If you asked for a specific chambering,I would say the 7mm-08,but since the question was for a "caliber" which specifies only a bore size,I would pick the 7mm,using the 7mm-08 for smaller game,and the 7mmremmag for larger game.
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- Thread starter Gymbo
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Original poster Gymbo is from Southern Ont, so anything over .270 is irrelivent for him if he wanted to use it there. A 270WSM would serve him well anywhere in Ontario as well as where he resides. If he isn't into magnums a regular 270 Win, or 25-06 would also be great choices.
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Southern Ont? Then yes something in short action or non-magnum would suffice, I am currently in Borden and looking around I see bush and farms. Not too sure what further south is like but a .270 would fit in nicely imo 
I said .303 cause who does'nt have one..(me lol)?
I said .303 cause who does'nt have one..(me lol)?
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i would go with the .270 my self just for the simple fact that if you reload your own ammo you can go from 90 grains for groundhogs and all the way up to 150 grainers for moose.
The TSX is not too bad on coyote hides by my standards. The trouble is, my standards don't align with fur buyer's standards at all. I look at a loonie sized hole and see "not too bad", they see a huge hole.Their opinion is the only one that matters. With todays near non existent prices they see garbage with anything other than a pinprick. We have tested a serious pile of bullets to deliver that single pinprick, anything other than that is bird food. Once you cross the bird food line, you may as well blow the far side off.
If you are limited to the under .270 rule, then I would go with 6.5x55 Swede, probably one of the best rounds ever made, very accurate, stable, and has a great list of accomplishments to its name. My only other choices would be .308 win, or 30/06, both are also extremely versatile.
JohnC
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+1 . /also the ON .270 limit is only for small game. Where population density is an issue you're far more likely to see shotgun only or muzzleloader restrictions. For large game (deer/moose/black bear) if rifles are alllowed, there are no max caliber restrictions in ON.
Polar Man
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I am not really a shotgun guy but I have to agree, probably the most versatile bar none. I suck at shooting slugs though, I have to chime in with .308/30-06 for rifle caliber, I don't think I would want any less for a grizzly.
No more damage than a 300gr .375 bullet would do...
The OP didn't say anything about cheap loads...
Actually, the 30-06 with Partitions will do more damage to a scrawny coyote than a heavy constructed .375 bullet. This ain't a coyote, but close enough.
There's a very good reason why the 30:06 is often called everyones basic firearm. There are probably as many of them out there in gun safes, closets, attics, etc., as there are .22's. Ammunition is available everywhere, including in the most remote little out of the way stores, and it'll put down anything in North America.
I have or have had most all of the other calibres mentioned in earlier posts, but the one old reliable standby that won't get sold or traded is my 30:06.
The .270 is a necked down '06 and is a good shooting rifle as well, so if you're limited by provincial law, then that and the 6.5X55 are two excellent choices.
I have or have had most all of the other calibres mentioned in earlier posts, but the one old reliable standby that won't get sold or traded is my 30:06.
The .270 is a necked down '06 and is a good shooting rifle as well, so if you're limited by provincial law, then that and the 6.5X55 are two excellent choices.
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Mike Oxbig
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I think the .270 short mag is a fast, flat, very versatile round. I very much wish i had bought it over my .308 i got for deer instead. Nothing wrong with my .308 mind you, i love it infact. I just prefer the shorter action of the WSM
