30-06 or 270

[Silent Wolf]

I picked 30-06 as I own well enough of them

But Like Matt88 said everyone and there dogs owns one hence the reason I am going to start hunting with my new 308Norma Mag, not many have this one

[ratherbefishin]

just to muddy the water-if you liked the 30 calibers,ie.30-06-would you choose that or a 300 magnum for moose?

[huntwriter]

It's a difficult one both heave proven their worth and are here to stay. I voted for the 30-06 because it is the most widely used calibre and has taken any game animal on the face of the earth but the very largest. The 270 is a terrific calibre for antelope and other open plains game, due to its flat trajectory. I like them both equaliy for their versatility and the huge variety of load configurations available for these calibers.

[chappy]

this poll is a little short sighted. guns are like golf clubs. no one would go golfing with one club, we need a set of guns, short range, mid range, long range and practice guns etc. small bore big bore lots and lots. all calibres have there purpose and lots overlap in use. we need as many as possible. i say have a 270 and a 30 06.

[ruger#1]

why cant i use this for moose hunting.

[270WIN]

well as you can tell by my name i love the 270 it was my first cartridge and i will probly always own one i like the flat shooting of the 270 and well as posted early what ever the 30-06 can do the 270 can do but for wide range of bullet that would have to go to the 30-06 and for the hystory of the 30-06 also a hand up for that so for over all yes my vote would have to go to the 30-06 but you can never under estimate the 270 one off the best hunter jack o coner proved that. but as also as posted riffles are like golf clubs you can never have to many.

[mark]

whos stopping ya ruger looks like it should kill!

[SAVAGE300]

just what matt88 said, but my next new rifle will be ruger laminated stainless 300 wsm ,when they make one, then i can hand down the 270 to the wife, great excuse. and almost everyone i know has a 30-06 and/or 303 brit

[brotherjack]

Between them two, if I could only have one, I'd have to vote 30-06 myself. It's just _the_ calibre of choice for an all-around gun, hands down in my book. It's just exactly big enough (and small enough) to very comfortably take any big game animal in north america; bears, deer, elk, moose, you name it, you can do a great job on it with a 30-06.

Don't getme wrong, I know for sure that a 270 is also very capable of taking all the same animals, but I think the 30-06 hits that 'sweet spot' between 'too big' and 'too small' a gun better than the 270 does.

[twoSevenO]

Hello all ... this is my 1st post on HuntingBC.

I vote for .270 About as universal as they get and not everybody owns one as is the case with the .30-06