I personally like a 270, have had several others, but keep going back to the 270. It is one of the most accurate rifles I can find and it offer different bullet weights suitable for most game here, in fact just bought Remington 710 in 270, when sighted it in 3 shot groups joined holes. If you plan to hunt larger animals you might want to add another rifle, but a 270 will always be in my gun case.