If you can handle the recoil of the 7 MM Rem Mag then I would got on up to the 300 Win Mag. Its a lot more gun than the 7MM and to me there is little difference in the recoil. After owning five 7MM Mags, I think the kick the hardest for what they deliever than most any rifle I have owned. While I had those five 7 Mags, I also had three 280's. I could see no practicle difference in range or killing power but lots of difference in the recoil. I also owned three 300 mags. Two win Mags and one Weatherby Mag. As long as Dangerous game is not on the menu, tha 270 or 280 would do the job as well. The 270 has done it for years and the 280 is a bit better yet. As strange as it seems, elk are as easy to kill now as they were when O'Connor killed a bunch with his 270. He was not the only one either. He also dropped a bunch of them with his 7X57 mauser. Anyway for other people I would recommend the 300 Win Mag as the best reasonable all around rifle.