The 270 or 7mm Rem Mag with 150g bullets is PLENTY of gun for elk, so long as you hit it in the boiler room. I've killed a CHIT pot of elk with both of those calibers over the years. Shot placement trumps caliber (within reason of course)� Oh, and my first elk as a wee teenager in 1982/83 (can't remember) WAS with a Ruger M77 tanger in .243 and 100g power points, a mature cow, and she didn't go very far� why? because I blew the top of her heart off.
Last edited by redfoxx; 09/22/14.
