7mm-08 or just download the .270?

There is no point in owning both, except for owning guns. If THAT is what you want to do, fine, but there is no "rational" reason for spending the money.
 
If the .270 is a long barreled rifle fitted with high powered optics best suited for open country shooting, a Mannlicher stocked iron sighted 7-08 carbine would be a sensible purchase for hunting the thickets. But I agree, if the rifles are similar it makes little sense to invest in both.
 
Everybody knows the 7mm-08 is infinitely a much cooler cartridge and drops everything in it's tracks that it is shot at. Why would you even consider....um, what was that other cartridge again?
 
Crashman said:
Everybody knows the 7mm-08 is infinitely a much cooler cartridge and drops everything in it's tracks that it is shot at. Why would you even consider....um, what was that other cartridge again?
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awe yeah, cheers:

awe yeah, that long action one, :confused: somewhat similiar, but I just forget the numbers on the headstamp now..........
 
Every 270 i've ever loaded for had to be right about max to get an accurate load.

I have always felt you just got recoil without performance. To me a 7-08 is a better cartridge than a 270 in just about every way.

If you want fast and powerful a 270 isn't, and if you want mild recoil it doesn't really qualify either.
 
two-dogs said:
yeah, it's a west wind coming in from PA, I think I'll just lay back on the deck all day tomorrow! :onCrack:
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That wasn't directed at you. The whole thread just struck me as odd as the two chamberings were so close together in performance and the weight difference really isn't that much in similar rifles.


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It was more of a recoil and muzzle blast consideration. If the 7-08 is considerably milder and more fun to shoot it might be worth having one. However, if I could simply load the .270 to 7-08 velocities and still make accurate ammo (say 1-2 moa), then there may be no point to having both.
 
270 Win is a pure hunting cartridge and has been at top seller since it was introduced more than 80 years ago.
7mm-08 was commercialized as a consequence (the same is true of 260 Remington) Metallic Silhouette craze of the 80s-90s.

If you're looking for a shorter, lighter, handier rifle 7mm-08 Rem (260 Rem and 308 Win) is almost unbeatable.
In a conventional 24" hunting rifle, 270 Win is probably the finest flat shooting, low recoil cartridge.

Are you a multiple rifle type of hunter or a hunter of very few rifles? ;)

Alex
 
AlexF said:
270 Win is a pure hunting cartridge and has been at top seller since it was introduced more than 80 years ago.
7mm-08 was commercialized as a consequence (the same is true of 260 Remington) Metallic Silhouette craze of the 80s-90s.

If you're looking for a shorter, lighter, handier rifle 7mm-08 Rem (260 Rem and 308 Win) is almost unbeatable.
In a conventional 24" hunting rifle, 270 Win is probably the finest flat shooting, low recoil cartridge.

Are you a multiple rifle type of hunter or a hunter of very few rifles? ;)

Alex
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More a person of relatively few calibers in different rifle styles. Kind of settled in on .223, .270, .30-06 and .375 H&H for versatile all-rounders. I can do heavyweight and steady or lightweight and limber in those four so far.

Now thinking perhaps the 7-08 would fill a niche, but the .270 would obviate it if it's accurate at minimum loadings. Practice with reduced loads and turn up the gas when it's time to go hunting?
 
I dont' think there is much point, Unless I was building an ultralight gun and had pick a cartridge in short action, I would give the 7-08 some thought.

Now if you lighter recoil in the .270 Load up some 110gr. TTSX and go hunting.
 
Kelly Timoffee said:
I have a Chevy and a Ford 1/2 ton.

They both do the same job, one a bit nicer to look at, both practical and serve same purpose.;)

Exact scenario with the chambering choices.
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you're really missing out if you don't have a Dodge, or as they now say, Ram!
if you have a 270, then you need a 7mm-08.
if you have a 7mm-08, then you don't need a 270. :p
 
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