Bringing up the subject of elk hunting with a .270 is sure to get a reaction on this board. Horror stories about animals shot with regular .270 Winchesters using deer bullets - maybe not hit all that well - animal gets away and is not recovered. The .270 caliber gets blamed . . . .

Get the .270 WSM. Loaded with a Nosler Accubond, or one of the other premium bullets; this gun will kill elk or black bear most efficiently - every bit as well as 7 Rem Mag. My primary elk rifle is a .270 Ackley, almost identical in performance to the .270 WSM. Of the seven elk I have killed with this rifle, all were on the ground and dead in less than two seconds. Several were over 400 yards away. I have a 7 STW and a .300 Win Mag. They sit in gun safe most of the time.