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<blockquote data-quote="Roughwater" data-source="post: 1548356" data-attributes="member: 33915"><p>Nice story. It was 1980's I see. Good follow up on finding that bull. Small calibers can be problematic but any caliber can be problematic if an Elk is not hit in the vitals. A gut shot won't do it for sure what ever the caliber. I'm not so much defending small calibers. In this case it might be more about what shot one takes. It's hard to pass up a shot sometimes thats less than ideal when you know if you don't take it you may not get another. Might have been better to have hunted with the 7mm on that trip but might not have made a differance over the 270. The bullet used is also a vital part of the hunt wheather it be a 270, 7mm or 30 cal. There are some heavy bullets that sometimes fail and some very light bullets that are killing machines. I think bullet selection is nearly and sometimes more important than caliber selection. Shot placement will always be the most important factor but everything being equal a larger caliber does have the edge for sure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Roughwater, post: 1548356, member: 33915"] Nice story. It was 1980's I see. Good follow up on finding that bull. Small calibers can be problematic but any caliber can be problematic if an Elk is not hit in the vitals. A gut shot won't do it for sure what ever the caliber. I'm not so much defending small calibers. In this case it might be more about what shot one takes. It's hard to pass up a shot sometimes thats less than ideal when you know if you don't take it you may not get another. Might have been better to have hunted with the 7mm on that trip but might not have made a differance over the 270. The bullet used is also a vital part of the hunt wheather it be a 270, 7mm or 30 cal. There are some heavy bullets that sometimes fail and some very light bullets that are killing machines. I think bullet selection is nearly and sometimes more important than caliber selection. Shot placement will always be the most important factor but everything being equal a larger caliber does have the edge for sure. [/QUOTE]
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