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Fall elk hunt with my 270
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<blockquote data-quote="wyogeargeek" data-source="post: 1822715" data-attributes="member: 64586"><p>I have used my old Sako .270 Winchester for years shooting 130 Barnes tsx bullets. I have killed many elk with this set up, ranging from cows to 6 point bulls. My primary method of hunting has been shooting from a rock pile overlooking a small canyon and opposing hillside ranging in to 300 to 400 yard range. I have never needed more than one bullet per animal taken with this rig and have only recovered a petal from one of the bullets on a large bull. All others passed through with excellent exit wounds. Many antelope and deer have been taken with this setup as well. My load uses H4831 and runs a chronographed 3200 fps. out of the 24 inch barrel. I also shoot a 300 RUM on elk and have used a .338 Win. as well but have never felt under gunned with my 270. Finally, my old father in law killed more elk than I ever dreamed of taking using his old .270 Win. using Sierra and Hornady "old school" bullets never losing an animal that I heard of. To his grave he could never grasp why I "wasted my money" on those expensive Nosler partitions, then later the Barnes bullets. Maybe we over think this stuff now days <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😉" title="Winking face :wink:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" data-shortname=":wink:" />. Just some thoughts from an old .270 fan.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wyogeargeek, post: 1822715, member: 64586"] I have used my old Sako .270 Winchester for years shooting 130 Barnes tsx bullets. I have killed many elk with this set up, ranging from cows to 6 point bulls. My primary method of hunting has been shooting from a rock pile overlooking a small canyon and opposing hillside ranging in to 300 to 400 yard range. I have never needed more than one bullet per animal taken with this rig and have only recovered a petal from one of the bullets on a large bull. All others passed through with excellent exit wounds. Many antelope and deer have been taken with this setup as well. My load uses H4831 and runs a chronographed 3200 fps. out of the 24 inch barrel. I also shoot a 300 RUM on elk and have used a .338 Win. as well but have never felt under gunned with my 270. Finally, my old father in law killed more elk than I ever dreamed of taking using his old .270 Win. using Sierra and Hornady "old school" bullets never losing an animal that I heard of. To his grave he could never grasp why I "wasted my money" on those expensive Nosler partitions, then later the Barnes bullets. Maybe we over think this stuff now days 😉. Just some thoughts from an old .270 fan. [/QUOTE]
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