Green Republican
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I'm about to get a Remington 700 as a hunting rifle. Would 270 be the best all around hunting caliber for dear and varmints?
Hunting Round - 270?
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DAVID NANCARROW
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Thats a lot of gun for varmints, but it will work on them. If you are looking for a compromise caliber, a 243 Winchester, 25-06, 260 Remington or a 7mm-08 are also good choices. A lot is going to depend on what terrain you hunt deer in. I know some people who hunt deer with a 223 at ranges of 100 yards and closer, and it kills them quite nicely with the right load, and is a good varmint caliber. A 243 in most hunters hands is as good as anything for both.
If you ever might hunt something bigger than deer with this gun, deffinately go withthe .270. If I were limited to one gun this would probably be my choice - pleasant to shoot, capable of taking big game (elk and moose with good shot placement) and the varmints won't care if it is a little more powerful! 
.270 may be one of the better all 'round deer cartridges (it and about 30 others 
) Will certainly do the job - it shines with bullets in the 130 grain-class.
Do you reload? If so, there's bullets in the 90-110 grain weights that will make dandy varmit loadings.
The "varmits & deer" question boils down to what will you do most of - & maybe, what size deer will you attempt to take.
For an "all-round" catridge for "varmits & deer," I'm thinkin' more along the lines of a .243 - especially if you want to do more varmits than deer.
No question, I'm a .243 snob, but I've got a .270, 7-08, .308, .30-06 (+ some larger & some smaller). Each are perfect, each fill "that niche" that the others don't quite cover - either due to rifle weight, action length, recoil, trajectory for any given task/bullet weight/target. & to be perfectly honest, I could just as easiely "get by" with perfectly suitable cartridges that I don't have (= .260, .280s, etc.)
My take, if you'll use it more for deer, get the .270 If more for varmits, get a .243 Be happy with your choice, shoot a lot & get good & never look back. Please do pick a bullet/loading suitable for what you intend to shoot.
) Will certainly do the job - it shines with bullets in the 130 grain-class.Do you reload? If so, there's bullets in the 90-110 grain weights that will make dandy varmit loadings.
The "varmits & deer" question boils down to what will you do most of - & maybe, what size deer will you attempt to take.
For an "all-round" catridge for "varmits & deer," I'm thinkin' more along the lines of a .243 - especially if you want to do more varmits than deer.
No question, I'm a .243 snob, but I've got a .270, 7-08, .308, .30-06 (+ some larger & some smaller). Each are perfect, each fill "that niche" that the others don't quite cover - either due to rifle weight, action length, recoil, trajectory for any given task/bullet weight/target. & to be perfectly honest, I could just as easiely "get by" with perfectly suitable cartridges that I don't have (= .260, .280s, etc.)
My take, if you'll use it more for deer, get the .270 If more for varmits, get a .243 Be happy with your choice, shoot a lot & get good & never look back. Please do pick a bullet/loading suitable for what you intend to shoot.
Arizona Fusilier
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Well, I guess I'm a .270 snob; but I've got a .243 (and a bunch of other stuff too). I'll second Labgrade's recommendation.
Mike Irwin
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You're hunting dear?
Hum... That's normally considered to be attempted murder, and gives your wife EXCELLENT grounds for divorce.
.270 is a great deer cartridge, but it can be a bit much for varmints, depending on what kind of varmint you shoot.
Ground hogs are great practice for staying in shape for deer season, but a .270 on prairie dogs? You'd burn yourself, your gun, and your budget out in short order, I'd think.
An excellent compromise would be .250 Savage. One of the truly great cartridges.
Had I to do it over again, I would have held out on getting my .243 Remington and gotten one in .250.
Hum... That's normally considered to be attempted murder, and gives your wife EXCELLENT grounds for divorce.
.270 is a great deer cartridge, but it can be a bit much for varmints, depending on what kind of varmint you shoot.
Ground hogs are great practice for staying in shape for deer season, but a .270 on prairie dogs? You'd burn yourself, your gun, and your budget out in short order, I'd think.
An excellent compromise would be .250 Savage. One of the truly great cartridges.
Had I to do it over again, I would have held out on getting my .243 Remington and gotten one in .250.
I don't know about ya'll, but a .25-06 is a perfect gun for varmints and deer. To small for larger animals, but is perfect for what you want, but the other calibers are also good. They all kill. In my mind, go with what you want, and not what people say you should. Just my 2 cents.
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