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How many of you use a 270 for Elk what grain bullit are you using

130s work.


150s work.


By extrapolation, 140s work.

150 grain Partition works great.

I've taken lots of elk with a .270, and I use a 130 grain Barnes TTSX. Very effective.

I've shot a bunch with 150's. At 300 yds, they have almost the same POI as 130's and hit harder when they get there.

Shot 2 last year with the 270 - 150 grain Partitions. Works great.

150 grain North Forks here. Got really surprising accuracy during load work up.

I've used 150 gr. Partition's and Ballistic Tips. I'd also be happy with an Accubond or Partition of any weight, and really a 130 Ballistic Tip would do a dandy job without doubt.

I used the 150gr Partitions out of my 270 from 1970 until 1992 on elk. They worked very well.

In 1992, I switched to Barnes, first the 150gr X, then the 140gr X and XLC, and now I'm using 130gr TTSX.

So far, I've not recovered a single Barnes bullet out of any big game animal.

Cookie uses a 270 with 130 grain slugs and has had complete pass throughs. No elk have complained.

Whttail_in_MT,

Is that a 130 gr. Nosler E-Tip?

No, it's three of them.

The two expanded were from a moderate size bull.

Can't let mathman have all the fun.

Do you get good accuracy with the etips? I've got some 150's to load up for my 30/06 but haven't gotten around to it yet.

Yes sir.

Yup, lots.

I like the old round nose Remington 150 gr, the Nosler 150 and 160 grains.

All but 2 I have killed with my 270s have dropped at the shot and those 2 only went about 20 yards.

The 270 is just fine. Like every rifle, it's more about the bullet then the cartridge.

My daughter has killed elk with a 257 Roberts and so has my grand son. My friend Rich killed 8 with a 243. They all use Nosler Partitions and Barnes X bullets

If I wanted to use a .270 on elk I'd find some R26 and load 150gr. Nosler NP to 3000+fps and go hunting.

That looks vaguely familiar. I'll bet 60.5 grains will do that

I used that load to punch my cow tag in January. It was short range and bullet not recovered (obviously), but I would be confident with it out a long ways.