I have a 270 wsm Tikka T3 that I shot for 9 years and collected over 50 deer and elk with 140 grain Accubonds and 150 grain Interbonds. 30 to 700 yards and never had an issue. Nearly all were one shot kills. Last year I put a 1:8 twist barrel and it's shooting 170 grain Berger EOL's at 3000 fps with great accuracy out to 1300 yds. Few cartridges and bullet combo's can out pace it by much. Deer and elk sure can't tell. They all die quickly and quietly. I have a 6.5 and a 7 mag but there's something about this 270 wsm I just keep grabbing it out of the safe. Good luck to you and happy shooting.