I will be going to Colorado this fall to elk hunt near Gunnison. I will be using my Howa .300 Win Mag as my primary gun but will also take a second as a back-up. My choices are my Ruger 77 in .270 Win and a sporterized VZ-24 Mauser in 7mm-08. I need to keep one sighted in with my whitetail rounds to use for deer season here in Michigan. I' m leaning towards using the Ruger .270 as my back-up as it' s a little lighter. Each of them shoot MOA without difficulty. The Mauser has a synthetic stock and the Ruger a wood stock. Each are mounted with similar 3-9X40 scopes and each have a Timney trigger.

Whaddya think?

If it were me, I' d take the 7mm-08, as long as the gun itself can handle full power loads and it handles heavier bullets well. I wouldn' t feel right sending a typical 130gr .270 bullet out there after a fat elk, maybe on a decent elk, but " enough-gunned" for some elk is " under-gunned" for others, just having these choices, I' d go with the heavy hitter as opposed to the smaller/faster round (even though I' m not a big fan of 7mm' s on the norm, I do like the 7mm-08) (it' s strange to call a 7mm of any sort a heavy hitter compared to a smaller/faster round, but that' s the way it' s presenting itself today? Kind of backwards of normal huh?)

the one that shoots the best and you feel confident with.

I would go with the 7mm-08 as a backup.

Wichever u shoot best. just use a good 140-150gr bullet in the 270.

270 Win. with a 150 gr. well constructed Premium Bullet. Good luck.

my personal choice would be the .270
but make sure to practice with it just as much as you do with the .300 mag

Flip a coin. Either one ore more than capable elk rifles. Do not use your regular deer bullets though. Better off with Noslers, Failsafes, Barnes, TBBC, ETC... in 140 - 160 grains in either rifle. The Barnes and Failsafes are excelent elk bullets in those two cartriges. They will break a shoulder and still get into the boiler room.

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.270 Win without question.