by Timb0 » 09 Oct 2014, 8:41 pm
This could turn into a .270 vs 7mm-08 post!
For some people that shoot pigs, small deer, goats, foxes, dogs, cats, maybe a sneaky roo I would say the .243 is the ideal all rounder in Australia. If your going to shoot camels, donkeys, large deer, scrub bulls and buff you obviously need something bigger.
The .308win is a very versatile cartridge as you can shoot 130gr projectile somewhat fast and flat for goats etc then load 200gr for scrub bulls and other large animals. I think the .308win is ideal if you live in the northern parts of Australia and aren't going after Buff (and only want to own one gun). 30-06 even better.
Out of .308, 243 and .270, I use the .270 the most as it shoots flatter than the .308 and hits harder than the .243. My mate shoots a 7mm-08 and I chose the .270win as he seems to have problems getting ammo sometimes and there was a time when he had trouble getting 7mm hunting projectiles in 140gr.
I shoot 130gr projectiles, my mate shoots 140gr. In this case the .270 shoots a bit flatter. You could manipulate things to make either the winner but they are common loads for the two and in real world hunting its hard to notice.
I guess I have chosen the .270 because it makes life easy for me as reloading components and factory ammo are easy to come by. Not much else in it really.
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Timb0 on 09 Oct 2014, 9:51 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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