I like the 7 RM , I also like almost every other caliber as well !.

If I was to purchase another new rifle it would be in .270 WSM !.

I like the compact near square performance of the cartridge . MV ME it's an efficient cartridge !.

I want one on an AR Bushmaster platform !.

Shoot Straight Know Your Target . ...

A used 760 remington 30-06 would probably kill anything you need.

The way I see it now that you have told us you have a browning which in my opinion is about as good as it gets..
If you don't like the caliber you have now then you could always just rebarrel it and have the best of both worlds.
To be honest ,, even though I have a ton of respect for a savage and how they shoot, to even think of selling your browning and replacing it with a savage would be jsut flat wrong.

I know that I read that yo have decided tokeep the browning, good on ya,, but like I said if you really do just want a bigger cal someday don't forget about the rebarrel option.

Your 270 Win is ideal for antelope, while a 338WinMag is more ideally suited for moose and elk. If you want a one-size-fits-all rifle for the game you mentioned, you need a 300WinMag. With 165gr bullets, it's a long range muscle car for pronghorn. With 180-200gr bullets, it will fill the bill nicely for elk and moose.

Smartest piece of advice I was ever given (and being young, decided to ignore ) was that no matter what your hunting and what the calibre of rifle you have is ... if you like it and consider it 'lucky' dont ever EVER part with it. A lucky rifle is worth at least 3 to 5 calibre sizes upwards.
Cheers...
Con

"Whatever you decide, remember to enjoy yourself. I have one final comment for the brainless twit that said if you can't afford a better rifle, then stay home. That poster should be ashamed of himself, this guy deserves to hunt like everybody else, and how dare you look down your pompous nose at another hunter."

Very well said.

My personal choice is the 7RM. I own two, a Browing Medallion like your .270, and a really fancy Dakota 76. Guess what? The Browning I bought for $400.00 at a Miami gun show 15 years ago will outshoot that $X.XX Dakota.

A lot of the fancier types look down on the A Bolt because it is made in Japan. Well, I've taken deer out to 400 yds with it and African PG out to 300, and if you have a good one, I'd just keep it, unless you'll be hunting griz country, and then I'd go for the .300. Only if.

I live and hunt in British Columbia and have worked-lived in the wilderness of Alberta, the NWT and have been in the Yukon, going back in about a month to play around as a buddy might buy a little property up there. I have been shooting for 50 years and owned well over 100 big game rifles, I have 27 highend ones at present...I'm TRYING to quit, honest....

I will simply say that I LOVE .270Win and .280Rem rifles and always have a few around and hunt with them a lot. I have a pair of P-64 Mod. 70 Fwts., in .270W., one in a Brown Kevlar and the minty "spare"in a Mickey Edge a friend gave me. These shoot my favoured 150NPs into sub.-moa groups at 2900 fps.-mv. and they KILL what I aim at, no problemo.

I have one customized Brno 22H re-chambered to .280Rem. and another action with a Kreiger bbl. to become it's mate; these are light and my handloads using 150-160 NPs and some Euro bullets do what the .270s do, I find these just excellent.

I have lots of heavier rifles and I have lived and worked alone in remote Grizzly country for all of my life, well over 40 years. Yet, I probably use a 7x57, .280R. or .270W. for half my hunting and feel just fine about it.

So, I am one experienced guy saying KEEP your .270 and use it; if, you ever get a chance to go to Alaska, well, you can then add a .338WM to it and have the ideal North American hunting combo, IMHO.

One final point, I liked working in the wilderness and so I never made the kind of salary that I could have, so what, it's ONLY money. Yet, I am NOT "poor" and have alwys been able to obtain highend guns, backpacks, optics and all the other really important stuff in life...it's ALL in your attitude, as others here have pointed out...good luck, bud, keep on truckin'!

One gun? There is only one if you are going for just one. The 30-06.


When it comes to money, do what I do, take your screwing off money out first. Hell they can't eat ya.

Well, did some shooting with my 270 the last 2 evenings at 225 yards and must state the following:

"WHAT ON EARTH WAS I THINKING?!!!!!!"


I was exploding small plastic pop bottles I could barely see in my 4X scope! The bottom line is I own a gorgeous, tackdriver, versatile caliber and the dies to reload it!

I guess I just got caught up in a "longing for" mood.

In reloading the 270, the guy is right, it will shoot out to 600 yards although 500 is about my max. 400 is a breeze with that caliber.

Praise God!

IMHO you would have to be a knucklehead to trade a Browning for a Mossberg...

The .270Win is a fine cartridge, but if you were to switch, given the choices you state, I would take the .30-06 over the 7RM or .300WM.

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Originally posted by ar corey:
Well, did some shooting with my 270 the last 2 evenings at 225 yards and must state the following:

"WHAT ON EARTH WAS I THINKING?!!!!!!"


I was exploding small plastic pop bottles I could barely see in my 4X scope! The bottom line is I own a gorgeous, tackdriver, versatile caliber and the dies to reload it!

I guess I just got caught up in a "longing for" mood.

In reloading the 270, the guy is right, it will shoot out to 600 yards although 500 is about my max. 400 is a breeze with that caliber.

Praise God!

Good for you. I'm sure there will come a day when it's possible to buy a few more rifles to go with the Browning. In the mean time you have a good rifle.

Terry

30-06. For all the reasons posted. And too, if you haunt the want ads, you can usually find a mint one on sale from someone living from payday to payday.