The .270 is plenty enough gun for elk hunting. It has enough power to spare should you need to shoot through the shoulders or take a raking, quartering away shot. Mine has accounted for 10 elk, 6 for me and 4 for my grandfather and I have yet to need a follow up shot and all but one bullet exited the elk.

I would advise him to use a better bullet than the core lokt bullet for elk though. Even if he were using a 300 mag I would not use corelokts on elk. Great bullets for elk include the 140 grain TBBC, failsafe, Barnes-X, & A-frame or the 150 grain Nosler partition. Use any one of these bullets and you will have elk in the freezer.



Oh yeah, You're dang right I would hunt with it. I would try not to drop it but I would certainly take it to the elk woods and fill my freezer.