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My father guided elk hunters in the Gallatin during the infancy of the 270. He never had one good thing to say about the 270, claiming he had to finish every elk shot with it. This was before the proliferation of magnums.

I never had any use for a 270 due to his tutelage, and killed dozens of elk with a 30-06. Since then, I picked up a nice pre-64 model 70 in 270. Although I would hunt elk with my 300 WBY mag, if all I had was my 270 and I saw an elk, I wouldn't hesitate to shoot it. Many things have changed since the 30's and 40's...