.308 more forgiving if slightly misplaced shot

profind1

vs 270 vs 7mm......could you elaborate.....the way i read it is that it has more knock down power.........versus penetration......................By thae way thanks for all the comments.........learned more in a few hours than weeks in gun shops...................last stupid question .........what is 7mm 08........thanks again stan

Der Gebirgsjager

A 7mm/08 is a .308 Win. necked down to 7mm. Good deer rifle.

Orphanedcowboy

Let me first state I hunt with a 30'06, and a .308, I prefer the 30'06. While teaching my cousin's boys about hunting and shooting in general, I told him it was wise for him to buy his own gun. So his dad took him to a local sporting goods store and the salesman raved about the .270, so what did they buy? A .270 in a Browning A-bolt Medallion, a great rifle, but when it came time to sight it in, I boresighted the gun, I loaned him a M8 6x42mm, and off to my private range we went. After half a box of sheels he was no closer than we started, I let him do the intial sight in, to aquaint himself with the rifle and resulting felt recoil. He would flinch at the break of the trigger and pull his shots, I tried showing him how the gun actually shot, but he wasn't interested. I finished the sight in with 3 shells and we gave his gun one last cleaning and off to home he went. Opening day, he calls I missed a deer, I shot a deer and hit it but I cannot find it? I went to help find his deer, and he had hit it high in the ribs, it ran about 150 yds from where it was shot, across a fence into an open meadow, I followed the trail of blood and retreived the deer. He told me he didn't want the gun any more it "kicked too much", so I paid him what the dealer was offering to take the gun back, and took him out to shoot several of my guns, I had a .308 Classic Featherweight, he shot it and procedded to run two boxes of shells through it and loved it. I loaned him the gun to hunt with, and He now has his own. I beleive when you first start out, shooting is a honed skill, it is a skill that some people come by naturally, and other's must practice in order to be efficient. I practice daily, I have a 500 yd range, with stations set up every 50 yds, I didn't get to 500 easily, I had to practice and practice. I think the .308 is the best gun for a starter because it is a bit overpowered for most game, and that translates into confidence, you have to have confidence in yourself, and your equipement, in order to be successful. I started hunting deer with a .243 and killed alot of deer with it, but I honed my skills with an old Marlin bolt .22 on squirrels, and when I was growing up, we ate alot of squirrel. I think of the three, you have no bad choice's, just the 7mm might deter some people because of felt recoil and in the hands of a novice the .270 may be undergunned for some shots' at long ranges, which, I see more people overestimate their range on several occasions, they shoot further than their abilty. I am guilty and there are more people that are guilty than just me, I am not afraid to admit it, I have made some judgmental errors afeild, and paid the price, looking well into the night for game I shot well out of my range. I think you will be happy with the .308, and later after skills are honed, like that of Jack O'Connor, you too can kill most any game with a .270, I still need honing.

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Xracer

Right on Cowboy! I'm a big '06 fan, but .308 is a very good 2nd best....and for the "recoil-sensitive", perhaps a better choice.