Went to Tx in December and posted on here I was trying to decide which rifle to take. A 270 or the 7mm08. Every deer to date that I can remember was taken with the 270. The 08 made the trip and if I could email someone the video you can see the performance at 140yds of the 08. Remington 140gr core lokt ammo on a 10 Pt

Both/either.... flip a coin. Both are quite effective

looking forward to seeing it.

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This is an old thread and he's already taken the 7-08. He's just asking for someone to post the video.

Just create a YouTube account, simple.

I hunted .270 for 18 years. Picked up a 7mm-08 and haven't used .270 since, 23 years.

Wouldn’t ever hunt with either seen to many deer wounded or never found with both calibers. My wife has an 08 and lost two deer this year and wounded one and shot placement was dead on. Her gun the deer piles up most of the time but the times she’s a little off the deer run and there is never any blood or anything. Sometimes you will walk up on the deer 30-40 yards from hit site but they never bleed. I’m done with that gun she will be using something else.

Never lost a deer with either caliber

You might catch hell on this one.

Anyhow, I’ve hinted with a 7-08 mainly for the last 15 plus years. Only lost a couple deer and I can assure you it was my fault. I’ve lost one of the biggest bama bucks I’ve seen with a rem 7 mag. Knocked him down then found him 11 hours later. He got up and ran like he was never hit. Laying in his own blood.

270 if I'm choosing. We have a few 400-700# elk cows killed annually filling damage tags with 270s and haven't had one leave a field yet. Shots typically 100-200yds. It's shot placement IMO and bullets selection I guess.
Seen a few 7-900 bulls killed with them too.

Bullets matter, not headstamps.

Hint...

Yep, that's definitely a bullet issue, a shooting issue, or a tracking issue. Or maybe a bit of all of them. It's definitely not a caliber issue. A deer running 30-40 yards after being hit is not uncommon depending on where it's hit. Thinking about it, I've actually never shot a deer with anything other than a 7mm-08 or a .270. Except for one I shot with a .270 around 1990 or so that I shot too low and clipped his brisket, I've never lost a deer I've hit with either caliber (and that deer recovered and was killed later in the season, with a limp). I did have quite a tracking job on a doe that I unintentionally gut shot with a 7mm-08 while I was still-hunting a clearcut about a decade ago, but I still found her after about a quarter-mile track with very little blood. But virtually all of the deer I've shot with either caliber have either dropped where I've shot them, or were fairly easily trackable and found within 30-75 yards.

I did swear off Ballistic Tips because I felt they were more prone to having the deer run off than drop, and were more likely to blow up on bone and not exit, leaving me with a harder tracking job.

I’m waiting on the video
I ain’t arguing those calibers.

My best buddy growing up bought at 270 weatherby mag when he graduated from auburn in 1988 and has killed over 200 with it and no telling how many coyotes and bobcats and dogs with it but has only lost 3. But the weatherby 270 is a different breed from a regular 270. He moved to Oxford Mississippi in 93 and hunts over there now and I miss hunting with him. We duck hunt and dove hunt together once a year now.

I wanted to like the 7-08, but had too many tote one off without exits. Found every deer I shot with it but there was always that scenario in the back of my mind. Went back to .30 caliber after that trial run.

Speaking of .270. The most beautiful and smoothest rifle I’ve ever owned, or seen, was in .270. Saved a long time out of high school and purchased a Sauer and Sohn S202. To this day I regret selling that gun… Killed a good bit of deer with that gun and can’t remember having any issues.

Not a lick of difference between the .270 and 7-08 other than short vs long action.

I'll take neither one for 500 Alex....!!

Just make a rumble account and upload it. Share the link.

I got a dollar says any issues anyone has with a 7mm08 involve the word Hornady.

What weight and brand bullets are you shooting in the 7-08 to have these failures on well placed shots?

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