.270 vs .308 for hunting?

[GFB]

Pissy piss pants! Ok the children have come out to play so I am going to excuse myself from this thread but I stand by my original post. It's up to the OP now who is probably more confused as ever. ✌️

I’m an adult.

 

[MarineEngineer]

Did you already step out of the closet …?

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 no my wife doesn't know yet

 

[olerambler]

I keep both. .308 is good abundant common and powerful, .270 has been around since 1923 to 1925 and still killing deer, Jack O'Connor hunt with it for years with it. For garden variety caliber I keep both. Plenty rounds of those in my closet. They will do the job when the time comes

People forget bullet placement has a lot to do with. We could talk day all reference rifle calibers. (It come down to person behind the gun)

 

[ReservoirDawg10]

So which one should he buy?

Whichever he wants.

 

[EMC45]

People forget bullet placement has a lot to do with. We could talk day all reference rifle calibers. (It come down to person behind the gun)

Agreed. A couple years back a co-worker (at the time) had transitioned to .270 from 30-06. He came to me and exclaimed that he had 2 deer run off after being shot with the .270. He had been hunting with a 180gr. -06 bullet for 30+ years. Wellll he took the same old shoulder shot he always did (for 30+ years) with the ballistic tip .270 and it blew up in the shoulder and they took off. It is always about shot placement. Always.

I had a guy tell me years ago when I lived in GA "It don't matter where ya hit 'em with the 7MilMag, yer gonna drop 'em". Shameful

 

[olerambler]

Agreed. A couple years back a co-worker (at the time) had transitioned to .270 from 30-06. He came to me and exclaimed that he had 2 deer run off after being shot with the .270. He had been hunting with a 180gr. -06 bullet for 30+ years. Wellll he took the same old shoulder shot he always did (for 30+ years) with the ballistic tip .270 and it blew up in the shoulder and they took off. It is always about shot placement. Always.

I had a guy tell me years ago when I lived in GA "It don't matter where ya hit 'em with the 7MilMag, yer gonna drop 'em". Shameful

Where the neck meets the shoulder they drop ever time tear up less meat . Yeah I quit shooting behind front shoulder long time ago if if possible can’t the shot I just explained high shoulder hit spine it’s over too. Soft point bullets