which gun is bigger, a 30-06, a .270 or a 7mm? the could all drop an elephant! i know that much!
2006-09-20 13:01:25 · 25 answers · asked by Ryan O 2 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
The 30-06 is bigger.But a .270 can't drop an elephant.The 30-06 and 7mm can though.
2006-09-21 08:50:31 · answer #1 · answered by videogamertj 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The 30-06 is a bigger cartridge. It fires a bullet weight of 110-220 grains. The .270 is just the 30-06 neck down to .270 and typically fires a 130-140 grain bullet. The 7mm is a .280 caliber and in a lot of ways very similar to the 30-06. All are great rounds, and capable of hunting 99% of animals here in the U.S. Some might feel undergunned hunt some of the bigger bears, but all of them have been used. All these guns are capable of 'dropping an elephant', but would be considered illegal to use in countries that have elephant hunts. Typically larger than the 375 H&H is the minimum for elephant.
2006-09-21 07:58:50 · answer #2 · answered by Charles B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The .270 Winchester is based on the .30-06 Springfield and is a .30-06 necked down to 27 caliber. It shoots lighter bullets. The .7mm is actually a much lighter caliber round, unless you mean the .7mm Remington Magnum.
Even though the .7mm bears the moniker 'magnum' ballistically it is very close (on paper) to the older .30-06 Springfield round. It is a 28 caliber bullet with available bullet weights up to 175 grains. The .30-06's bullet weight range is from 125 to 220 grains.
Considering that the .30-06 is a thirty caliber bullet diameter available with heavier bullets than both the .7mm and .270, the .30-06 would be the biggest of the three calibers you asked about.
NOTE: None of these calibers are considered suitable for hunting elephant. As someone else already mentioned, the minimum for hunting elephant is the .375 Holland & Holland Magnum. Other than that, all three calibers you mentioned are excellent rounds for North American big game with the .30-06 and .7mm Mag. having the edge.
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2006-09-20 22:54:39 · answer #3 · answered by H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the 30-06 is the largest bullet of the three, with a bullet diameter of .308" the .270 and the 7mm are virtually the same. but then there are other ways to look at it. if you have a 150 grain bullet in the 30-06 and a 180 grain bullet in the 7mm then the 7mm would actually be the bigger bullet, just smaller in diameter. and as far as powerful, if your talking about the 7mm magnum then it will have the most energy of all 3 followed by the 30-06 and then the .270. if your talking about the 7mm mauser then it will be a little less powerful than the .270.
but your question is which GUN is bigger, in that case it would depend on the manufacturer. hehe j/k
you can use yahoo's conversion calculators to convert mm to inches and vice versa. try it and see how close the 7mm is to .270
2006-09-20 20:38:26 · answer #4 · answered by YourDailyDoseOfCommonSense 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Bound's huby here:
The .30-06 fires a bullet .308 inches in diameter. The .270 and 7mm both shoot a bullet .277 inches in diameter. The .270 is actually a necked-down .30-06. The .270 and the 7mm shoot a smaller range of lighter bullets. All three would be adequate for thin skinned African game. The .30-06 would be extremely marginal for use on an elephant. None of the three would drop an elephant. The .30-06 is good for all North American game. The .270 and 7mm have their limitations.
2006-09-21 07:24:55 · answer #5 · answered by gonefornow 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Bullet diameters are .308 for the .30-06, .284 for a 7mm and .277 for a .270. There are Magnum versions of 7mm and .270. I wouldn't take any of them elephant hunting. Elephants have been killed with such calibers, but it may take a while for them to die, and they are likely to be quite angry at you if you shoot them. I have a .460 Magnum Weatherby rifle that shoots a 500 grain bullet at 2700 feet-per-second (the same velocity as an 180 grain one in a .30-06), so you see it is far more powerful than the smaller calibers you list. It has over 3 times the kick of a .30-06. Most African nations don't allow one to hunt elephants with less than a .400 with certain impressive power level.
2006-09-21 19:43:10 · answer #6 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would recommend None of the about if you are serious about hunting a pachaderm. I'd go to a 458 or 500 Express.
7mm is good for large game but not elephants. 7mm is a bit larger, of a powder charge then either the 270 or .06.
2006-09-21 15:52:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
30-06 is the largest diameter (at 0.30 inches), but the 270 is simply a 30-06 necked down to 0.277 inches. there are several 7mm (7mm mauser, 7mm remington mag, 7mm weatherby mag to name the most popular ones) The 7mm mauser (and 8mm Mauser) were created before the 30-06, and the 30-06 was probably derived from them. They are weaker than the 30-06. The other mentioned 7mm are more powerful than the 30-06. The mentioned calibers are good for anything in North America (including bear), but they are illegal to hunt big African game.
You would just make them mad, and you would become paste.
2006-09-20 22:39:32 · answer #8 · answered by pranqstr 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The .30-06 has the largest bore of these guns. Drop an elephant? Maybe with enough rounds and enough room to run! Better look into something like a .416 Rigby if you plan on doing any elephant hunting!
2006-09-20 23:31:18 · answer #9 · answered by Answer Master Dude 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A 30-06 round is 7.62 x 62mm, A .270 round is like between 5mm to 6.5mm in diameter and A 7mm is just really tiny. These rounds cannot stop an elephant if you just shoot it once! Maybe, three or four of 30-06 would be able to bring an adult elephant down.
2006-09-21 00:55:53 · answer #10 · answered by Nameless Mk.VII 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋