Thread: Deer Rifle 270 or 25-06

there is no need for ether at that sort of distance almost any cal would work a 243 for example is a great goat and deer gun at that sort of distance or pretty much anything on the 308 case would be sweet as at that sort of distance on goats or almost any deer there's a few bigger breeds that would was something with a little more knock down

Theres a 25-06 tikka with optiloks on trademe. Wouldn't be a bad choice

I'd buy a 270, if,
I get a named brand, medium weighted, lightly used second hand one with a 24" barrel, threaded for 14x1, with proven accuracy, that has been professionally bedded in an exquisitely figured Walnut stock for less than $400.00.

Otherwise I'd get a 25-06.

Go for the 25-06 or the 25/08 IMP makes a great short rifle both will shoot the 117grn at around 3100fps

Or a 308 will shoot a 130gr at 3100-3200fps and cut a clean hole with barnes.

If you have been using a 270 and do good with it then buy a 270
if you want to be able to buy ammo nearly at "every chemist" buy a 308 or 270
If you are a hunter (not a shooter) and don't reload buy a 308 or 270
either will do the job and the deer will not complain
but if you are like me and like to "shoot" and mess around reloading, making brass etc, etc then the worlds your oyster

6.5x55

Originally Posted by northdude

6.5x55

There's always one isn't there....

Originally Posted by Shearer

There's always one isn't there....

I have a 6.5 but its not a x55 nor a Tikka. Soon I will have 2, 6.5s and neither will be x55 or Tikkas

AND neither would kill deer better or deader'er than the 270 or 308 as much as I like to believe they will

I also once owned a Remington M700 in 25/05 was accurate as hell and I sold it (along with everything else) to scrape up enough $$ for a deposit for a house. Wish I never sold it but thems the breaks

Originally Posted by Shearer

There's always one isn't there....

gotta love a good 6.5 its a great cal and its slow as piss your about to say well no off the shelf ammo is because the yanks don't want people to blow up there old weak as piss m96's they say they are old and week but they are actually a very strong action anyway I know I guy whos most likely shot more deer than me you or you or most others on this forum could dream of shooting.... now his sako 20inch barrel gets close to 2800 with a 140gn bullet I've watched him shoot it over the crony with my own eyes yes ok maybe that's a little slower than say a 7mm-08 or 308 with the same size bullet but the deer don't seem to run off screaming ah that hurt they are 99% of the time dead as two sacks of shit before they even hit the ground with an exit hole big enough for 2 fists in the other shoulder

Out to 250m a 243 is awesome ,all anyone needs . Second choice ....too many, anything like 2506,6.5x55,7m-08,308,

Originally Posted by rambo-6mmrem

gotta love a good 6.5 its a great cal and its slow as piss your about to say well no off the shelf ammo is because the yanks don't want people to blow up there old weak as piss m96's they say they are old and week but they are actually a very strong action anyway I know I guy whos most likely shot more deer than me you or you or most others on this forum could dream of shooting.... now his sako 20inch barrel gets close to 2800 with a 140gn bullet I've watched him shoot it over the crony with my own eyes yes ok maybe that's a little slower than say a 7mm-08 or 308 with the same size bullet but the deer don't seem to run off screaming ah that hurt they are 99% of the time dead as two sacks of shit before they even hit the ground with an exit hole big enough for 2 fists in the other shoulder

You could say the same thing about lots of calibers (and people).
A few thou difference in diameter and a few grains of powder up or down doesn't make much difference.
The real world difference between 2506 & 270 (and a whole bunch of others) is so minimal you might as well just buy the one that has the prettiest ammo packet.

Originally Posted by Tahr

You could say the same thing about lots of calibers (and people).
A few thou difference in diameter and a few grains of powder up or down doesn't make much difference.
The real world difference between 2506 & 270 (and a whole bunch of others) is so minimal you might as well just buy the one that has the prettiest ammo packet.

100% agree for general hunting you could almost walk into the gunshop and say hay I want a common cal hunting rifle with decent ammo readily get able at a good price and pretty much anything they will sell you including a 223 (though not my 1st choice) with correct shot placement will work a treat

Originally Posted by rambo-6mmrem

gotta love a good 6.5 its a great cal and its slow as piss your about to say well no off the shelf ammo is because the yanks don't want people to blow up there old weak as piss m96's they say they are old and week but they are actually a very strong action anyway I know I guy whos most likely shot more deer than me you or you or most others on this forum could dream of shooting.... now his sako 20inch barrel gets close to 2800 with a 140gn bullet I've watched him shoot it over the crony with my own eyes yes ok maybe that's a little slower than say a 7mm-08 or 308 with the same size bullet but the deer don't seem to run off screaming ah that hurt they are 99% of the time dead as two sacks of shit before they even hit the ground with an exit hole big enough for 2 fists in the other shoulder

You would be talking about madness? I thought his sako was launching 140gr corelokts well over that speed as I remember him saying he was using magnum primers and a few grains over max on win 760 or has he tamed his 6.5 load a bit these days.

As for the original posters question I had a 25-06 once and the rifle was pretty accurate but bullet weight is limited to 117-120 grains whereas the 270 you have a better choice of bullet weights, I used to avoid shooting a 270 at all costs for quite a while as all I used to hear it will boot you etc (which is the biggest crock of shit out there). I have owned a 270 now for almost a year and love shooting it and even the 140 grain bullets are pleasant to shoot.

Man up get a real caliber 3006