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Wilderness Blacktail reacted to Mike Matteson's post in the thread Is a 270 WSM an adequate elk round? with
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I don't see any problem with the 7WSM. It's far more importance to place the shot in the right place, I have read here with people are... -
Wilderness Blacktail reacted to 1raggedhole's post in the thread Is a 270 WSM an adequate elk round? with Like.
Nobody ever told him he was hunting elk with a varmint rifle. Out here the .25-06 is really popular for about everything.
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Wilderness Blacktail reacted to 1raggedhole's post in the thread Is a 270 WSM an adequate elk round? with Like.
Another coffe-spitter. It would really bounce high if a 150-grain Partition was loaded to 3K. This goes back to '16, '18, '22. Some...
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Wilderness Blacktail reacted to memtb's post in the thread Is a 270 WSM an adequate elk round? with Like.
Absolutely! Within practical range limitations and using quality, controlled expansion or mono bullets……and of course proper bullet...
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Wilderness Blacktail reacted to reconrover's post in the thread Is a 270 WSM an adequate elk round? with Like.
When I think about a few of my higher powered...high $$ Elk guns, I remember the last ranch I visited in WY. The guide was an old...
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Wilderness Blacktail reacted to Ronald W Schaefer's post in the thread Is a 270 WSM an adequate elk round? with Like.
Yeah, man that'll work. If the twist rate of your barrel will support it, you might play with some 165 gr NABLR to take advantage of...
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Wilderness Blacktail reacted to dhbikerczar's post in the thread Is a 270 WSM an adequate elk round? with Like.
My 6.5 SAUM is 100% my favorite deer and antelope rifle ever. It's a Lane Precision that he built for me about 10 years ago. I'll...
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Wilderness Blacktail reacted to khart1988's post in the thread Is a 270 WSM an adequate elk round? with Like.
A 243 with the right bullet is an adequate elk rifle at 500. No rifle is adequate if you can't hit at 500.
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Wilderness Blacktail reacted to Jim’s Hunt's post in the thread Is a 270 WSM an adequate elk round? with Like.
Tipped over a big cow elk last December with a 270 WSM with a 175gr Sierra TGK going 3050 fps one shot dropped her
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Wilderness Blacktail reacted to megastink's post in the thread Is a 270 WSM an adequate elk round? with Like.
There’s an eye-opening thread on Rokslide featuring the .223 rem with the 77gr Sierra TMK. There’s over 450 pages and 8,500 replies to...
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Wilderness Blacktail reacted to Upsidedownjack's post in the thread Is a 270 WSM an adequate elk round? with Like.
Not shooting the 270 WSM, but having Killed many Elk with the “underpowered 270 W, using the 150 gr nos, plastic tip the 270 WSM should...
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Wilderness Blacktail reacted to SSG Graybush's post in the thread Is a 270 WSM an adequate elk round? with Like.
A buddy used my model 70 FW 270 wsm to kill a cow elk in WY at 100ish yards. She was quartering hard to us. He shot her center, just...
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Wilderness Blacktail reacted to Aloeus's post in the thread Is a 270 WSM an adequate elk round? with Haha.
Nah, it'll bounce off. You probably need to step up to something more powerful like a 6.5 Creedmoor. /s
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Wilderness Blacktail reacted to SnakeRiverEric's post in the thread Is a 270 WSM an adequate elk round? with Like.
absolutely! I killed a 6pt Wyoming bull this week with my 270WSM with one shot using 128gr Copper Rose from McGuire Ballistics.
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Wilderness Blacktail reacted to DylanWalsh's post in the thread Is a 270 WSM an adequate elk round? with Like.
I got caught up chasing the trends and built a 6.5 GAP4S aka 6.5 SAUM a few years back. My dad had an old .270 WSM and when I built our...