The wolves thing has definitely got me wore out but here goes anyway. The 270 IMHO is not a good elk rifle. In the hands of an EXPERIENCED elk hunter I guess its ok. But if you are new to elk hunting my opinion is stay away from it. I can't refute any experiences any one has had here I can only share my own. That is I've seen a lot of elk taken by a 270 but I've seen more wounded elk and tracking jobs thanks to the 270 than any other cartridge. Everyone in my camp and family has sworn them off. Slowly but surely as each one eventually lost a bull or had to track one.

Why? Because the biggest factory load from a .270 is 150grs. IMO that CAN and has a TENDANCY (That means not always) to break apart on heavy bone. Seen a hlaf dozen bulls or so in my life go at least a mile with one busted wheel. You hit that front shoulder and you may just wish you'd brought a mans tool to do a mans job.

I don't know if you boys that shoot and kill elk with one shot from a 270 just got little bitty elk or what but I've seen bulls take one in the boiler room and need another from a 300 Winny. I can't dispute that an elk will expire everytime with a PERFECTLY placed shot but huntin ain't bench shootin. Any man who says he can put a perfectly placed shot everytime on an animal is lying or has Viva Las Vegas luck. Hunting is wind, uphill and downhill shots, branches, twigs, rifle shake(shooting from hunting positions), moving animals and range errors.

If you are new to elk huntin my opinion is 30-06 min cartridge. You old timers might wanna think about switching too. You just might like it.