My backup rifle is a 270 with 150 gr Partitions. Which I consider to be on the marfinsl side for Elk.
How many elk have you killed with this combo to lead you to this conclusion?
My backup rifle is a 270 with 150 gr Partitions. Which I consider to be on the marfinsl side for Elk.
How many elk have you killed with this combo to lead you to this conclusion?
I think the 270 works fine on Elk. My comment was more of a denigration of the OP’s cartridge of choice than a slight of the 270. If I didn’t find the 270 sufficient for Elk I wouldn’t use it as my backup Elk rifle.
I used to do a lot of combination Mule Deer/Elk hunts and found that the 270 and 300 WM were an excellent combination for that type of hunting. The rifle I chose for a given day depended on the terrain I was hunting and what I expected to encounter. My 270 is significantly lighter than my 300 WM so sometimes that impacted my decision. Like I said, I didn’t find the 270 inadequate for Elk specifically, I just preferred the massive SD and energy of the 200 gr Partitions coming out of the 300 WM. I tend to load up the 130 gr Partition in the 270 and it’s a dandy performer. I think the 270 is the perfect mountain rifle cartridge. Good energy and ballistics with tolerable recoil in a lightweight rifle.
