Eagle, Im one of those elk hunters that only has a 270 and it works great. Your little statement saying that if your tough enough to hunt elk youll have no problem using a magnum is about one of the dumbmest things ive heard. Its not nonsense that i shoot a 270. Its nonsense that you think everyone in the world should shoot a magnum for elk, gun makers love you boys. look what its come down to, 270 use to be a great gun but now when my kids get big, everybody will be saying the 300 win mag is to small, you need to be shooting that new 50cal bmg, those magnum rifles are to light for elk. as far as the 7mag goes, its got a little more energy over my 270 and most of the guys i see shooting 7mags are using 140-160 grain bulletts, so I feel there isnt really that much advantage a 7mag has over a 270 and if your recoil shy you have no advantage over a 270 when shooting a magnum.
My .02 cents.

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