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.So anyone that can kill deer with a 270 does not need to go any bigger
I like that, because including this years five deer for a total of 29 animals with 32 shots with my little "25 Hunter" and 100gr bullets, the misses are caused by hitting grass or twigs. I consider this rifle more than adequate for deer and Antelope.
I never lost an animal nor did I wound one with this rifle. So is the 257 Roberts and the 25-06. I even dropped a moose last year with the 257Roberts. These three are my favorite deer getters. No I don't think they are suitable for everybody. Bigger is always better for game.
This year for the first time in years I shot one WT deer with a 375 Win Ruger #3.
The reason I toke this rifle was because I was supposed shoot a deer from a stand in the woods, but that did not hapened To cold to sit in a stand at -24C.
So you see, different terrains calls for a different and suitable rifles. Having three or four different loads for one rifle, for different game is not my idea of a suitable/reliable system. One load for one rifle is the way to go, then you know where you are shooting at. It is hard enough to find one good load for a rifle.
The wishful thought that the 270 shoots different bullets/loads to the same point of impact is simply phantacy, pure luck and highly supect. Even with the stiffest and most precision barrels it does not happened by virtue with three loads, only sheer luck will do it.
Of course the same point of impact could mean a one foot circle at XXX yards, good enough to wound an animal.
Swampman, you don't need to back up my theory, but thanks anyway. We know you don't like the 270. Myselve I have nothing against the 270, I simply have no use for it in spite of all its virtues.
