Thread: Deer Rifle 270 or 25-06

Bought a 25 oh and came out of the closet a week later

Originally Posted by Pointer

Bought a 25 oh and came out of the closet a week later

If you got the 270, you wouldn't have got scared of the dark. You could've been marching up and down the hills with pride

Originally Posted by oraki

If you got the 270, you wouldn't have got scared of the dark. You could've been marching up and down the hills with pride

There is another pride march for 270 owners and it aint in the hills

All good...I load my 270 with different pills and charges so that one has similar ballistics to 25-06 and the other similar to 257 roberts. Still can crank a std 130gr load and they are all in line with the bob type load 2.5 inches lower.

Get something and shoot it heaps and play with loads if its of interest.

Spot on munsey. I bought my 270 for cheeeap as no one wants them.
Narrative. "270s are shit" suits me fine.

@oraki, did you hear about how @gadgetman shoots a big bad 7mmRM but his daughter can outshoot him with a 243? True story

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

@oraki, did you hear about how @gadgetman shoots a big bad 7mmRM but his daughter can outshoot him with a 243? True story

Just curious, but that tumble he had when he went with you, did he break a heel off his shoe, or was the gun just to big for him and he over balanced

Originally Posted by oraki

Just curious, but that tumble he had when he went with you, did he break a heel off his shoe, or was the gun just to big for him and he over balanced

More likely that his head was slightly enlarged, upsetting his balance, happens to a lot of "7mm" guys when they are in the presence of a 270, nerves kick in

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

More likely that his head was slightly enlarged, upsetting his balance, happens to a lot of "7mm" guys when they are in the presence of a 270, nerves kick in

Yes. Must keep the butt cheeks well clenched in the presence of a 270 owner, just in case they get too excited.

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

@oraki, did you hear about how @gadgetman shoots a big bad 7mmRM but his daughter can outshoot him with a 243? True story

Shows how mighty the 243 is.

If you look at all these calibre's ballistics they are so close it's not really a choice of whether they'll do the job (at normal, ethical hunting distances) but more of what's readily available (pills wise) and whether your rifle will spit them out in a nice tight group. Then it's just a matter of putting that bullet where it needs to go. In my experience there is a bit more choice out there for .270 calibre loads and projectiles than .25/06 (for which the heaviest readily available pills are usually 120gr) But, the .25 kicks/jumps a bit less than the 270 (unsuppressed rifles) so if you hate recoil, maybe go 25/06. You can't go too far wrong with either.

I just can't get my head around the 25-06, it seems to me to be one of those calibers where the case outperforms any available projectiles by such a wide margin you may as well just go buy a 243.
270 on the other hand will perform excellent even with a 20" barrel, and it will do it with 150gr projectiles.

There's just no good reason to own a 25-06.

THEY GO BANG AND SHIT FALLS OVER.

WHY ARE YOU YELLING KAWHIA? IS THAT ALL THAT GUNPOWDER BEING WASTED OUT THE END????