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Shoot stuff threw the slats, all will be good.
Fwiw, I'd go with 150 grainers in the 270. Have seen good things happen with regular win power points and rem core lokt.
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Sounds like a story a guy makes up because his Leupold is doing Leupold things. What scope was this?[/quote]
He is a Leupold guy & the scope was some type of Leupold but he helped my son-in-law haul a deer out of a steep canyon the day before. My son dropped my 7mm with a VX 3 the week before we left last year & knocked it way off Zero- never happened when it wore a conquest - it’s wearing one again.
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I have a friend with a 257 Weatherby and I hunted once with a guy who used the 25 WSSM. It's true that shot placement trumps most everything, but the faster .257s can put a lot of stress on lighter bullets. If you can find a good shooting factory load featuring the Nosler Partition or Barnes TSX you're golden. Otherwise, I personally would carry the .270 Win. on such a hunt. There are many factory loads that will work well on deer and elk.
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I have had very good results with the 150 grain swift a-frame. Excellent bullet in the 270.
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You can fry an elk with 130s from Federal Blue box. Generally great accuracy and the velocity is up there. S.
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I will 2nd smallfry but with core-lokt. Killed a few with them and did better than the expensive stuff. Under 250 anything hit in the right spot will work.
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Main thing, go with the heaviest bullet you can find. Hard to find copper and bonded ammo, just go with a long heavy bullet and put it where it belongs, you won't have any problems. 150s from a 270 do great on elk.
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Barnes Bullets....Either the 130 gr TTSX in the Vor-Tx line or the 129 gr LRX in the Vor-Tx LR line. From coyotes to moose.
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I've shot a lot of elk with a 270 and 150's. I've used Partitions and Speer Hotcores with great success. I never saw much difference between those two. Everything I shot was reloaded, though. I don't know what's on the ammo market now. This x2
"You cannot invade mainland America. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass" ~Admiral Yamamoto~
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Barnes Bullets....Either the 130 gr TTSX in the Vor-Tx line or the 129 gr LRX in the Vor-Tx LR line. From coyotes to moose. I am a big fan of Barnes. Been using them since 1992, and between the 168gr TTSX in the '06, 130gr TTSX in the 270win or the 80gr TTSX out of the 243, I've not recovered a bullet. Elk, deer, antelope, the bullets blow through, and the animal falls down. No tracking required, to date. What's not to like?
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