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« on: November 07, 2013, 02:49:48 pm »

i just wanna know what everyones opinions are on 270's and 243's which one would you rather shoot? which one would you prefer to deer hunt with?
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« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2013, 02:52:22 pm »

270 forsure I really like the round!! But depends on if I was getting the wife or kid a gun I would get a 243. Other than that 270!!
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« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2013, 02:54:07 pm »

270! Drops em!!
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« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2013, 03:15:21 pm »

I grew up on a .223 and .243 and nvr had to track a deer. Shoot them high in the neck closer to the head and u can walk up and put ur foot on them. Iv also had a .270, loved it for cavity damage and longer range shots compaired to the .243. Its shooters prefrence
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« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2013, 03:35:45 pm »

Deer to smaller animals 243  deer to elk 270. 
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« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2013, 03:49:48 pm »

270 an 30-06 is all i use now but grew up with 243
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« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2013, 03:52:11 pm »

30-06 all the way!!
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« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2013, 03:56:12 pm »

Personal prefrance. I've killed all my deer with a .243. I'm sore sure more accurate with a .243. Out of 7 deer hunters I hav on my place 2 use a .270 the others use a .243
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« Reply #8 on: November 07, 2013, 04:32:59 pm »

Choice between those....270

Long shots or short shots? I grew up with the lever action 30-30....100 yards or less (typical stand/still hunt/stalk distance) it's deadly. Ideal for walking.

270 is used by....shoot... Millions? Hundreds of thousands anyway. GREAT for deer size game but if I'm paying for a guided Elk/Ram/Bear hunt...I don't chance it....that's just me. I go any of the long range .30 caliber

243 will do a fine job on deer size game....just chose the right bullet and watch your shot placement.
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« Reply #9 on: November 07, 2013, 04:51:41 pm »

25 06 is the best flat shooting caliber for deer
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« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2013, 05:11:36 pm »

   Have shot a 270 since 1984. Won't knock the 243 either. What I like about the 270 is the varity I can load it. Several years back I loaded some 100 grain bullets with low velocity powder. Love it here in central Texas. Load 130 grain and max the powder and go any where for the big animals.
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« Reply #11 on: November 07, 2013, 05:53:54 pm »

243 has kille lots of deer so has he 270 I will keep my 270 it will do more for me. I've been using  a bullbarrell 22-250 that my late uncle and cousin built for me killed some  nice deer with it.
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« Reply #12 on: November 07, 2013, 06:27:54 pm »

25-06 is very nice...I shoot a 7 mag and my 4 brothers shoot 7 mags...

but  between 243 or 270 I will have to go with the 270...
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« Reply #13 on: November 07, 2013, 07:19:51 pm »

. 270,  it puts em down
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« Reply #14 on: November 07, 2013, 07:35:15 pm »

243 is hard to beat I don't need anything bigger I killed a Moose with a 243 and I watched him fall over with a shot threw the heart
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« Reply #15 on: November 07, 2013, 07:36:33 pm »

Its all in what YOU have the most confidence in.  If you flinch with a .270, but can drill tacks with a .243, then the .270 is not much good to you.  All this talk about this bullet or that bullet:'(Huh?
Sure some are better than others, but shot placement is always key.  I'd venture to say that the .22 and 30/30 have killed more deer than all other calibers combined

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« Reply #16 on: November 07, 2013, 08:06:33 pm »

Its all in what YOU have the most confidence in.  If you flinch with a .270, but can drill tacks with a .243, then the .270 is not much good to you. 
 I'd venture to say that the .22 and 30/30 have killed more deer than all other calibers combined

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I would have to agree on the confidence thing, and been privy to a many a deer dropped in their tracks with a .22lr. scrabble the brain with a shot in the bur of the ear, and they will drop like a 100lb sack of taters.
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« Reply #17 on: November 07, 2013, 08:17:15 pm »

243 is hard to beat I don't need anything bigger I killed a Moose with a 243 and I watched him fall over with a shot threw the heart

Perfect shot...hit a rib or shoulder blade on that rascal and he runs away
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« Reply #18 on: November 07, 2013, 08:26:47 pm »

243 is hard to beat I don't need anything bigger I killed a Moose with a 243 and I watched him fall over with a shot threw the heart

Perfect shot...hit a rib or shoulder blade on that rascal and he runs away

And thats why u drill the neck. The high velocity shocks the spinal cord, disrupting the nervous system flow, blows out the wind pipe and arteries. Even with my 270 and 308, if i have an extra sec to line up on the neck, i put the round there.
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« Reply #19 on: November 07, 2013, 08:27:10 pm »

Between the 2 original guns I would go with the 270.

My personal preference inbetween those calibers I would have went with a 25-06.
To me that is the best all round caliber for most folks.


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