Thread: Deer Rifle 270 or 25-06

Originally Posted by rambo-6mmrem

gotta love a good 6.5 its a great cal and its slow as piss your about to say well no off the shelf ammo is because the yanks don't want people to blow up there old weak as piss m96's they say they are old and week but they are actually a very strong action anyway I know I guy whos most likely shot more deer than me you or you or most others on this forum could dream of shooting.... now his sako 20inch barrel gets close to 2800 with a 140gn bullet I've watched him shoot it over the crony with my own eyes yes ok maybe that's a little slower than say a 7mm-08 or 308 with the same size bullet but the deer don't seem to run off screaming ah that hurt they are 99% of the time dead as two sacks of shit before they even hit the ground with an exit hole big enough for 2 fists in the other shoulder

You would be talking about madness? I thought his sako was launching 140gr corelokts well over that speed as I remember him saying he was using magnum primers and a few grains over max on win 760 or has he tamed his 6.5 load a bit these days.

As for the original posters question I had a 25-06 once and the rifle was pretty accurate but bullet weight is limited to 117-120 grains whereas the 270 you have a better choice of bullet weights, I used to avoid shooting a 270 at all costs for quite a while as all I used to hear it will boot you etc (which is the biggest crock of shit out there). I have owned a 270 now for almost a year and love shooting it and even the 140 grain bullets are pleasant to shoot.