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I like both rounds and either would work on elk with the right bullet. However, I'd pick the .270Win. if I had to use the .275R in a Weatherby rifle. I just haven't been able to make peace with the Weatherby style stock.
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I own both, and would lean to the 270 just for a slightly heavier slug.
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For elk I would choose the .270 Win every time. With 150g bullets.
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Killed a pile of elk with the 270 and 150 grainers......
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Having said that, MAGA.
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In this comparison I favor the 270 with 150 or 160 NP's for critters in elk size hides.
Last edited by Gone_Huntin; 02/02/10.
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![[Linked Image]](http://i423.photobucket.com/albums/pp311/patrickgsinclair/scan0064.jpg) Taken with a .257 Weatherby at 385 yards...120gr partition. ![[Linked Image]](http://i423.photobucket.com/albums/pp311/patrickgsinclair/scan0049-3.jpg) This one was taken with a .270 at 225 yards...130gr partition. Either will work fine if you place your shots well...
Luck....is the residue of design... ![[Linked Image]](http://i423.photobucket.com/albums/pp311/patrickgsinclair/96zvyt.gif)
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Nice pics Pat! 4 some reason or another the first bull (and I love that bull by the way) looks like it fell in less than an elk packing friendly spot...  Dober
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Either will work fine if you place your shots well...
I agree with that statement... but I am a diehard 270 fan. So I would choose a 270. In reality, my 338-06 would probably get the nod.
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.270...now compare throw in the .270 Wby, 150 grain NPs, and have at it.
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Both will do the job, but I personally would choose... neither.
In my book, bigger critters deserve bigger bullets. To paraphrase the Keithian hypothesis, with some Capstick topspin, if you're fixin' to put a hole in something, make it a hole to remember.
If you're fixin' to put a hole in something,
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True confessions - my preferred elk rifles all begin with "3", and my favorite with "33".
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6.5 x284 is more then just a great paper puncher its a great hunting cailber.
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I really like both; however, if I had to choose just one it would be the 270 Win because it will handle heavier projectiles if needed.
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Own them both, love them both but if elk were on the menu, I would be carrying the bigger bullet...
having said that, my 300 wsm would be preferable.
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what is the gun used for? the two are both proven elk killers. if it was gonna be a open country speed goat and dog zapper I would lean to the 257 if you were gonna just hunt elk I would think 270. having used both with equal results I would just grab one and go.
ps, my 257 killed elk died to the trauma from a 100gr tsx tearing through (yes through) at 350 odd yds. I have the utmost confidence in them because I shoot it a bunch.
that last line^^^^^is more important then the difference of the thickness of a piece of paper between two bullets.
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270 win and 150gr partitions.
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Amazing what a difference 1/50th of an inch and 2% of an ounce in bullet weight can (theoretically) make.
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mule deer - heck, almost every argument/opinion one reads here is "theoretical", don't you think?
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I can't believe this made it into the elk forum. Everyone knows that a .270 Win will just pencil in without expanding and a .257 Roy will disintegrate before it gets through the armored skin... You can only kill elk with 7mm and larger bullets or they don't bleed.
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