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.300 WSM with Carbon Wrapped Barrel

.300 WSM with Carbon Wrapped Barrel
Summary: 350 yards shooting at a 2" target.  Quite the 'beanfield' rifle!

How to Boresight a Rifle

How to Boresight a Rifle
Summary: This is "the old fashioned way".

A Reminder of Why We Need A Second Amendment

A Reminder of Why We Need A Second Amendment
Summary: Got this via email - excellent point. You're sound asleep when you hear a thump outside your bedroom door.   Half-awake, and nearly paralyzed with fear, you hear muffled whispers.   At least two people have broken into your house and are moving your way.   With your heart pumping, you reach...

Wisconsin Buck

Wisconsin Buck
Summary: Got thjis via email and checked it out - with perhaps the comments over how much Cabela's offered him for the deer its true.     "Deer Hunters:   Here are some early photos of a great deer taken during the youth hunt this year.   This buck was shot at a property only eight miles from ...

Elk in Pennsylvania

Elk in Pennsylvania
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Having grown up there I would agree...when the folks from Pittsburgh, Erie, Philadelphia, or the like came into town for rifle season all the home folks who really knew the area and knew how to hunt used to get real nervous.  Sure there were exceptions, but most of the 'city boys' didn't really have the skills they needed to.  The key up there is to either bow hunt or find a pretty secluded place to rifle hunt to get away from the crowds.  That's not easy to do, but it can be done.

CIFTA - Obama's Back Door To Gun Control

Summary: Obama Positioning For Backdoor Gun Control by Chuck Baldwin April 24, 2009   On his recent trip to Central America, President Barack Obama did more than cozy up to Marxist dictators; he also signed onto an international treaty that could, in effect, be used as backdoor gun control. It appea...

The First Strategy Hits the Streets

Summary: Got this in the mail today...its a little wordy, but the bottom line is brass is going to get even harder to come by, especially in the military calibers.  Obama's strategy (at least one of them) is starting to become clearer - no bullets, no problems.  I don't see any particular reaso...

Missouri Archery Deer

Missouri Archery Deer
Summary: Got this via email.  Looks like it might be a little dated, but still a great deer.   It's not officially measured yet, but it looks certain that a buck deer taken by Florida archer Scott Fowler at the Poosey Conservation Area on September 18 will become the largest typical whitetail ever reco...

30-06 VS .270

30-06 VS .270
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The .30-06 and .270 are very good rounds.  I did several years of research into long range knockdown power, trajectory, ease of getting rounds (i.e. number of mfgrs and number of loads available), bullet construction (including ballistic coefficient), and weight range before buying a rifle several years ago.  Even called some of the manufacturers themselves.  Like Duckwacker said early in the thread I got a 7mm Remington Mag and never looked back.  It has the best combination of flat trajectory, ease of ammunition purchase, widest range of bullet weights (in the whitetail to elk class) available, and downrange performance.

The pics below from Federal's website show what I'm trying to illustrate between say a .270 and 7mm with 140 grain bullets from the same manufacturer (they also demonstrate how fine a line we're talking about here).

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No doubt I'd go with a Remington.  Great gun, especially for the price.  My Sendero is the most accurate out-of-the-box gun I've ever owned at well under 1" groups with factory ammunition.  Don't skimp here or on the optics - you get what you pay for.  A good rifle-scope combination, if taken care of, will last you for decades.

You're also going to find that there are a wide number of opinions here on caliber selections.  I'll try to be as unbiased as I can:

The .270 definitely has its merits: its realtively flat shooting up to 130 grains, ammunition is easy to find, and it doesn't kick nearly as hard as a .30-06.  The .30-06 is a great round too, not anywhere as flat as the .270, but you can take just about any game animal in the U.S. with it (except big bears).   It has a wide bullet weight range of 150 to 180 grain (some load a round nose 200 grain too).  The .30-06 I owned was a tack driver but it also had a pretty good kick to it. 

Frankly, if you're going to think in the .270 or .30-06 range I'd recommend a 7mm Remington Mag.  It shoots flatter than a .270, is a great whitetail round with 140 grain bullets (available from several manufacturers) or even 150 grain if your rifle won't shoot a 140 grain well (different rifles like different bullet weights).  It doesn't kick like the .30-06 either in my opinion.  Ammunition is as easy to find as a .270 too.

A lot of folks will say the 7mm Mag is too big for whitetail...hogwash.  We're talking about the difference in bullet diameter of 0.277" for a .270 versus 0.284" for a 7mm.  That's 0.007".  To compare, most .270 hunters I know of use a 130 grain for whitetails so that's 10 grains difference in bullet weight.  The key to the 7mm is that it'll sling an equivalent bullet about 10% faster than a .270 due to the case construction.  Also, with the 7mm you have a pretty wide available bullet weight range of 140 grain to 165 grain (175 grain for handloads) so the round will handle all the way from pronhorn to elk.

Fact of the matter is that the best cartridge depends on your hunting conditions.  Since you don't know exactly what that will be for the next 20 or so years you want to get a round that'll handle about anything.  To me the .270, .30-06, .308, 7mm-08, .264 Win Mag, and several others will handle your situation well.  But, if you're looking for a combination of flat trajectory, ease of purchasing, less kick (as compared to a .30-06), and versatility the 7mm Mag is the way to go.

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