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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: huntnfmly on January 28, 2016, 05:09:50 PM

Title: 7mm08 vs .270 for daughter
Post by: huntnfmly on January 28, 2016, 05:09:50 PM: Howdy
I will be getting my daughter a rifle she can use for deer and elk and wondering what your thoughts are.I'm not sure which one has less recoil I know it depends on ammo selection but I was wondering if anybody may have experience with both
Thanks
Jim
Title: Re: 7mm08 vs .270 for daughter
Post by: Woodchuck on January 28, 2016, 05:11:31 PM: 7mm-08 hands down. :twocents:
Title: Re: 7mm08 vs .270 for daughter
Post by: Bob33 on January 28, 2016, 05:17:56 PM: Recoil is a factor of several variables. You can shoot mild ammunition in a 270 that reduces recoil to more pleasant levels. If I had a 270 that's what I would do. If I were purchasing one I would choose the 7mm-08. It has enough energy to cleanly kill deer and elk out to reasonable distances, with milder recoil everything else equal.
Title: Re: 7mm08 vs .270 for daughter
Post by: carpsniperg2 on January 28, 2016, 05:19:04 PM: 7mm-08 hands down :IBCOOL:
Title: Re: 7mm08 vs .270 for daughter
Post by: carpsniperg2 on January 28, 2016, 05:28:18 PM: Quote from: JJB11B on January 28, 2016, 05:22:47 PM
Quote from: carpsniperg2 on January 28, 2016, 05:19:04 PM
7mm-08 hands down :IBCOOL:
I know of a guy that has one for sale on here for like $350

310.00 as of yesterday :yike: :yike: :yike: :yike: :yike:
Title: Re: 7mm08 vs .270 for daughter
Post by: mountainman on January 28, 2016, 05:35:21 PM: Both of my daughters harvested their first bucks, respectivley, at 13 years old. Their caliber? A Remington model 7 in 7/08!
Title: Re: 7mm08 vs .270 for daughter
Post by: huntnfmly on January 28, 2016, 05:55:32 PM: Thanks guys for the replys.and for the heads up on the one for sale but I'm buying her a new benelli this weekend for spring turkey so or will be a little wait before the rifle but if it's still on here then I'll check it out
Title: Re: 7mm08 vs .270 for daughter
Post by: splitshot on January 28, 2016, 06:00:00 PM: the 7/08 for sure. my granddaughter has one . she is 5 foot and 110 lbs and killed an elk with this year. great caliber. put a limbsaver recoil pad on it and it wont bite as bad. mike w
Title: Re: 7mm08 vs .270 for daughter
Post by: Wingin it on January 28, 2016, 07:52:52 PM: Agreed, 7-08 all the way!
Title: Re: 7mm08 vs .270 for daughter
Post by: theleo on January 29, 2016, 07:07:46 AM: Quote from: mountainman on January 28, 2016, 05:35:21 PM
Both of my daughters harvested their first bucks, respectivley, at 13 years old. Their caliber? A Remington model 7 in 7/08!
Same rifle and cartridge combo accounted for my first elk 17 years ago when I was 13.
Title: Re: 7mm08 vs .270 for daughter
Post by: MooseZ25 on January 29, 2016, 10:48:14 AM: My daughter has used her Ruger youth model 7-08 to shoot everything from moose to coyotes. great caliber :tup:
Title: Re: 7mm08 vs .270 for daughter
Post by: Sakko300wsm on January 29, 2016, 10:56:42 AM: My wife has a Tikka T3 7mm-08, shoots 139gr Nozzler, Vortex scope. Awsome gun- definately a tack driver
Title: Re: 7mm08 vs .270 for daughter
Post by: fremont on January 29, 2016, 08:02:51 PM: 7-08 would be the one I'd pick.
Title: Re: 7mm08 vs .270 for daughter
Post by: huntnphool on January 29, 2016, 08:22:06 PM: Quote from: Woodchuck on January 28, 2016, 05:11:31 PM
7mm-08 hands down. :twocents:

+1

I own both and my kids have shot both, they now have Ruger 7mm08 Compacts and love them.

Your daughter is welcome to shoot ours if you would like to try both.
Title: Re: 7mm08 vs .270 for daughter
Post by: Eric M on January 29, 2016, 08:33:45 PM: They are both good flat shooting guns. I have a .270. My brother in law, my sister, and both their boys have 7mm-08's. They live on the east coast and he swears there is no better whitetail gun. They live 10 min from the Remington factory and he got the boys ones with a blemish or something on the stock. All Rem 700's. They all love them. My Savage .270 is a lower end gun but shoots flat. I just put good glass on it.
Title: Re: 7mm08 vs .270 for daughter
Post by: huntnfmly on January 30, 2016, 10:22:10 PM: Thanks everybody for the input.
Huntnphool thank you for the offer that is very generous of you but i think we are going with the 7/08. Thats what i like about this site great people
Title: Re: 7mm08 vs .270 for daughter
Post by: coachcw on January 31, 2016, 06:57:03 AM: both are great rounds with plenty of offerings . The 7mm/08 is gonna be tough to beat in a youth sized riffle . Don't look past the .260 either they perform very well as well .