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Now, if you throw a 280 into the mix...
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I would! In leaving for an elk hunt, the very last thing on my mind would be which one I grabbed before I headed to the airport....I would be more focused on where I was gonna have dinner and a good glass of scotch when I got off the plane. You can toss the 280 into the mix as well....killing animals with any of them is easy ....pick good bullets and stick them in the right place. 
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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this is an other one of those "Is it colder in Kansas than it is in the winter" threads...
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I could hunt elk for the rest of my life with either one. Killed acow with my dad's 270, while he used the 30/06. Couldn't argue with the performance of either. After he passed away I bought a 280, not bad for a 16 year old kid.
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Then again after only killing one small bull with the 280 I bought a 35 Whelen. Proof that loony'ism begins at a young age.
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Dose not matter a wit either one would do. Sure you give me a tag and I will fill it with a 270. 270 is plenty gun and most any one can shoot one well enough.
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Depends which bullets I had for them...
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Personally I would rather have the 06 with 180 Partitions but wouldn't complain with 270 Win shooting the same bullet in 150 gr. I still have a few 270 Speer 170 gr RN from back in the 70's and believe they would be great on Elk in the 270 Win.
A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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My first impression is of course I wouldnt take the 270 over the 06
But as I read some of the responses I thought of this... My grandad used my 270 all over North America, my dad killed his first (and only) elk with it, as long as some WT's. I killed my lion with it, and am so comfortable with it I would put it up against anything in a competition... Now, on the other hand, my Kimber 300 wsm would get the nod, but my 270 would be right on its heels.
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Even though I am a fanatical 30-06 fan, I would not hesitate to take the 270.
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I would and I do but a man is splitting hairs to choose one above the other - both are an excellent choice.
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I will take a 270 over a 30-06.
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Not me. Many elk have fallen to the venerable '06 and I couldn't ask for more from any cartridge. This is the making for another controversial thread. No matter, I would never opt a .270 over the 30-06.
My dad never had any use for the .270 as he guided elk hunters in the Gallatin, South of Bozeman in the 1940's and he said he never saw an elk shot with a .270 that he didn't have to finish with his 30-06. As a result, I never had any use for a .270 either.
That was until I got a pre-64 model 70 in .270. Now I prefer it to my 25-06 for antelope and deer with a 130 grain bullet. The .270 has become one of my favorite hunting cartridges, but for elk, I would still take the '06. I never shot an elk with a 270 that I did not finish with a little salt and pepper! 8mmwapiti
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.270's, '06's, 7mags, 300's-CRAZY!!!! .22 hornet is where its at. In northern NM the hornet is the caliber of choice for every and anything.
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Either one works. I'd probably choose a 150g in the .270.
To answer the original question, my safe holds no .270's and two .30-06s, both of which have gone elk hunting. I feel no need to add a .270. Of course, its only April...
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Funny how a father's choice imprints on you in guns but my dad was a 270 man - and I am too. We hated the the 30-06 - argued with my friends in grade school about which was better. I am sure I always won!! And look we are all adults (at least I think so) and we are still arguing about it.
I remember as a kid my dad told me a 7mm Remington Mag was an "Elephant Gun". Don't know about that, but I do know the 270 kills elk and would be my choice - in fact will be my choice this fall.
(Edited to add - A funny thought hit me - my avatar picture to the left is an elk I killed with dad's current gun, a 7mm RM I borrowed from him. Guess some things do change over time - Elephant Guns become sound elk guns).
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Funny how a father's choice imprints on you in guns but my dad was a 270 man - and I am too. We hated the the 30-06 - argued with my friends in grade school about which was better. I am sure I always won!! And look we are all adults (at least I think so) and we are still arguing about it.
I remember as a kid my dad told me a 7mm Remington Mag was an "Elephant Gun". Don't know about that, but I do know the 270 kills elk and would be my choice - in fact will be my choice this fall.
(Edited to add - A funny thought hit me - my avatar picture to the left is an elk I killed with dad's current gun, a 7mm RM I borrowed from him. Guess some things do change over time - Elephant Guns become sound elk guns). It's funny you mention those fun, old arguments. My Dad grew up with two deer rifles, he never had the opportunity to hunt elk. As a kid before the war, his Dad had a Model 70 .257 Roberts they both used on deer and preditors around the ranch. After my Dad got back from the war he splurged on an Bishop stocked, FN Mauser .270 he had built up fairly cheaply. Then we lost both guns when a wildfire burned down our ranch, ranch house and everything in it. When I was in high school and ready to by my own deer rifle, I held romantic memories of my Dad's .270 and argued it's superiority over the very common 30-06 with kids at school. It seemed that every kid's Dad had an 06 back then, while the .270 seemed sort of exoctic. Plus I read a lot of Jack O'Connor, so I was a real .270 fan. But my Dad really felt the 30-06 was more versatile, you could buy 30-06 ammo in any little general store in the middle of no-where, and was proven on deer, bear and elk. My Dad and I would pour over the Shooters Bible ballistic's tables and argue the merits of each for hours. My heart was set, I ordered a nice Remington Mod 700 BDL in .270 from Sears Roebuck when I was a junior in 1966. I have that rifle to this day, along with a few others. I never did get a 30-06. My Dad is still alive in Denver, 85 years old and we still argue about the 06 versus the .270. John
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