actually the one I looked at was .270 WSM. Very, very nice. I have no experience with these types of loads. I started big game hunting later in life, within the last decade or so, but before I got in the Army ( back in the mid-80's) all people seem to have used when I grew up in Alberta was .303, .30-30, and .30-06. I chose the .308 cause I used it in the Army, its an all round great round, and you can buy it almost anywhere.