I think the 270 is a fine round and will get the job done well if the shooter does their part. (also assuming a good bullet is used). I am not recoil sensitive, but find the 270 light recoiling in a decent rifle. I've owned a couple, but I guess I'm just an '06 guy to the core...
Also, put me in for a 7mm-08 vote. It's what I bought for my wife and the elk she shot with it didn't know she wasn't kicked into the next county when she pulled the trigger.
Yeah it is great in a heavier rifle but in the youth size rifles it tends to make the new hunter (kids) gunshy and can instill bad habits that take a while to get them over.
I have a 77 Mountain Rifle and it blackens my shoulder off the bench. Granted it has little effect when shooting at "game" but when sighting in and playing it is a Mule. My little Ruger #3 45-70 with 500 Grain Heavy Handloads approaching 458 mag levels does not even have the sharp recoil of the light 270 Win.
And I have fired nearly every cal invented at one time or another. The worst actually being the 460 Weatherby. That one makes the 50 BMG seem like a rimfire I just thing something like that 7mm0* or the 308 or 7x57 or something similar is a better starting cl for a youngster. You have to teach them to make a clean accurte kill shot first, and recoil extremes get in the way of that.
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