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<blockquote data-quote="koger" data-source="post: 1593183" data-attributes="member: 13189"><p>I have saw severa. elk taken here in KY with a .300WM, 7mm </p><p>Rem mag, and even more taken with the .270. My wife and her brother drew bull tags, hers in 2009 and his in 2010. My wife shot hers facing us, the only shot she had, at 200 yds. She had shot a lot and was confident in her gun and load, broke his neck and went on thru the vitals and out, with a Hornady 150 gr interlock. He was facing down hill, facing us at a steep angle and he dropped at the shot! Her brother shot his about 250 yds away, quartering away, first shot hit behind the shoulder and and stopped in the off shoulder, his second one was about an inch away from the first one, and the elk dropped at the shot. Again he was using the Hornady Interlock 150 grain. A buddy and I went out west hunting, he took a Browning BAR in.270 that would shoot MOA, and he shot a nice 6x6 with the 150 Interlock also, dropped at the shot. A friend here got drew for a KY bull elk tag also 4 years ago, he used a Browning A bolt, .30/06 and he was shooting a 165 Hornady, elx I think, but don't quote me on that. HIs rifle would shoot about an inch group at 100 yds and 4 inche group at 500 yds, he and i both shot it. He shot his bull also quartering away at 335 yds, the elk shuddered from the impact, took a couple of steps and as my buddy shot the second shot the bull dropped from the first shot and he caught him in the spine on the way down.You can readily find the .270 ammo or 30\06 ammo anywhere, and recoil is not as bad. If you get out and shoot your rifle, and it is well tuned, with some of the BDC scopes on the market today, you should have no trouble taking a elk with a standard cartridge at any reasonable distance, say 500 yds and in! I have been a gunsmith or 35 years, and built several light weight 300's that would shoot great, but by the time hunting season got here, most of the guys were so scared of their rifles, they couldn't hit crap.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="koger, post: 1593183, member: 13189"] I have saw severa. elk taken here in KY with a .300WM, 7mm Rem mag, and even more taken with the .270. My wife and her brother drew bull tags, hers in 2009 and his in 2010. My wife shot hers facing us, the only shot she had, at 200 yds. She had shot a lot and was confident in her gun and load, broke his neck and went on thru the vitals and out, with a Hornady 150 gr interlock. He was facing down hill, facing us at a steep angle and he dropped at the shot! Her brother shot his about 250 yds away, quartering away, first shot hit behind the shoulder and and stopped in the off shoulder, his second one was about an inch away from the first one, and the elk dropped at the shot. Again he was using the Hornady Interlock 150 grain. A buddy and I went out west hunting, he took a Browning BAR in.270 that would shoot MOA, and he shot a nice 6x6 with the 150 Interlock also, dropped at the shot. A friend here got drew for a KY bull elk tag also 4 years ago, he used a Browning A bolt, .30/06 and he was shooting a 165 Hornady, elx I think, but don't quote me on that. HIs rifle would shoot about an inch group at 100 yds and 4 inche group at 500 yds, he and i both shot it. He shot his bull also quartering away at 335 yds, the elk shuddered from the impact, took a couple of steps and as my buddy shot the second shot the bull dropped from the first shot and he caught him in the spine on the way down.You can readily find the .270 ammo or 30\06 ammo anywhere, and recoil is not as bad. If you get out and shoot your rifle, and it is well tuned, with some of the BDC scopes on the market today, you should have no trouble taking a elk with a standard cartridge at any reasonable distance, say 500 yds and in! I have been a gunsmith or 35 years, and built several light weight 300's that would shoot great, but by the time hunting season got here, most of the guys were so scared of their rifles, they couldn't hit crap. [/QUOTE]
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