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<blockquote data-quote="thevic24" data-source="post: 7708737" data-attributes="member: 575973">The .270 is an excellent deer round!!&nbsp;&nbsp; Keep in mind that it is a 30.06 necked down to a 6.8mm.The .270 can be hand loaded to much higher velocities safely and can be a good long range round.The only thing really holding it back as a long range target round it the lack of target rounds.An AR (5.56) can be a good mid sized game gun but your shot placement will need to be very good, specially on the longer shots.IMO, check out the WSSM rounds in .223 and .243.&nbsp; &nbsp; My buddy&#039;s son uses a .243 WSSM in a bolt gun. It has been nothing but devastating on deer so far. (neat looking, fat cartridges!!)As far as AR&#039;s go, you really can not beat the Bushmasters as far as lower priced Ar&#039;s go. Their quality is up there with the more $$$$$ AR&#039;s.IF you do go with an AR for hunting, try and stick to the 20&quot; barrels. The carbines (16&quot;)&nbsp; honestly loose too much velocity and punch.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="thevic24, post: 7708737, member: 575973"] The .270 is an excellent deer round!! Keep in mind that it is a 30.06 necked down to a 6.8mm. The .270 can be hand loaded to much higher velocities safely and can be a good long range round. The only thing really holding it back as a long range target round it the lack of target rounds. An AR (5.56) can be a good mid sized game gun but your shot placement will need to be very good, specially on the longer shots. IMO, check out the WSSM rounds in .223 and .243. My buddy's son uses a .243 WSSM in a bolt gun. It has been nothing but devastating on deer so far. (neat looking, fat cartridges!!) As far as AR's go, you really can not beat the Bushmasters as far as lower priced Ar's go. Their quality is up there with the more $$$$$ AR's. IF you do go with an AR for hunting, try and stick to the 20" barrels. The carbines (16") honestly loose too much velocity and punch. [/QUOTE]

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