best 270 bullet for Elk?

[DakotaBUB]

I have just drawn my first rifle elk tag and I am pulling my Sako .270 out of retirement to take on the adventure and I am wondering what people are using for bullets in their .270's. I have shot many whitetail's with it, but I know I need a heavier round. I am a confident reloader and excited about working up some rounds. I am heading in the direction of bonded bullets such as the Norma oryx or the Speer deep curl bullets. Please give me some feedback!

Thanks,

Kyle

 

[hodgeman]

I'd use an Accubond or a Trophy Bonded Bear Claw...whatever weight your rifle shoots best.

I've used the TBBC on a big bull caribou and it did awesome.

 

[ozyclint]

150gr speer grand slam.

 

[dotman]

Since you reload I would recommend the 165gr matrix and possibly the 170gr Berger EOL if your barrel will stabilize.

Search under the firearms section, wrote up a comparison of them.

 

[N2TRKYS]

Partition or Accubond in 130, 140, or 150 grain.

 

[DakotaBUB]

Thanks for the info!


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[6mm Remington]

Partition or Accubond in 130, 140, or 150 grain.

What he said! Great choices there.

 

[handwerk]

130 ttsx

 

[stevevan]

Easy answer. 150 Nosler Partition. Based on experience.

 

[VernAK]

130 TSX or 130 TTSX will do just fine for elk and have worked for me on moose.

Prior to these bullets, I used the 160 NP successfully.

 

[eLightfoot]

I don't hunt elk but I would bet that the 140 barnes tsx is about the toughest bullet you could put through a .270. If I were elk hunting with mine that is what I would use. The have always grouped well, been forgiving to load, and melt through tough animals, bones and all.

 

[Plagioclase]

I'll be using my Kimber Montana with a 150 Partition. Can't imagine a better elk bullet in the 270.

 

[bhylton]

wife only shot a mule deer with it last year, but the 140 accubond was going to be elk medicine also if the opportunity came up. I take making clean kills very serious and i was very very confident in that bullet. full pass through at 380 on her mulie made me more confident.

 

[theleo91386]

I run a 140 grain Accubonds through my 280ai, it does just fine on elk. With a 270 results would be just as good. If you go up to 150 grain I'd use a Interlock.

 

[mcr-85]

I shot a bull with a 165 matrix last year. Worked great. It was with a 270 WSM but I wouldn't hesitate to run that bullet out of my winchester either. You should look into shooting them and seeing if they stabilize like dotman said.

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[DakotaBUB]

Does anyone have experiences with the Norma Oryx?


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[907to406]

Granted this is out of my 270WSM but have taken 2 mature bulls with factory Nosler Trophy Grade 140gr Accubonds. One was a steep downhill shot at 300yds one shot dropped him like a sack of potatoes. The second was across a canyon at 277yds and he made it about 10yds before going down. Both one shot kills. I was skeptical about using a lighter weight bullet for elk coming from the 300 RUM but so far so good and wouldn't question using the 140 accubonds out to about 500yds on elk.

 

[GKPrice]

With my son and son-in-law and 2 others, we five have been repeating a late season LOP cow hunt - In 2013 I worked up a load for my son-in-law's 270 WSM (Tikka) with 130 Etips, it shoots them really well - That 2013 season all of us were very impressed with the performance of the Etip so for 2014 I worked up loads for the other 3 270 WSM's as well (Note: the Etip "CAN" be a bit particular from rifle to rifle) 2014's hunt yielded 4 one shot dead cows from 150 to 350+ with outstanding bullet performance - For 2015 I also used my Montana 270 WSM so we had 5 rifles shooting 130 Etips, ranges from about 150 to 510 yards again with one shot kills - Mine was the 510 yards and I was duly impressed with the way the hit took a full grown cow off her feet - I don't know about truly long ranges OR mature bulls but out to the 500-600 mark I'm thinking a .277/130 grain Etip launched at or above 3000 fps makes a very lethal combo

 

[boom]

Easy answer. 150 Nosler Partition. Based on experience.

I would use this


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[Ryan Avery]

I've seen a lot of elk die from the old 270 win. I also know an old timer who killed a PILE of elk with a 270 win and 270 Gibbs. They were shot with just about every brand on the planet, from 10 to 750 yards. All of them where 130s

If I were picking a bullet to hunt elk with right now for a 270, it would be a Swift Scirocco in 130. It's what an Accubond wishes it could be!