Tzone, As you said either round is plenty for elk. If you plan on doing a lot of elk hunting and can dedicate a rifle to it, then I might go with the 7RM. It is a great elk killer. Living and hunting where you are now, I can't see a need for 7RM. The .270 would be, in my opinion, more useful. Moreover, if you are a reloader you can get near 7RM power out of the .270. I'm thinking R26 and 150gr Nosler Partition at 3000fps out of the .270 is your huckleberry.
