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30-06 Elk hunting...

I wouldnt take either.

I would

Not me. Many elk have fallen to the venerable '06 and I couldn't ask for more from any cartridge. This is the making for another controversial thread. No matter, I would never opt a .270 over the 30-06.

My dad never had any use for the .270 as he guided elk hunters in the Gallatin, South of Bozeman in the 1940's and he said he never saw an elk shot with a .270 that he didn't have to finish with his 30-06. As a result, I never had any use for a .270 either.

That was until I got a pre-64 model 70 in .270. Now I prefer it to my 25-06 for antelope and deer with a 130 grain bullet. The .270 has become one of my favorite hunting cartridges, but for elk, I would still take the '06.

I'd rather have a 30-06 but would not hesitate to use a 270 with today's great bullets.

RH

IT really comes down to shot
PLACEMENT not caliber

What one will do the other will do. I've seen more elk taken with the 270 than all other rounds combined (I think I recall right..grin) and it's never give me a reason to doubt it.

If the guns were different I'd take the one that felt the best to me and then sort out which bullets I needed for it.

The 270 is my fav though.

Dober

Not a nickel's difference between them. Have seen more than one elk elk fall to the 270 with one shot, and I didn't have to finish them with a 30-06...

Shot my elk last year with a 270, but only because I don't have an 06. This year it will be with a model 70 300WSM.
John

I wouldn't as a first choice. Of course if I had it in my hands and the opportunity presented itself I would certainly use it.

Lots of elk have been killed with a .270. Seventeen by one uncle in law and 14 by a first cousin. but I think of it as more of a deer cartridge than a .30-06.

If I wanted to match the "flatter" trajectory of the .270 deer bullets [130 gr] for use on elk I would use a .300 Magnum.

I know both are just fine but I dont and wont own either one.

I would take my 270's over all.....maybe. Although they are alot different, I feel the same way about my 308's.

I get more consistant itty-bitty groups out of my 270's & 308's. I'm big in the accuracy part. 257 wby's are another favorite.

If 'twere a beautiful, wood & blue .270 passed down from my Grandad, vs. a Remmy 710 in .'06, I'd go retro & not look back.

Per above,



When I got back into hunting, I decided to start with an elk hunt, & I needed my 1st centerfire rifle. I agonized over .270/7mm Mag/.308/.30-'06 for far too long.

They all work.

FC

I've shot numerous elk with a 270 and never had one go farther than 100 yds. At the same time, I've shot a few critters with a 30-06 with the same result. Either one is perfectly adequate for the job.

Either one works. I'd probably choose a 150g in the .270.

To answer the original question, my safe holds no .270's and two .30-06s, both of which have gone elk hunting. I feel no need to add a .270.

True. If a fella already has an '06, no need for a 270.....unless I was out the door for Alaska. Then I may up the power to a .338.

I've been choosing a 270 over an 06 for 40 years now......

...well, I haven't always taken a 270, once in a while I've chosen an 06...and of course I do like my "big gun" 30-06AI.........

270 offers less recoil in a light rifle, and shoots flatter'n snot in a tornado WITHOUT a heavier, longer barrel.

But the "versatile" 30-06 is just that--it's a darn versatile cartridge that does a lot of things very well.


Casey

I've got several 06 and a 300WSM in the gun cabinet.
But I usually take my 270WSM for my deer/elk.

The 270 caliber 140g bullets have excellent on elk.

I'd never pick a .270 over 30-06 but I'd feel confident with either as I would handload accordingly with premium bullets and practice a lot before I went.

I would if I had more confidence in the 270.