7mm 08 is a wonderful caliber.......identical to the old 7X57 only in a short case. It would be near the top of my list for an all around caliber. I like the little heavier bullet availability for hunting compared with the 6.5. Nosler partitions are magnificent in my 7mm mag. I use a big gun (378 Weatherby) on elk mainly because the bullets are less likely to deflect and I am not recoil sensitive. Many years ago I had a 180 grain 308 bullet turn nearly 90 degrees and take out the backstrap and most of the steaks after hitting a bone.
I'm not that good but the rifle is and my load development is. You do your load development and my 8 year old can shoot .2s all day. Savages are that good.
Rifle accuracy testing should always be done with the assistance of something like a Caldwell sled removing the human element.
From my experience with airguns, as long as the gun is good and the shooter isn't shaky and has a good stance/platform then you can shoot good. A good zoom scope helps a lot. In the airgun world this pretty pronounced because there is "shootability" of the gun then the precision of the gun. Spring piston guns are extremely hold sensitive, most aren't aim and shoot type guns. I've been shooting half inch groups with a 14fpe spring piston airgun at 50 yards lately, that's pretty impressive actually. I'm hoping I can now do that at 100 yards with a rifle. I will keep my eye on that FV price, need to make a cabelas run anyway. Also, I will have to get in contact with you sometime about going out and shooting, that would help a lot to actually see these guns look and shoot like. I've only ever fired my old 270 years ago and a 12 gauge even longer.
I do wish it was easier to obtain specs regarding sled shot groups for various rifle models. Like have it listed on the box as a selling point. Of coarse then manufactures would straight up lie... "tested using...shooter may not have similar results"
A .270 is a necked down .30-06. That's what it should be compared to. It's faster at some distances. It's flatter at some distances. It's more accurate at some distances. My main hunting rifle was a .270 Win for my first 25 years. Since then it's been a .30-06. The only advantage I can see in the .30-06 is the number of bullet choices available, up to 220 gr, whereas the .270 pretty much stops at 165 gr. If I hadn't been in the market for a new rifle, and going elk hunting I might have picked another .270 last time.
Wouldn't BC be the factor most relevant in that case instead of which shoots flatter? ...I need to read up more on BC, I'm not sure I know what it is exactly, I do know what I want it to mean lol. I am comparing a .308 to a .270 in my mind (centerfires) as I'm picturing watching a pellet that I have seen moving slow out of my 2240 airgun and on it's downward arch yet hitting the bulls eye at 55 yards in the wind while my NP2 airgun is still scorching the pellets at that range but no where near where I aimed. In that case the guns accuracy is the biggest factor at that range followed by the pellets- I assume BC- ability to 'buck' the wind. ...but in what instance is a bullet at xyz distance going to be more accurate when it's at a 20' drop in it's trajectory compared to one that's at a 10' drop with same distance and poa?
Given the diameter of the bullet they should have more similar coefficents.
Shooting a 130 gr bullet out of a 06 if you can find one might be possible but if accuracy has any play in this equation a 30-06 may not be able to compete with a 270, put a 165 out of a 270 and compare it to a 165 out of a 06 and you have the reverse situation. With different calibers you have different weight ranges and most calibers have a sweet spot.
