Those optimum game weight charts are crap IMHO. If we all went by those then we would need a 300 magnum as a minimum to hunt deer in America.

It also says that a 450 Marlin loaded with 350 grain bullets at 2100 fps is only good for moose out to 90 yards. And a 444 Marlin is only good to 20 yards. And then the 35 Whelen is only good to 50 yards for moose and 200 yards for elk. A 30-06 isn't even capeable of killing a moose according to the chart. Heck the first "moose gun" capeable of killing a moose beyond 300 yards is the 338 Ultra mag.[:'(][&:][:'(][&:][:'(][&:]


Assuming one would use a correctly constructed bullet for hunting elk with the .270 and they can put a bullet where it needs to go then a 300+ yard shot is certainly within the capabilities of the cartridge. Elk are not going around wearing body armor you know. I don't care how big the gun is, if you can't hit what you are aiming at then a 378 Wby. mag. aint gonna help you none.

BTW a .270 is far from a "pop gun".[&:]