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John Barsness
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Another vote for the 4200 3-9x. The recoil of the .338 Federal and .270 Winchester is just about identical, given equal weight rifles and 200-grain bullets in the .338 and 130's in the .270. This is what my shoulder feels and what recoil calculations suggest as well. In fact some people feel the .270 recoils a little more, mostly because its recoil is sharper, due to higher velocity. Actually in my experience the combination gives quite a bit of hunting overlap. The .338 Federal shoots a lot flatter than many people would guess, and in my experience the .270 Winchester is quite adequate for game bigger than deer. I have seen it take a wide variety of big game both in North America and Africa and given good shooting (always the first prerequisite) and good bullets it has done quite well on animals like elk, moose, gemsbok, wildebeest, etc. |
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budperm
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ya buddy!
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brodeur272
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Take a look at the Sightron SII or Big Sky scopes...
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supertool73
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Then you have ckk1106 who killed a nice bear last week with his .270. Just another example of shot placement over the newest biggest gigantor round. I am all about the moderate calibers as well, a 30-06 or comparable round is big enough for anything in North America and in many cases even a lesser caliber is perfectly adequate. I agree about the 4200, or the Sightron big sky. I have both and they are pretty comparable in my book. Both tough with decent glass at a decent price. |
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seattlesetters
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Of course, taking the .270 Win on a pronghorn or open-country mule deer hunt is a no-brainer, as is taking the .338 Federal for black timber elk or moose in the alders. But there is more than enough overlap, as you suggest, for these rifles to perfom many of the same functions with similar recoil and effectiveness. The "back-up" function and overlap scenarios somewhat alter my normal thinking on which scope would be best on these rifles vs. if the same question were considered for each rifle on its own.
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