270 and Elk
03-20-2008, 06:27 AM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Southeast Alabama
Posts: 1,625
RE: 270 and Elk
ORIGINAL: skeeter 7MM
Anybody used these on game? or just what they read? I suspect since they've been out for a year now some have, just haven't seen to many average joe hunters(like most of us here)mention experiences on them above deer sized game. Just curious. Being a reloader myself not offered as a component(well at least thatI am aware of under the same name),I have not.
I personally like the Winchester XP3 it is made to take down large game and will travel through an elk like a RPG.
04-14-2008, 01:37 PM
#16
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Arizona
Posts: 52
RE: 270 and Elk
I've always used the Win. PP 150 gr. and have had great performance at close ranges.
One bull I shot at 64 yds through the lungs bullet passed through.
Second shot in lungs just a little further, the bullet was picked from the offside hide.
Another time around same yardage shoulder smashed and no recovery of bullet. Bull required a quick second shot and he was done.
I'd say great performance
One bull I shot at 64 yds through the lungs bullet passed through.
Second shot in lungs just a little further, the bullet was picked from the offside hide.
Another time around same yardage shoulder smashed and no recovery of bullet. Bull required a quick second shot and he was done.
I'd say great performance
04-15-2008, 11:45 AM
#17
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Missouri
Posts: 1,429
RE: 270 and Elk
If "BTSP" translates to a Ballistic tip bullet I wouldn't use them. (bad personal experience)
According to my dad the plain ole 130 gr. Remington CoreLokt bullets work very well on elk. Personally I wouldn't take anythingless than 140 gr. Partitions or equivalent.
According to my dad the plain ole 130 gr. Remington CoreLokt bullets work very well on elk. Personally I wouldn't take anythingless than 140 gr. Partitions or equivalent.
04-21-2008, 01:59 PM
#19
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 590
RE: 270 and Elk
I would definitely switch bullets. I had used 130 gr. BTSPs, more precisely Sierra Boattails. I killed one elk and several bucks with the bullet. What I discovered over time was that the bullet has a tendency to blow up into shrapnel at close range and high velocity ON DEER. I shot bucks at 35 and 25 yards, hit major bone on each shot, and the bullet blew up. Now, it killed both animals but I wonder how the same shot would have turned out on elk. My only elk kill was 350 yards, so the bullet had shed velocity by then and made for a nice one-shot kill.
Both me and my stepdad have changed over to Scirocco bonded bullets, and have now killed multiple elk with it. I got a clean pass-through on a huge cow elk last year at 90 yards.
That summarizes the data I can offer. I would lean toward the 150 gr. Nosler Partitions, in fact I am going to try the Federal Premium version this year and if they shoot well out of my rifle I may switch.
Both me and my stepdad have changed over to Scirocco bonded bullets, and have now killed multiple elk with it. I got a clean pass-through on a huge cow elk last year at 90 yards.
That summarizes the data I can offer. I would lean toward the 150 gr. Nosler Partitions, in fact I am going to try the Federal Premium version this year and if they shoot well out of my rifle I may switch.
04-21-2008, 02:30 PM
#20
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Kalispell, MT
Posts: 171
RE: 270 and Elk
ORIGINAL: ox1443
i would use winchester 150 Grain balistic tip XP3's or the Accubond CT
i would use winchester 150 Grain balistic tip XP3's or the Accubond CT
stick with high quality proven bullets, not fad bullets and you will not be disappointed...