If You were me, what would ya do

Calum said:
How often do they get to hunt those?
But since the topic was two guns, take the 35 Whelen as well.



Last time I checked folks in the Southern US are taking boars that size with 7.62x39, 30/30 as well as handguns and bows.

So why would a .270 not work as well?
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Not the same type of pigs. Those be hogs.

But with what seems to be your grand knowledge of Down Under game management ring your bell man, ring your bell.
 
Scrub bulls come to mind as well. A .35 Whelen kicking out a Woodleigh .358/310 at 2400 with something on the order of 57 grs of R-15 is serious big game medicine. There is nothing a .300 magnum can do to match that, except drive lighter bullets faster, and the .270 has that covered.
 
Gatehouse said:
The 300WSM is a great cartridge, easy to handload, and will do most anything you need to do with a .30 caliber cartridge. The .270 and 35 cover quite a bit of ground. You ont' need another rifle, but if you just wanted one, nothing wrong with adding a .223 to your line up.
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What Clarke said!


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Boomer said:
Scrub bulls come to mind as well. A .35 Whelen kicking out a Woodleigh .358/310 at 2400 with something on the order of 57 grs of R-15 is serious big game medicine. There is nothing a .300 magnum can do to match that, except drive lighter bullets faster, and the .270 has that covered.
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Thanks Boomer.

Im actually using very similar at the moment, 225 woodleigh with 56gr 2208, not a hot load but seems to be workin beautifully!

The only upside to the 270 V 300 thing is the actual Rifles, with the Abolt being alot lighter than the Rem700, but i cant loose the 270 :)


just for ####s an giggles, my replacement options were somethin along the lines of..

Ruger scout 308
Abolt 308
7mm rem mag- Ruger possibly
 
9.3mauser said:
With a .270 and a .35 Whelan, any manner of .30 cal is kind of redundant, isn't it, magnum or not?

I would tend to go much smaller, .223 or .22/250, or much larger, .375 H&H and up.
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I just did the same thing............bought a .223, .22-250, and a .375 Ruger. Filled out the imaginary spaces in my gun locker just right. (p.s. my .300wm is still my go-to rifle)
 
I gotta go with the 35 Whelen as well even though I love the .375 Win., just
because of the available brass and bullets out there for it. As others have said,
the .270 is an ideal choice for the lighter critters and long shots. A big red roo would
be easy pickin's at 350+ yds. with the .270 under the right conditions.
 
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