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How many of you use a 270 for Elk what grain bullit are you using
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130s work. 150s work. By extrapolation, 140s work.
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150 grain Partition works great.
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I've taken lots of elk with a .270, and I use a 130 grain Barnes TTSX. Very effective.
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I've shot a bunch with 150's. At 300 yds, they have almost the same POI as 130's and hit harder when they get there.
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Shot 2 last year with the 270 - 150 grain Partitions. Works great.
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150 grain North Forks here. Got really surprising accuracy during load work up.
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I've used 150 gr. Partition's and Ballistic Tips. I'd also be happy with an Accubond or Partition of any weight, and really a 130 Ballistic Tip would do a dandy job without doubt.
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I used the 150gr Partitions out of my 270 from 1970 until 1992 on elk. They worked very well.
In 1992, I switched to Barnes, first the 150gr X, then the 140gr X and XLC, and now I'm using 130gr TTSX.
So far, I've not recovered a single Barnes bullet out of any big game animal.
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Cookie uses a 270 with 130 grain slugs and has had complete pass throughs. No elk have complained.
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130s work. 150s work. By extrapolation interpolation, 140s work.
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Is that a 130 gr. Nosler E-Tip?
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No, it's three of them. The two expanded were from a moderate size bull.
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130s work. 150s work. By extrapolation, 140s 160s work. Can't let mathman have all the fun.
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No, it's three of them. The two expanded were from a moderate size bull. Do you get good accuracy with the etips? I've got some 150's to load up for my 30/06 but haven't gotten around to it yet.
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Yup, lots.
I like the old round nose Remington 150 gr, the Nosler 150 and 160 grains.
All but 2 I have killed with my 270s have dropped at the shot and those 2 only went about 20 yards.
The 270 is just fine. Like every rifle, it's more about the bullet then the cartridge.
My daughter has killed elk with a 257 Roberts and so has my grand son. My friend Rich killed 8 with a 243. They all use Nosler Partitions and Barnes X bullets
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If I wanted to use a .270 on elk I'd find some R26 and load 150gr. Nosler NP to 3000+fps and go hunting.
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If I wanted to use a .270 on elk I'd find some R26 and load 150gr. Nosler NP to 3000+fps and go hunting. That looks vaguely familiar. I'll bet 60.5 grains will do that
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If I wanted to use a .270 on elk I'd find some R26 and load 150gr. Nosler NP to 3000+fps and go hunting. I used that load to punch my cow tag in January. It was short range and bullet not recovered (obviously), but I would be confident with it out a long ways.
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