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  1. #31
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    Default Re: 270 Win vs 300 WM

    Get a 6,5x55. Do with 100gr better than 243 with 90gr. No donuts or presure. No problems.

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    Default Re: 270 Win vs 300 WM

    Quote Originally Posted by karoo.vellies View Post
    Why I asked is because I am stuck between buying a 243 for springbok hunting and use the 270 for bigger game or a 300 WM for the bigger stuff and load the 270 for with a 130 or 110 for the smaller stuff at distance. Bushveld I got me a nice 30-06, so its just for the plains hunting that I need some refinement.

    So if the 270 can do for all practical purposes what the 300WM can do it will be better to get the 243.

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    KV, I own a 270 and now a 300 WSM as well.
    I was in the same predicament and decided to go to a 300, I have absolutely no regrets.
    I won't need anything bigger than my 300 with what I hunt, until I (maybe) need a 375.
    Something like a 223/243 one day whem my lighty is bigger to fill the gap between the .22 and 270 will be in order.
    I must just add, and I know what the numbers and stats say, but I really can't feel a difference in recoil between my 270 and 300 (which was a concern for me).

  3. #33
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    Default Re: 270 Win vs 300 WM

    I've never shot a .300 WSM but I can tell a big difference in recoil between a .270 and a .300 WinMag.

  4. #34

    Default Re: 270 Win vs 300 WM

    .270 would work but for that choice of either one I would consider how often I hunted the larger species.

    If you mainly hunt blesbuck class game and occasionally take a gemsbok or BWB (one a year for example) then the .270 is great choice IMO. If you regularly shoot the larger antelope species then the .300WM might be better.

    Get both? Get a 7mm RM which will somewhat split the difference.

  5. #35
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    Default Re: 270 Win vs 300 WM

    Quote Originally Posted by TStone View Post
    I am not a ballistic guru, there are some on this very forum, but in my experience the 7 mm rem mag are closer to the 7x64/.270 than the .300 win mag, using local powders, unless you are willing to use duplex loads. With American factory loads or handloads using imported powders it is a very capable caliber.
    I decided on the 300WM route

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