Brought up being a meat hunter I was taught a double lung shot or a head shot was the only one to take (right or wrong). A shoulder shot would get me a good chewing out as it wasted too much meat. The one that ran off on me was a double lung and I have never had one run off with either the 25-06, 30-06, .308 or .243 like I did with the 7MM. Again it may have just been the bullet was not the best as this was over 30 years ago and there were some of that era that did not expand well.

why even feed the troll. freaking thing blows big nasty holes in animals. No different than a swede, the difference is i can actually find a gun I like in the .264 and actually find ammo, this is why its done so well. remington dropped the ball with the 260 just like they did with the 6mm

I can assure you with 100% certainty it's not the cartridge, it's the shooters. I shot one for several years with Nosler Partitions and every deer I shot except one dropped in their tracks (all heart/lung shots). The one that didn't drop immediately didn't go very far. As others have said, it's the shooters flinching and not putting the bullet where it needs to go.

Being a new hunter, I am hoping my new .270 isnt a bad caliber haha

I think that if they had stopped developing new cartridges after the .270, about the same number of deer would have still been dropped. You won't hear too many folks knocking the .270.

Well put.
But the newest designer caliber is coming soon to a forum near you, keep an eye out, is might be awesome.

When I was shopping, they were trying pretty hard to get me to get the creedmore.
When I told them I wanted a .270 or .308 for my first deer/pig rifle, they kept pushing for it and then I said I wanted something more traditional

besides that coyote i saw you shoot last year...

Yall read the THF right? Don't you know these days the 270 has tremendous recoil, is an unwieldy long action, and has pure chit bullets available when it comes to BC? Its a wonder the bullet even make it to the paper at 100 yards much less kill game.

Let’s see the old 270 has been killing deer for over 90 years now and all these new 6.5’s are so much better! Also, the 30-06 is over 100 years old, wow why is anyone still using these archaic calibers? I guess all of us old timers need to go back to ammo school!

Several of these 6.5s come close to what can be done with the 6.5X55 which was a teenager when the 30-06 was new.

When it comes down to it everyone just likes having multiple guns of different calibers. Heck I bought a Browning in 6.5 CM late last year and now I'm playing around with two 40+ year old Remington 700's in 270 and 30.06

I figure they're all about equal within the 300 yard range

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no accuracy and no stopping power...you would be better off throwing the gun at them and hoping it knocks them out

Agree with Kmon on the Swede. It has taken a lot of moose in Scandanavia. Not a lot that it won't do.

In my teens my brother hunted with a big box store (FED MART) surplus rifle from WW2 that you could purchase out of a barrel in the sporting goods dept and take your pick for around $13.00, and that's no joke.
He got a 6.5 Japanese that was pretty rough, and no body could get that thing to hit anything.
You could have been inside a barn and shoot it and you wouldn't hit the walls.
Just when he thought he had it sighted in, there would be a flyer that would miss by feet not inches.
He ended up hunting from a tree and dropping it on the deer!........Only part of story not true!
I think our dad ended up pawning it as it disappeared.

.22 LR unless you are from East Texas and hunt at night. JK (kinda)

I'll add the 7.65 Argentina. I bet it was a $5 gun. I did shoot a few deer with it before I bought an old long barreled Winchester 30-30. Those I shot were close, real close!

Ahh true. Never had to track a deer* I don't what happened with that coyote, I'm just surprised I hit him. Reminds me of the hog at 40 yards with the .270 that didn't even break stride. Like what

that's why .243 is the go-to for me. never failed me.

6.5 Creedmore. Its just made for snipers not hunters.

The cartridge didn’t fail me. I failed myself with an unsteady shot on a yote at 350~ yds. If I would’ve hit something other than a leg, he’s going nowhere with 167 VLDs. Heck I shot my spike with a bulk federal round, and he didn’t move his feet, just collapsed. Like most of the guys said, it’s where you put the shot, not what your shooting. Unless it’s a 6.5 hehehe

There were plenty of deer.Just took a pack of good hounds to get them out of the thicket. lol