270 WSM or 7 Remington Magnum

[Doug Hamilton]

Hi, I haven't written in a long time. I keep messing with weapons. I'm saving for a new rifle; Since I have a 338 Winchester Magnum, I have thought about purchasing a rifle with a smaller diameter cartridge and I want to choose between a 270 WSM or a 7 mm Remington Magnum. I plan to use it to stalk animals such as roe deer, goats and the like. I like the 270 WSM being brassless and can be fired in shorter rifles and the 7RM I like its history, and its ability to handle heavier shells if needed. Which one would you choose?

Roe deer and most goats are small, lightly built animals. Either of these two calibers would be more than adequate for the task. In either case, use a heavy ruggedly constructed bullet to lessen meat damage. I have used a 7mm RM for the last 40 years and my hunting partner has been using the .270 WSM for about the last 10. I really don't see an advantage to the .270 being beltless (?) so the the question becomes ammunition availability. In the US, the 7mm would be the clear winner.
Best of luck on whichever you choose.

Doug

Hi, I haven't written in a long time. I keep messing with weapons. I'm saving for a new rifle; Since I have a 338 Winchester Magnum, I have thought about purchasing a rifle with a smaller diameter cartridge and I want to choose between a 270 WSM or a 7 mm Remington Magnum. I plan to use it to stalk animals such as roe deer, goats and the like. I like the 270 WSM being brassless and can be fired in shorter rifles and the 7RM I like its history, and its ability to handle heavier shells if needed. Which one would you choose?

 

[colorado]

Between the 2, I would go with the 7mm Remington.

Same 7mm Rem and I have a great 270 Win and a 270 Weatherby 7mm Mag is one hell of a gun

 

[0002S]

If you’re ok with the recoil, 7mm Rem Mag. JM2C

 

[oscar1975]

In the end, neither one nor the other. I bought a Brno Zkk 600 in 270 Winchester, which by the way is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.

 

[FlyGuy]

In the end, neither one nor the other. I bought a Brno Zkk 600 in 270 Winchester, which by the way is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.

Great rifle and cartridge.

A friend of mine is taking his dusty old 270 out for a centenary hunt this year, as will I with my 300 H&H

 

[oscar1975]

Great rifle and cartridge.

A friend of mine is taking his dusty old 270 out for a centenary hunt this year, as will I with my 300 H&H

Thank you very much, I wish you the best of luck on your hunt.

Óscar

 

[meigsbucks]

For the game you plan on hunting, both will do the job. I’d choose the 7mag. Not much difference in recoil. Greater ammo choices and availability. More popular worldwide.

 

[IvW]

Hi, I haven't written in a long time. I keep messing with weapons. I'm saving for a new rifle; Since I have a 338 Winchester Magnum, I have thought about purchasing a rifle with a smaller diameter cartridge and I want to choose between a 270 WSM or a 7 mm Remington Magnum. I plan to use it to stalk animals such as roe deer, goats and the like. I like the 270 WSM being brassless and can be fired in shorter rifles and the 7RM I like its history, and its ability to handle heavier shells if needed. Which one would you choose?

Neither....what is brassless about the 270 WSM????

 

[Doug Hamilton]

Neither....what is brassless about the 270 WSM????

I think he.meant "beltless."

Frankly though I really don't see an advantage to not having a belt. Rifles have been working just fine with a belt for well over a hundred years.

 

[oscar1975]

In Spain there is a significant shortage of hunting ammunition, even for the 338 Winchester Magnum it was difficult to get ammunition and for the 35 Whelen I only found one box. Luckily, I rarely hunt big game.

 

[rdog]

Owning both a 270 WSM & a 7MM REM MAG both in Weatherby vanguards i do not think any animal could tell the difference, i tend to favor the WSM but the 7mm has a better bullet selection & factory ammo, the rifle in my avatar is the 270 WSM. may be think about a 6.8 Western, 6.5 PRC or a 7 mm PRC.

 

[hoytcanon]

Right now, starting from scratch, I would definitely go with the 7mm PRC.

 

[Flbt]

Hi, I haven't written in a long time. I keep messing with weapons. I'm saving for a new rifle; Since I have a 338 Winchester Magnum, I have thought about purchasing a rifle with a smaller diameter cartridge and I want to choose between a 270 WSM or a 7 mm Remington Magnum. I plan to use it to stalk animals such as roe deer, goats and the like. I like the 270 WSM being brassless and can be fired in shorter rifles and the 7RM I like its history, and its ability to handle heavier shells if needed. Which one would you choose?

Out of the 2 I would go with the 270 wam
But out of a browning blr preferably the take down model

 

[Flbt]

Thank you very much for your answers. I think I lean towards the 7 Remington Magnum, I am a magnum maniac and I do not usually choose standard cartridges. As I said about the 270 WSM, I like that its brass does not have a belt and that the rifles that fire it are more compact, and I like everything about the 7 Remington Magnum. But my gunsmith recommends the 270 WSM. On the other hand, in Spain we do have the 280 Remington and the 7-08 but not the 280 AI. Weatherby cartridges are hard to find and very expensive, otherwise I would go for a 257 or 270 Weatherby.

The main reason I said the 270 wam
By the tables in some books the 270 wsm is close to some loads on the 270 weatherbey

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Hi, I haven't written in a long time. I keep messing with weapons. I'm saving for a new rifle; Since I have a 338 Winchester Magnum, I have thought about purchasing a rifle with a smaller diameter cartridge and I want to choose between a 270 WSM or a 7 mm Remington Magnum. I plan to use it to stalk animals such as roe deer, goats and the like. I like the 270 WSM being brassless and can be fired in shorter rifles and the 7RM I like its history, and its ability to handle heavier shells if needed. Which one would you choose?

@oscar1975
For roe deer I wouldn't choose either
I would be happy with a nice 25-06. I know boring but flat shooting and more than enough gun
Loaded with a nice 100gn at 3,400fps what's not to like or for really flat a nice 110gn accubond or eldx @3,200 fps.
I know it's not what you asked for but flat shooting, plenty of power for the game you mentioned and mild recoil compared to the other you asked about.
Just my opinion but what do I know.
Bob

 

[oscar1975]

I also have a Browning A-Bolt in 243 WSSM, which shouldn't be bad either. The ammunition I have for it is the 85 grain Barnes TTSX.

 

[oscar1975]

@oscar1975
For roe deer I wouldn't choose either
I would be happy with a nice 25-06. I know boring but flat shooting and more than enough gun
Loaded with a nice 100gn at 3,400fps what's not to like or for really flat a nice 110gn accubond or eldx @3,200 fps.
I know it's not what you asked for but flat shooting, plenty of power for the game you mentioned and mild recoil compared to the other you asked about.
Just my opinion but what do I know.
Bob

As I said I bought a Brno 270 Winchester.

 

[Safari Dave]

There is almost nothing available in a factory 7mm WSM anymore.

I just don't understand the folks who jump on the "bandwagon" of new cartridges.


I guess a million hunters will buy rifles chambered in "7mm Backcountry" now.

Good luck finding factory ammo in 10 years.

And "good luck" to reloaders trying to resize steel alloy casings...

 

[hoytcanon]

There is almost nothing available in a factory 7mm WSM anymore.

I just don't understand the folks who jump on the "bandwagon" of new cartridges.


I guess a million hunters will buy rifles chambered in "7mm Backcountry" now.

Good luck finding factory ammo in 10 years.

And "good luck" to reloaders trying to resize steel alloy casings...

The BC can suck it... but it is still easy to get WSM brass and any of the cases can be used to make the others or the WSM wildcats. I am shooting .300 & .375 WSM, with no worry for brass.
New cartridges are always a crap shoot, if you don't reload and you jump in early, you better lay in a lifetime supply of ammo, and if you reload, source the brass along with the rifle.