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Old 02-29-2008, 09:16 PM
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I'm like Dave - I like to shoot them all, but to say that a .270 is over-gunning or under for other critters bugs me. A .270 Win will handle almost anything with a decent load and still carry the thump to do it way out there, including elk and moose. I generally carry my 7mm RM for everything but the .45-70 will see a lot more use from now on thanks to handloads. A .270 WSM is generally a fair bit more capable of sustaining wallop way out there than a .270 Win but I've never heard of "too dead". Even though I will eventually own a .257 Roy, I wouldn't even begin to insult my .270 by claiming the .257 is better at anything - it's just a different caliber and on deer will probably do far more meat damage than either my .270 or my 7mm. Oh, yeah, and the .257 W'by I buy probably won't be in a Weatherby rifle. I think they're over-hyped and not worth the price for the better looking ones, but (not to start any kind of argument) then I don't have much use for Ruger bolt guns either.
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