Just for fun....lol... What do you think is a better elk rifle?
What bullet would you go with?

160 Partition in a .270 Win. But I hunt with a .264 Win, which is basically a .257 Weatherby, so I'm kind of conradicting myself.

Easy 270 Win.130gr TSX

ok so far thats 2votes for 270Win and no votes yet for the 257Roy... I'm thinken the 270 mite win this.

Maybe I should have asked 308Win vs 257Roy....

I prefer the 270 but have used the 257 Wby and would have no issues in using it day in and day out for elk.

If one builds they can do a nice light 257 Wby, but other than building there isn't a lot of lighterweight options. If I had to do a 257 Wby I'd grab a 700 and wrap a Ti take off around it. Then it'd have the weight out front that I like and would still be fairly lightweight.

Bottom line, either round is fine with me as long as I can get it in a rifle I like to shoot and carry.

Dober

I'm not convinced the 257 packs the punch on big stuff..

Mike, it seems to me I read somewhere that somebody hunted and killed cape buffalo with that 257wby...

My Dads bread and butter cartridge since 1968.I've seen tons of moose shot with that combo.It doesn't drop them like a 7mm 30 cal ect.Never has..I'm not impressed with it on large game to say the least.

I find it interesting that you say you're not convinced that the 257 packs enough punch in yet you say 270 with a 130 TSX.

This is only my experience but to me a 270/130 combo will run in the 3100 give or take range. And the 257 Wby will run a 120 to 3200 with no problemo.

Bottom line, my experience has taught me that there's not much diff tween the two.

Thoughts as to why you'd say a 270/130 but that the 257 isn't packing enough punch?

Thx
Dober