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<blockquote data-quote="SansSouci" data-source="post: 1243573" data-attributes="member: 84520"><p>The .270 WSM is an excellent cartridge. But it would be a far stretch to claim that it's better than the .270 Win. </p><p></p><p>Biology is always excluded from cartridge debates because science, not opinion, is controlling. Nothing living remains in that condition sans topside oxygenated blood flow. In fact, death is defined by lack of brain activity. When the brain dies, every single animal will die. That is biological fact.</p><p></p><p>A big game animal's brain will die by either destroying it directly or by depriving it of oxygenated blood flow. The first is instant. In the second, the animal is dead standing up. He's just waiting for cessation of topside oxygenated blood flow to cause it to hit dirt. When he hits dirt, he ain't getting up.</p><p></p><p>Whether a .30-30 Win or .300 Mega Magnum destroys a big game animal's heart and/or lung is immaterial. It's just as dead with either one. Again, this is biological fact. </p><p></p><p>Our hunting forefathers killed everything in North America with the 7x57, .303 British, .30-40 Krag, and other cartridges that some might consider inferior to our array of super magnums. But animals died. Before that, humans killed big game with arrows. In fact, every season huge animals are killed by well-placed arrows traveling at ~300 FPS. Before archery, humans used spears. </p><p></p><p>The reality is we needed no other cartridge after the US Army came out with what we know as the legendary .30'06. It has killed everything on Earth. But one cartridge wouldn't be fun. So along the way we were offered God only knows how many cartridges, some for specialize application. Some stuck around while others have gone to where cartridges go when hunters will not buy rifles chambered for them. Weatherby introduced us to hyper-velocity. But his cartridges didn't kill North American big game any deader than the '06.</p><p></p><p>MY OPINION is the .270 Win is one of the best cartridges ever introduced to American hunters. My first deer rifle was a Model 700 in .270 Win. The '06 was thought to be too much gun for a young hunter. While I have picked up other rifles along the way, two chambered for big cartridges, on Saturday when Utah's general deer season opens, I'll be carrying my 43+ year-old Model 700, my first deer rifle, and one of two with which I've made very long shots. The other was with a 7MM Rem Mag. </p><p></p><p>The .270 Win has very mild recoil. It's a breeze to bench shoot. Bench shooting builds confidence. Confidence kills big game.</p><p></p><p>Besides its ability to put big game on dirt, I love the .270 Win because it's inherently accurate and both of my .270 Win rifles have 22" barrels, a length I consider perfect for hunting at Rocky Mountain altitude. </p><p></p><p>Whether 200 FPS advantage of the .270 WSM is material would be opinion. Trajectory would be negligible. They will both kill big game dead. Neither holds advantage in ability to decommission equipment required for topside oxygenated blood flow. The .270 WSM requires a long barrel to maximize its stellar potential.</p><p></p><p>Like most things hunting, cartridge choice is personal preference. Some hunters like magnums, and others are good with standard cartridges. Objectivity is success as defined by dead big game. </p><p></p><p>I like the .270 WSM, but the reality is for my North American hunting needs, my trusty .270 Win will do all I want done, and that includes, hopefully, another trophy bull elk rut hunt and moose.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SansSouci, post: 1243573, member: 84520"] The .270 WSM is an excellent cartridge. But it would be a far stretch to claim that it's better than the .270 Win. Biology is always excluded from cartridge debates because science, not opinion, is controlling. Nothing living remains in that condition sans topside oxygenated blood flow. In fact, death is defined by lack of brain activity. When the brain dies, every single animal will die. That is biological fact. A big game animal's brain will die by either destroying it directly or by depriving it of oxygenated blood flow. The first is instant. In the second, the animal is dead standing up. He's just waiting for cessation of topside oxygenated blood flow to cause it to hit dirt. When he hits dirt, he ain't getting up. Whether a .30-30 Win or .300 Mega Magnum destroys a big game animal's heart and/or lung is immaterial. It's just as dead with either one. Again, this is biological fact. Our hunting forefathers killed everything in North America with the 7x57, .303 British, .30-40 Krag, and other cartridges that some might consider inferior to our array of super magnums. But animals died. Before that, humans killed big game with arrows. In fact, every season huge animals are killed by well-placed arrows traveling at ~300 FPS. Before archery, humans used spears. The reality is we needed no other cartridge after the US Army came out with what we know as the legendary .30'06. It has killed everything on Earth. But one cartridge wouldn't be fun. So along the way we were offered God only knows how many cartridges, some for specialize application. Some stuck around while others have gone to where cartridges go when hunters will not buy rifles chambered for them. Weatherby introduced us to hyper-velocity. But his cartridges didn't kill North American big game any deader than the '06. MY OPINION is the .270 Win is one of the best cartridges ever introduced to American hunters. My first deer rifle was a Model 700 in .270 Win. The '06 was thought to be too much gun for a young hunter. While I have picked up other rifles along the way, two chambered for big cartridges, on Saturday when Utah's general deer season opens, I'll be carrying my 43+ year-old Model 700, my first deer rifle, and one of two with which I've made very long shots. The other was with a 7MM Rem Mag. The .270 Win has very mild recoil. It's a breeze to bench shoot. Bench shooting builds confidence. Confidence kills big game. Besides its ability to put big game on dirt, I love the .270 Win because it's inherently accurate and both of my .270 Win rifles have 22" barrels, a length I consider perfect for hunting at Rocky Mountain altitude. Whether 200 FPS advantage of the .270 WSM is material would be opinion. Trajectory would be negligible. They will both kill big game dead. Neither holds advantage in ability to decommission equipment required for topside oxygenated blood flow. The .270 WSM requires a long barrel to maximize its stellar potential. Like most things hunting, cartridge choice is personal preference. Some hunters like magnums, and others are good with standard cartridges. Objectivity is success as defined by dead big game. I like the .270 WSM, but the reality is for my North American hunting needs, my trusty .270 Win will do all I want done, and that includes, hopefully, another trophy bull elk rut hunt and moose. [/QUOTE]
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