Not a bad choice at all.

I have hunted grizzly country in Montana with a .270 in my hands (or a .280, which is indeed the same thing) and haven't felt particularly nervous. 180 Woodleighs in the .270 or .280 would be an option, but I have generally had 150 Partitions in the rifle.


“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.”
John Steinbeck