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Thoughts on 270 wsm.
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<blockquote data-quote="Alfred Crouch" data-source="post: 243486" data-attributes="member: 13464"><p>You did not say where you lived or how much western hunting you planned on doing. I have traveled in most western states and admired the vast openess of the area but I have never hunted the western country. I have been hunting since 1960 I have shot lots of white tail deer in the eastern US with 243, 6 mm, 270 & 30-06 calibers. My son in law and other friends have hunted the west for mule deer and elk and shared experiences with me. I have found the 270 more than adequate on anything in the eastern US. The 270 is my favorite caliber. You can get bullets in Nosler Partition from 130 to 160 grains and other bullets from Nosler, Sierra, Speer, Berger and Hornady from 90 to 150 grains. This selection is more than adequate for all eastern hunting....... somewhat like cable TV in its offerings..... 120 channels but you only watch about 5 of them.... so a big selection of available bullets isn't that important so long as you get a few that cover your needs. Most of the experienced western hunters say the 270 is adequate on Elk up to 500 yards or so. That being said if I lived out west and were to do a lot of Elk hunting I would like something larger that the 270 for Elk. If I were to go on only 2 or 3 Elk hunts I wouldn't hesitate to take my 270 and just get them a little closer before shooting. The 270WSM is a bit more powerful than the 270 and all I have read on it indicates it to be an excellent long range caliber that is very capable of staying in the long range race with the big boys.</p><p> </p><p>If I lived out west I would have a 260 OR 270 and probably a 300WM for Elk if I did much Elk hunting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alfred Crouch, post: 243486, member: 13464"] You did not say where you lived or how much western hunting you planned on doing. I have traveled in most western states and admired the vast openess of the area but I have never hunted the western country. I have been hunting since 1960 I have shot lots of white tail deer in the eastern US with 243, 6 mm, 270 & 30-06 calibers. My son in law and other friends have hunted the west for mule deer and elk and shared experiences with me. I have found the 270 more than adequate on anything in the eastern US. The 270 is my favorite caliber. You can get bullets in Nosler Partition from 130 to 160 grains and other bullets from Nosler, Sierra, Speer, Berger and Hornady from 90 to 150 grains. This selection is more than adequate for all eastern hunting....... somewhat like cable TV in its offerings..... 120 channels but you only watch about 5 of them.... so a big selection of available bullets isn't that important so long as you get a few that cover your needs. Most of the experienced western hunters say the 270 is adequate on Elk up to 500 yards or so. That being said if I lived out west and were to do a lot of Elk hunting I would like something larger that the 270 for Elk. If I were to go on only 2 or 3 Elk hunts I wouldn't hesitate to take my 270 and just get them a little closer before shooting. The 270WSM is a bit more powerful than the 270 and all I have read on it indicates it to be an excellent long range caliber that is very capable of staying in the long range race with the big boys. If I lived out west I would have a 260 OR 270 and probably a 300WM for Elk if I did much Elk hunting. [/QUOTE]
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