Hello lady and Gen I just need some good feedback I am buying a new cal rifle for Texas deer hunting in the Panhandle area... what is the best cal to buy I narrow it down to two cal 2506 or the 270 cal ... please help ..... oh BTW I already have two rifle I have the Sako 7mm08 and the Sako 300wsm I love them both wife is telling me I can buy one more ,,, for X-Mas...
thank you

Easy.....270

I would probably opt for the 25-06 since the 270 is so close in performance to the 7mm-08

Flip a coin and go have fun with your new rifle.

Buy both and keep it a secret.

I have a Tikka T3 25.06 and love it. Never had a problem with stopping anything. But I do miss my .270 --- tough call.

I've had both for years and I very seldom hunt anything with my 270. Everytime I go WT hunting I'll grab my old 25-06, just my prefrence. Good Luck with your choice. Baker

See other thread same OP same question ---> 25-06 or .270

I have both. But have to say up the 270 to 270 wsm. Don't touch the 270 now that I have the wsm.

.25-06 You got the .300 if you need to go bigger. I have 2 .25-06s and love them both.

.270

.270 no question, expecially if you dont reload

I like the 25-06 because I can buy a round for varmints and then a heavier round for a lot bigger game.

For Texas hunting: 25/06. The 120gr 25/06 does anything the 130gr 270 does with less recoil.

thank you all for ya'll feedback it was very helpful I decided to pick up another Sako in the 25-06cal with a Trijicon AccuPoint TR21R 4X24 with green Triangle it look sweet
again thank you all very much

Love my 25-06.... Love my 257wby more

270 is a great round just not for me

Both tell your wife they are a matched set for one price and can not be seperated

They are so similar that there's essentially no difference. There's a slight ballistic edge going to the .270 but that's just on paper. In the real world it doesn't make a noticable difference.

I've had both and loved both. I currently use a .270 for most of my hunting.

I have both calibers and love them both, but since you already have a 300wsm get the 25-06.

really can't go wrong with either imo

25-06. I won't hunt with anything else.

makes no difference if you put the bullet where it is supposed to go...

Last year I got my son a 25-06 to hunt in kansas with and dropped a 160 pound doe with silver ballistic tips with great damage

I just got a .270 recently and love it...whole new world for me. Either one will be just fine though.

I've loaded and owned or worked on and tuned both. My buddy Paige in Pleasanton got a Sendero 25 06 last yr. I loaded 100
Barnes X bullets for him w/RL 22. He gets about 1 in grp at 300
yds. Until last yr. he really would shoot over 85 to 100yds.

I also have owned a 270 very accurate, used to cull shoot w/100
grain varmit bullets....cows in the pasture..They shoot factory
loads more accurately usually....Either rifle I'd get one with
a 26in bbl....DD