMHO, the .270 Winchester is a better general purpose hunting cartridge than the .308. I like the .308 and have a couple of them, a target rifle and a gas gun, but where it shines as a game cartridge is when chambered in a short light carbine. Loaded with a good 150 gr bullet like the TTSX, it will get 2700 or a little better from a 20" barrel, which is the original .30/06 ballistics which Stewart Edward White and Teddy Roosevelt took to Africa a century ago. It killed game then, it will kill game now. WhyNot's wife packs a nifty little Ruger 77 RSI, and I'm sure he could provide a litany of success she's had with it.

Boomer has nailed this one.

The .308 shines in Timber carbines, levers and autos. You already have the .270Win, so a .270 WSM?. I won't start a 270vs270WSM argument, but will you notice a lot more over your .270Win practically? If you didn't have the .277" bore already,... and I'm a .270Win fan for many reasons over the WSM, I'd say choose either .277 in your new rifle, you can't really go wrong.

If Moose is the main function. Maybe a 300WM or a 300WSM even? I had a chance to try out a club members BAR in 300WSM, and it was smooth as glass.

 

[07blackwater]

Yup, what Boomer said.

 

[blasted_saber]

I sold my 270WSM when I acquired my .308. I havent regretted that decision for a second. The main benefit for me is that factory ammo is less then half price for similar styled bullets in many cases.

 

[Kushog]

Thanks guys for all the suggestions. I think that i picked a caliber but now i have to pick between the Bar, XBolt or the ABolt.

 

[RememberTheSomme]

Thanks guys for all the suggestions. I think that i picked a caliber but now i have to pick between the Bar, XBolt or the ABolt.

Which one????

 

[jackrabbit000]

I would go with the .270Win again. Cheaper to shoot than the .270WSM. Me, I'm not a fan of the .308. If I was going with a .30cal, I would go with the 30-06.

 

[Kushog]

I think that I am going to go with the 308. Now which gun to buy?

 

[xwe666]

I would get the x-bolt.