.243 v .270

[backwoods]

I saw a study sometime back done by the military to determine "lethality" of a round. It measured fragmentation, tendency to tumble...etc.

They determined that a .270 cal bullet was the most lethal. Not a coincidence that shortly thereafter all the 6.8 designs popped up on the market.

It is a great round. If you want to plink, pick up a 6.8 variant and have a savage 270 for big game. Then you can have on hand a big bullet selection for several styles of reloads.

A few years back when savage was getting renown for making junk, they put together a panel of industry professionals (gun smiths, shooters etc) to help them improve their product. That is when they came out with the adjustable triggers and the fugly locking nut design (it works incredible though).

I've seen several times where a $300 savage outshoots a $800 bdl/cdl in same calibers. You can get an off the shelf single shot savage for ~$800 in 22-250 that you could walk into camp perry with and be competitive with the high dollar guns.

They may not be the best looking, but they are by far the best value in guns for the last few years. Mate it up with a nice millet scope and you'll have a real nice gun for really cheap.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

i have a savage 111 bolt action that shoots a 270..the only rounds i put through it are the hornady sst balistic tips and have used it for white tail deer in virginia and parts of Pennsylvania.. i think a 270 is a great gun its a flat shooting gun and with practice you can be accuate i can shoot about a 2 inch group at a hundred yards and can shoot all day when you get a rifle go into bass pro they can be very helpful if its your first time and they will tell you the same thing a rifle is only as accurate as the scope...i have shot many deer with my 270 and there is no tracking to it like when i bow hunt..they just drop

It depends on who you ask at Bass Pro. I was there marveling at some ammo a couple weeks ago and a guy was wanting 5.56 ammo for his AR, they were trying to decide why some ammo said ball. I piped up and told him it was in referance to the type of powder they had and the lady "helping" him offered up that "yeah, see how those bullets are more rounded at the tip like a ball than these others" He aggreed.

The biggest factor in accuracy is the loose nut on the trigger, the biggest and baddest scope on the market won't help somebody that doesn't know what they are doing.

You can't blindly buy accuracy, you yourself has to be able to earn it... and take the time and practice to really get good at shooting. The same rule applies to archery (but with more variables to mess you up)

As of right now I am really liking the looks of the Ruger American... if I had the $$ to run out and buy one it would probably be a .308 though.

 

[4.0B2]

I love my Savage 110, it's a 30-06 tho..
Savage makes some good guns at an affordable price, no doubt.

 

[backwoods]

I sent back a cdl in 300um. Worst shooting modern rifle I've tried.. Loved the feel of it though.. Although using almost 100grain loads made shooting it really expensive.

I was really let down by another cdl in 30-06. But I love my. 270 bdl. Great shooting gun and purty as they get. It's about 20 years old though.

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[4.0B2]

I'd honestly probably use a .270 a lot if I had one. Since I have the 2 different 30-06's, it's hard to just buy a .270... If I didn't have a 30-06 I'd probably buy one.

 

[petruccifan88]

get a Mossberg .308, affordable, and Academy's got em. it's a good gun.

 

[heptofite]

I saw a study sometime back done by the military to determine "lethality" of a round. It measured fragmentation, tendency to tumble...etc.

They determined that a .270 cal bullet was the most lethal. Not a coincidence that shortly thereafter all the 6.8 designs popped up on the market.

It is a great round. If you want to plink, pick up a 6.8 variant and have a savage 270 for big game. Then you can have on hand a big bullet selection for several styles of reloads.

A few years back when savage was getting renown for making junk, they put together a panel of industry professionals (gun smiths, shooters etc) to help them improve their product. That is when they came out with the adjustable triggers and the fugly locking nut design (it works incredible though).

I've seen several times where a $300 savage outshoots a $800 bdl/cdl in same calibers. You can get an off the shelf single shot savage for ~$800 in 22-250 that you could walk into camp perry with and be competitive with the high dollar guns.

They may not be the best looking, but they are by far the best value in guns for the last few years. Mate it up with a nice millet scope and you'll have a real nice gun for really cheap.

italy figured out the 6.5 thing years before