stalkincoues

Thank you for all who took the time to reply. definitely got me thinking and trying to weigh my priorities. Sure lighter is faster and flatter, but heavier has more down range energy, less wind drift, and more likely to kill or push through more if shot placement is bad. I'll definitely try to reload for next year. I bought some Winchester Supreme 150 grn. and shot this evening because that is all Wal-Mart had, shot pretty decent with them. I'll go to Cabelas tomorrow and get and try some Federals too to see which my gun likes better. I know the bullet is a preference and I have seen some nice heated arguements on calibers. Nothing I care to get into myself. I have read mixed reviews on the Ballistic tips. Not penetrating enough, or doing too much damage. The 150 grain say light thin skinned more for deer and the 180 grain say heavy game and more for like elk or moose. I guess it's just a Ford vs. Chevy thing. Hopefully I'll make the right choice and all will go smooth. Thank you again for opening my mind more and all the input. Good luck on your hunts!

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I have some 10x42 Kahles that I absolutely love! They are super clear with great light transmission. Of course out Coues hunting I use my 15x56 Swaro's, but use my kahles 90% of the time elsewhere. You will not go wrong with them! Don't know about wearing glasses but the eye cups are adjustable for this reason and are supposed to work with them so your eye is up close to the lens.

Thank you for the reponse so far! I do have a .270, featherlight in a wood stock but has a TON of sentimental value to me and won't use whitetail hunting, I'd hate to damage or deface my beauty. It is typically terrible country that I can and have fallen in and won't risk damaging this one. I have been considering getting a .270wsm for Whitetail. But the .300 wsm is about the flattest big game round so I thought I'd stick with it and see. Overkill? Absolutely! I like flat shooting though. I may experiment with reloads next year but do not have time this year. Just hoping to get some good or fairly decent factory round suggestions to get me through this season then I'll fine tune. I have no choice now but to use factory rounds this year