My wife and a friend drew out on bull elk tags together. My friend (Jim) though growing up in wyoming has never killed a elk. He has only gotten into hunting in the past few years, after moving here to Idaho. The only rifle he owns is his late grandfathers Pre-64 M70 Winchester .270 bought new in the 1950's right before he (grandfather) passed away. The gun is in excellent condition and has never been on a hunt. Jim's father didn't hunt and didn't like guns much so the gun was given to Jim by his grandmother. Anyway according to Jim the gun has only been fired 200 times at most. Jim has no idea of the collectors value of his gun. I have tried to tell Jim the worth of his rifle, and he wants to know if he should borrow another rifle instead of using his .270? Jim doesn't have the money to afford a new rifle this year and he doesn't reload. He wants to use Remington factory 150gr core locks in his rifle for the elk hunt. I only have one experience with the .270. I shot my first bull elk with a .270 when I was 13 with 130 gr. corelocks with not the best results. I had to shoot him 5 times, before he went down. After that I used a .300 WBY, anyway would the 150 gr. be much better. Or should I convince Jim to use a better bullet? Also if you owned the rifle would you hunt with it? Just trying to help a friend out with advice!
Thanks.