Big Ken said:I can only speak from my own experience, owning several 270 and 30/06 rifles....The 270 has always been my favorite..With all the talk of an "all around" cartridge, few 30/06 users take advantage of this characteristic, instead opting to stay here in good ol' Pa. with their whitetails and 180 gr. moose slugs which simply blow a low velocity hole through a deer and bury themselves eight inches into the nearest tree.![]()
The standard 130 gr. bullet out of a 270 hits a deer with much more velocity, causes more damage, and drops deer with much more authority...It's simple.The 100 gr. slug is more of a true varmint bullet than anything you can put into a 30/06, and the 150 gr. slug will send any black bear in existence to meet it's maker in a timely fashion........Nothing else is needed in Pa.![]()
There is no question that the 30/06 is the more popular of the two..Ask any housewife or city slicker what a 30/06 is and they will tell you that it's a "gun".....The new and unrefined hunter will go to the nearest Wal-Mart and ask to see a 30/06, simply because it's the only cartridge he has ever heard of, and then buy it..I suspect that thousands of barely used 30/06 rifles are sitting in closets all over America just waiting for their annual two-hour jaunt into the woods.I'd venture to guess that this type of hunter comprises the bulk of 30/06 users.![]()
Which is often the sole reason folks go out and buy an '06..."The all-around rifle"....Just in case they ever go elk or grizzly bear hunting...Which 99.99% of them never end up doing...It's nice to dream though !Sailor said:Mu justification is that the 30 bullet has more out west capability if I can ever afford to go.
Big Ken said:Which is often the sole reason folks go out and buy an '06..."The all-around rifle"....Just in case they ever go elk or grizzly bear hunting...Which 99.99% of them never end up doing...It's nice to dream though !Sailor said:Mu justification is that the 30 bullet has more out west capability if I can ever afford to go.
I didn't say that...What I said was that if somebody is toying with the idea of becoming a hunter and is not very "up" on the subject, it is very likely that they've heard of a "30/06", and will purchase one just because they heard it's a "good gun"...Chances are he'll hunt with it for a little while, not be succesful, and move on till the next first day of the season....Mention "270" to him and he'll say "What's that?"YankeeHunter said:BKen you're above comments like that, basically saying people who own 30-06 are ignorant.
moosehunter said:A buddy of mine from High School bought his 7600 Remmy in .270 just in case he ever got to hunt out west. We used to heckle each other in school because I owned a 760 .30-06 and we both felt our cartridge to be the better one.
Actually, that was the reason I bought my 300 RUM. But I won't be part of the 99.9 percent!Big Ken said:Which is often the sole reason folks go out and buy an '06..."The all-around rifle"....Just in case they ever go elk or grizzly bear hunting...Which 99.99% of them never end up doing...It's nice to dream though !