I have an aquaintance that is going to hunt Colorado on a do it yourself next year..He has a couple of choices in suitable rifles but has chosen the 270 . . I could argue until I am blue in the face but that fool will take that gun anyhow seeing how as per him with a 140 grain accubond it runs right with the magnums...YEAH RIGHT. Damn half of the gun writers for even insinuating it is good enough and evidently he believes everything he reads in a magazine. He is a piss poor shot as it is and has never taken an Elk barely shot a few deer so he ignores practical advice. Glad it will be him and not me chasing poorly hit elk ..my hope is that one falls into his lap at 25 yards and he kills it cleanly..