270 is better than a 25 06 for deer hunting

How do you figure southpaw, dead is grave yard dead and Alex at 250 yards at age 10 bang flopped his dear just as any other magnum with a 25-06!

25-06

25-06 is very flat shooting and plenty of energy for deer sized game. Also can get ammo at Wally World and most any other place.

ken.mcloud said it best!

"So, I think that the superior killing power of larger rounds is largely in our heads.(likely testosterone induced) A flat-shooting round that you can accurately place will produce as many if not more "bang-flop" kills as a heavy caliber round.”

I can't believe that there would be a difference between the killing power of these two cartridges, on deer, out at the three hundred yard mark. I'm a 25-06 fan, having used one for many years, so that would be my choice.

Which ever one you shoot better.

You'll need a flat fps round at under 300m. My choice is .25-06. Our muleys here on the East Slope of the High Sierras are bigger animals overall than the plains white tails and as Clay suggested, fun to hunt.

Happy Myles-
I would gladly buy a weapon of the caliber you specified for the opportunity to go hunting for ANYTHING with you. Is a .375 H&H with 300 gr. solids enough for buff?

HM, why do you think I carried a 338 in Alaska instead of a 30 cal! Back in Dec 85 when I got my orders for Eielson AFB AK, I called Fish and Game for suggestions of cartridge choice and I was told the 338 Win Mag was the going favorite among the Residents!

As for Cape Buffalo, I have a Savage Model: 10 MLBSS-II and I even have 500 grain loading data for it. But one thing for sure, I will have a local at my side to back me up! If shooting Center Fire, something along the line 460 Weatherby. LOL!

Besides, Cape Buffalo are just to damn mean to die, kinda like some of the Grizzly's I watch taken. Watched one fella empty his 300 Mag twice into one and finally died of lead poisoning! All good shots except for 2 I found, either it was the way they entered and what was hit and he was using Barns Bullets and a good hot and accurate load at that, I know, I sighted the rifle in for him!

i have nether of those calibers so i can honestly say i would choose the 270 wsm it can shoot a heavier bullet at a higher velocity so you can get more knock down power and more range, but i have also guided people who shoot a 25-06 and under 300 hundred yards it will do the job just fine, i think the only down side of the 270 wsm would be the price of factory ammunition so i hope i could help and thats my opinion.

Clay,
All varieties of oryx are notoriously hard to kill. I have taken, I believe, all subspecies and had good luck, one shot each, except for a for a beisa oryx in Ethiopia, it took three hits, knocking it down each time before it gave up the ghost at 400 yards. As I recall have taken a total of eight.

Both are fine cartridges for mule deer. My personal preference is a 25-06 though. I find that I can shoot it a lot with its light recoil and therefore I believe that I feel very confident in my shots at any range out to 600 yards. Most of my mule deer shots have been on the dead run and I like the flat shooting speed of the 25-06 to minimize the lead and the holdover. It makes it a snap out to 300 yards with minimal lead. I don't like 30-06s or anything that slow for mule deer. Because of the wide open country, flat shooting is better and because of their speed, ultra-high velocity is better. I usually shoot 100 grain bullets for muleys and have even used good 90 grain bullets (Barnes are great) at 3600 fps. The .270 and 25-06 both have about the same impact on mule deer... they smack them dead on impact. I also like the fact that while relaxing on muley hunts, I can pop a couple of hundred prairie dogs on the side just to get used to the wind.

Everyone has their favorites and neither of those is mine, but lots of other folks thought the .270 WSM was better in the Deer Hunting Cartridge Elite Eight contest a while back 54% to 46, so ther must be some grits to it. Whatever blows your skirt up!

I find it common what an individual lacks in skill but most of all confidence in their ability, they think they need a bigger stick.

This kinda reminds me of the Army Team at Ft Wainwright Alaska I was formally asked to put a shooting clinic for. After a quick evaluation and check out of there M16A2's I found nothing wrong. What I did find wrong is the lack of confidence in their equipment and they were told the maximum effective range is 440 meters. After a confidence drill at 200 and 300 yards, I took them back to the 600 meter line barrowed the good Lieutenants fired one sighter and dropped several rounds in the 10 ring and handed the rifle back to the Lieutenant. At the previous Commanders Trophy Match this team placed 1st from the bottom. The next Match, they cleaned house and the reason for winning was confidence in their equipment.
This brings me back to the 25-06, I have total confidence in this cartridge to bring down any deer including Caribou and Elk.

Big enough for Elk, more than enough for deer!

dtownley

a +1 FOR YOU!

If your not capable of knocking down any deer big or small with a 25-06, what gives you any idea using a 270 or any other cartridge will be any better? SERIOUSLY!

You can talk about foot pound energy and all that trash all day, but a BANG FLOP IS A BANG FLOP ISA A BANG FLOP BIG BULLET OR SMALL BULLET DEAD IS DEAD!

Besides, Dollar for Dollar, I can shoot the 25-06 a hell of a lot more and enjoy it than with that 270 Willy Short Mack! LOL!

Well Dakota, if it had not been that I had to sell my 7mm RM to get to Texas my second rifle would have been a Rem 700BDL LH 25-06.I saw a rifle in the paper, a S&W 1500 chambered in 7 RM for $250.00 and have had it for 27 seasons. First head of game taken with it whitetail 175gr CORELOKT last head Bison, same load. My wife's .240 Wby is the only other cartridge that I have shot game with near as much, from crows to axis deer. Ballistics of the .240Wby & the 25-06 Rem are similar, about 50fps +- w/100gr projectile. Anyhoo the the .240 is just a belted 6mm-06 but it is so fun to shoot I really wouldn't want to be without one. My son and don't have too tough a time when we borrow it as she thinks so highly of her .338 WM, whodathunkit?