Ok so heres the deal. My dad wants to get me a new rifle and I told him I wanted a 25-06 and he said yes to that but I may also want to look into the 270. I want a remington and as ive seen the 270 is the only gun in either calibers that has one for leftys like me. so what do i do? look for a 25-06 in left handed or just get the 270?
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Ok so heres the deal. My dad wants to get me a new rifle and I told him I wanted a 25-06 and he said yes to that but I may also
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Chris 95. he already owns a 243. SELL THE 243, BUY A BOLT 25-06. shane, ask ur poppy and maybe he will buy you one. i don't know if i, myself, would buy a 270. it has a little too much recoil. i CAN handle recoil. don't everybody start callin me a wuss. i shoot a 30-30..but you'll be a lot more accurate and less flinchy with a 25-06. it has the knockdown power of a 270 and the flat trajectory of the 22-250 (as Clay said, i believe). 25-06 is your best choice in my opinion. and sicne you're just a kid, you don't need to be taking recoil. it'll get you to anticipate recoil, and we DON'T want that. 25-06. if Clay comments on here, i'm sure he's gonna agree with me. but thats what i think.
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I started with a .243 and grew up with 2 rifles a 25-06 and a .270... (I quit shooting the .243 after trying the 25-06 on running coyotes). I am on my fourth barrel on the 25-06 after 40-50,000 rounds. I have shot about 40 rounds out of the .270. Every time I reached for the .25, that .270 was sitting there saying "Take me!" "Take me!" but I never seemed to take it. Guess why that is. Side by side, there was no contest... the .25 has no recoil, blazing speed, ultra flat shooting and sooo flexible... perfect for everything from prairie dogs and woodchucks to deer. You just can't put it down and pull up a .270... you just don't want to lose the edge. Don't get me wrong... a .270 is a wonderful rifle, clearly second only to the 25-06 for hunting in the lower 48. Too bad you can't take one of each out and try to: a)hit something running fast at 250-300 yards and b) pop off 200 rounds. You will find that both kill a deer about exactly the same once you actually hit the deer but a) and b) are noticably different.
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Oh, by the way... I shoot left handed and use a right handed action... no problem. I never wanted to get a left handed action in case I ever want to sell or trade it. You just have to be careful to get a stock that fits... no big roll over. I even put a left handed stock on my 25-06 because it has a thumb hole... no problem. Rem 700 has stocks you will like. Most manufacturers do.
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Actually I'm thinking about buying him a gun...
Someone please return the favor?
Reid - .270 recoil isn't that terribly bad. Just practice. You have your whole life to use the rifle. You will get bigger, and even before you do, you'll be shooting that thing like it's a BB gun.
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