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270 Yeah. If you load it, it can be loaded up or down from a soft round or up until the recoil hurts you. It is a superb cal and has been around for a very, very long time. There is a load of rubbish written about it. that it is a banger and damages meat and has heavy recoil. So does anything that uses the wrong bullet or isnt held in the right place. it is out of fashion now so they can be bought cheap.

 

 

I know 2 people use them to very good effect....... Home load seems a must in my area though as there are hardly and rounds in our shops.

 

+ 1 for 270. You will get a nice rifle/scope for your budget and it will do every thing you need, I got one for less than your budget a couple of years ago..

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My personal choice for one single rifle would be the 25_06 ive had one for 7 years now after going from 243 as i found with my 243 sako i had to homeload 100 grain heads to there maximum to get 1700 ftlb of power to make it deer legal as any loaded 85 grain head i loaded was never on or over the limit so decided to go upto the 25 for the added security and the extreme knock down power

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My personal choice for one single rifle would be the 25_06 ive had one for 7 years now after going from 243 as i found with my 243 sako i had to homeload 100 grain heads to there maximum to get 1700 ftlb of power to make it deer legal as any loaded 85 grain head i loaded was never on or over the limit so decided to go upto the 25 for the added security and the extreme knock down power

+1 for the 25-06. I have used one for the last three years, and it is fast and flat enough to smoke foxes, but with sufficient knock down power for the biggest stags at good ranges. Straightforward to reload as well .

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25-06 beautiful calibre . Also a big fan of the .270 another cracking round. Ive never found them punchy or OTT . Just a good all round calibre thats perfect for the uk . I think some need to "man up " a bit lol

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Cheers for all the info gents. I've decided on the 243, mainly on the fact a friend has all the loading equipment for it so I can use that instead of buying the stuff myself. Also as 80% of my quarry would be foxes,I think this would be the better choice.

Cheers

Ross.

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Cheers for all the info gents. I've decided on the 243, mainly on the fact a friend has all the loading equipment for it so I can use that instead of buying the stuff myself. Also as 80% of my quarry would be foxes,I think this would be the better choice.

Cheers

Ross.

Good luck with the new calibre. Now all you need to do is decide on the rifle. Happy shopping and happy shooting afterwards.

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Ok , see what you mean , I shot my .243 for years on deer & fox & ended up shooting every thing with 100gr ..

Me too mate, fox and deer( red , roe and CWD) have all fell with 100gr soft points out of my 243, shots have been on the money though

 

Tis all I use ,

 

To the op the choice is yours mate?????

 

Enjoy what ever you decide on getting,

 

Atb

 

Flynny

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Cheers for all the info gents. I've decided on the 243, mainly on the fact a friend has all the loading equipment for it so I can use that instead of buying the stuff myself. Also as 80% of my quarry would be foxes,I think this would be the better choice.

Cheers

Ross.

With that percentage it's the right choice

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I have a Sako 85 in .270 which is a lovely rifle but had a slightly reduced budget for my .243 (dedicated NV foxing rifle). I ended up going for a Howa 1500 (laminate thumbhole, stainless varmint). I cant fault the rifle, great to use. The only issue I have (as I am a skinny ******) is that after 2-3 hours lugging it round the field (most of my ground is covered on foot) its weight starts to make its presence know on my shoulder.

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Not sure how I missed this thread but, during my recent hill stalking trip to Scotland I got talking to the the ghillies about preferred calibres, bear on mind that when not escorting clients these guys shoot a hundred plus hill red deer a year, likely many more.

 

The choice for the estate rifle was 308.

 

Their own personal choice, and the calibre they use on the hills for everytging from Fox to red deer, was for 243.

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In fairness a lot of people can't even name any other calibres than .22 .243 and .308

 

As an aside when I went to Arran stalking the FC stalker opened by saying "I hope none of you have travelled all the way up here with that poofs calibre" :lol:

 

They will all do the job in reality, the rest is just personal preference.

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In fairness a lot of people can't even name any other calibres than .22 .243 and .308

 

As an aside when I went to Arran stalking the FC stalker opened by saying "I hope none of you have travelled all the way up here with that poofs calibre" :lol:

 

They will all do the job in reality, the rest is just personal preference.

Never a truer word said

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