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Which would you pick.. 7mm08 - 270
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<blockquote data-quote="Timnterra" data-source="post: 1393830" data-attributes="member: 55944"><p>Of the two choices listed I'd go with the 270. And I'm not going to wax nostalgic about Jack O'Connor. I think the 270 has become highly underestimated since the long range shooting craz hit the world of Facebook. A 270 will out shoot a 6.5 creedmoor or a 260 remington any day at any distance. The 270 loaded with a 150 lrab will make it to 1000 yds with 5 MOA less drop and 300 more ft lbs of energy than a 143 eldx fired from one of the 6.5. As to the 7mm-08 I think it was just the first step from 308 to the 260. It doesn't seem to be a very useful chambering to me. It hasn't got the case capacity to be a capable long range caliber. The case is too long to seat high bc bullets to short action mag length without hindering the capacity even further. If the choice comes down to short vs long action caliber I'd choose a 6.5 over the 7mm-08 for the short action and the 270 for the long.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Timnterra, post: 1393830, member: 55944"] Of the two choices listed I’d go with the 270. And I’m not going to wax nostalgic about Jack O’Connor. I think the 270 has become highly underestimated since the long range shooting craz hit the world of Facebook. A 270 will out shoot a 6.5 creedmoor or a 260 remington any day at any distance. The 270 loaded with a 150 lrab will make it to 1000 yds with 5 MOA less drop and 300 more ft lbs of energy than a 143 eldx fired from one of the 6.5. As to the 7mm-08 I think it was just the first step from 308 to the 260. It doesn’t seem to be a very useful chambering to me. It hasn’t got the case capacity to be a capable long range caliber. The case is too long to seat high bc bullets to short action mag length without hindering the capacity even further. If the choice comes down to short vs long action caliber I’d choose a 6.5 over the 7mm-08 for the short action and the 270 for the long. [/QUOTE]
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