What 270 ammo for Elk?
 

Any opinions and/or experiences with 270 ammo for elk? I have a Remington 700 that I will be using for the first time during elk season. For deer season I used Federal Power-Shok 130 grain "Speer Grand Slam" rounds. My rifle was very accurate with this round, but I didn't get my deer this year.:( I was thinking of trying theFederal Premium Vital-Shok Nosler Partition in 150 grain for elk.Would this round be adequate for my hunt? I have until friday to buy ammo and re-zero my rifle. What other brands of ammo would you suggest? Youropinions and suggestions would be appreciated.

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I killed 12 of my 13 elk with a 150 grain nosler partition, killed one with a 140 grain fail safe and this bullet was the only one that exited the animal. The 150 partition is hard to beat out of your .270.
Good Luck!!

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150 grain nosler partition!

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i shoot a .270 myself and i love it for elk. your failsafe is what i would go with, but the 150 is what i shot. it leaves a good hole and makes tracking much easier. the most important thing is your shot placement, either way if the bullet goes where it needs to you will be eating elk steaks this winter.

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I would go with the Triple Shock X-bullet or the Failsafe.

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I would use a CT fail safe or a Speer grand slam bullet.

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PSSST....[:-]people around here think the 270 is a pee shooter. You might open a can of worms with this one.[8D]

140g sierra boattail gamekings over H4831sc, do the trick for me.

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You're not kidding ShatoDavis. I read 8 pages on another forum how some people think the .270 is a marginal performer for elk.[&:]

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I personally have used 140 ballistic tips, 140 failsafes, 140 TBBC, 150 partitions and 150 corelokts. They all worked just like they were suppose to and cleanly killed the elk.

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Thanks for the replies everyone. I now feel confident with my ammo selection. Can't wait for opening day Saturday. Don't go back to work until the 9th.:D

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150 Parts will do the job. If for some reason they don't shoot well in your gun try the Federal Prem. TSX or TBBC or in Winchester Supreme's the 140 Failsafes. I have taken elk and moose with the 270win, the bullets I used were the 150 Parts & 140 Failsafe...neither seemed inadequate for the quarry;)!

Best of luck on your hunt.

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I agree!I took both of these with .270 150 NP on the same day. Oct. 1994.

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If that's not an endorsement for the 150 NP I don't know what is. Cool pic Rebel Hog!

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As long as you don't tell the elk that you only have a 270, you will get along just fine.;). Just stay away from the bullet proof elk with the kevlar hides.:D You might consider wearing a cap that says MAGNUM on it.

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LOL

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I have hunted elk with a .270 for about 33 years now. Have had some great successes and some miserable failures - some bullet related and some were my fault. Here are some bullets that have worked for me that I can endorse from first hand experience: 150 Speer Grand Slam, 150 Sierra SBT, 150 Hornady Interlock, 140 TBBC, 140 Nosler Accubond, and the 130 Swift Scirocco. I have use the partitions and like them for shoulder shots - but they don't seem to kill as well on broadside rib shots, which is mostly what I take. I would suspect the same is true, to a degree, with the Barnes TSX and the Failsafe.

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I load in my 270 Ruger52 grains of IMR 4350 using Nosler 150 gr. partions.

btw, i got lucky and drew my tag for elk, headed out this coming Tuesday for about 14 days, i'm stokedsincethis is my first timehunting second season elk in November.

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Excellent bullet choice. That's what I'd go with.