If we go back to your initial thoughts, as much as I love the 7mm-08, I think you'd be best off with the .270. Probably find you don't use your 7mag as much!Looking to add a gun to the stable. I have a gift card to the gun shop that's burning a hole in my pocket and would like to find a gun that fills a caliber void I've got.
So I have my varmint guns in 223 and a 243 Win, I have a 7 mag and a 300 WSM, but Would like something in between that 243 and the 7RM. I know people love the 6.5, and maybe I would, but it's so popular, that I kind of want something against the grain. I like classic rounds too.
Something for deer hunting where I'm allowed to use a rifle, pronghorn, perhaps a kid could tote it too.
I'm thinking 270 WIN or I've always had a weird irrational facination with 25-06. Both would fit that bill, but the 25-06 would be pretty cool. I can reload, so ammo isn't a big deal.
Sir, the 270 is a necked down 30-06.I think the 270 is the wheel that keeps getting reinventEd. More 270 bullet selection may perhaps make it re emerge.
If only they only made a .264 / 03 instead of a .277 /03
The creedmore curse would have never come.
( The parent case of a .270 Win is the 30/03) I think like the 06 it’s a Springfield?
I have a 30/03 Winchester 1895 . I use .270 brass resized for it.
This is the lively discussion I like!
So many good and fun guns to own. Should just buy em all...
That said, I may swing my way towards a good semi auto shotgun as the best shotgun I currently own is a plain jane 870 I got when I turned 16.
Still on the fence.
Does a 270 chamber in a 30 06?Sir, the 270 is a necked down 30-06.
It is not really close to a 6.5 creedmoor. Not a soul was thinking about competing with 270s when they came up with the creedmoor. A 6.5 PRC is a much closer comparison.
They made a 264 that is actually comparable to a 6.5 creedmoor. It’s a necked down 308 called the 260 rem.
It appears you are correct and I was incorrect. I've always seen the 270 referring to the 06 as the parent case but it is indeed longer.Does a 270 chamber in a 30 06?
I think you will find them too long.
The 270 is a necked down 3003
A 3006 is a trimmed down 3003
Thats what I believe.
I wonder why it’s not a 260 creedmore or a 6.5 Remington?