Factory .270 ammo for elk

[khart_6882]

Hey guys I was curious on everyone’s opinion on some good factory .270 ammunition for elk. I know that what my gun shoots accurately is by far most important. I’ve shot Remington core lokt 130’s for whitetail in the past and they shoot pretty good but figured I would want to step it up some for elk. Shooting distances will be 5-600 at the maximum. Thanks

 

[Bsnyder]

150 grain Nosler partition or 130 Barnes Ttsx but accuracy is most important

 

[mncoolbeans]

Federal Premium 130gr. Trophy Copper!

 

[LightFoot]

2nd the 130 TTSX, but I am a 399 yd guy.

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[Axlrod]

Anything that shoots just not core lokts

 

[Burnt Reynolds]

129 grain Barnes LRX. Laser beam. Average 3010 fps out of my factory 22 inch m70 featherweight.

 

[deadwolf]

If no one buys my .270 out of the classifieds I’m going to try the 145 eldx


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[AK Troutbum]

130 gr. Barnes TTSX for me as well.


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[Raghornklr]

140 gr accubond was my choice for .270

 

[TauPhi111]

I'd recommend the 129 LRX as well

 

[wannakillabigbull]

My family used a 270 Win for elk for a number of years. All were taken with 150 grain federal loaded Nosler partitions. It's now my wife's rifle and that's what she carries for all hunts. It's still the most accurate load out of that particular rifle. I have tried to get it to like 140 grain accubonds but the rifle and bullet just don't like each other.

 

[deerkiller]

130 non leads are pretty impressive elk killers in the .270 - between 130 etips, TSX & TTSX I've seen some pretty dramatic results out to the 500 yards area - 130 Accubonds work very well too - We all shot 270 WSM's for quite a while, since I load for my entire bunch I was fixated on 140 - 150 class bullets but after seeing a lot of elk killed I'm convinced the 130 gr "good" bullets are a good way to go - 140 Accubonds are good too though, just not "needed" IMO
If you reload, ALLIANT and the new Enduron powders produce impressive velocities in the 270 Win, can't say on accuracy myself though …..

 

[archp625]

Hey guys I was curious on everyone’s opinion on some good factory .270 ammunition for elk. I know that what my gun shoots accurately is by far most important. I’ve shot Remington core lokt 130’s for whitetail in the past and they shoot pretty good but figured I would want to step it up some for elk. Shooting distances will be 5-600 at the maximum. Thanks

Looking at the ballistics of that bullet you have about a 300 yard max gun with a perfect shot.

 

[khart_6882]

Looking at the ballistics of that bullet you have about a 300 yard max gun with a perfect shot.

General consensus is 1200 ft lbs is required for a humane kill on an elk. A hornady superformance 130 grain carries 1200 ft lbs to 590 yards. But yes, a well placed shot is vastly most important.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

I always used 130g silvertips. Worked on a dozen or so elk.

 

[mtmuley]

Anything that shoots just not core lokts

Why is that? mtmuley

 

[Axlrod]

Why is that? mtmuley

Have seen more failures with that than any other ( the original Balistic tips were bad too)
This is from 25 years working intake at my family's game processing shop 1000+ animals per year.
I have used barnes x when I hunted with a 270 with great results

 

[mtmuley]

Interesting. Glad I didn't have the internet when I was killing the shit out of elk with those bullets. And if a dead critter was delivered to you among those 25,000 animals, how is it a bullet failure? mtmuley

 

[Sled]

i've killed most of my elk with 150 gr ballistic tips in my 270wsm. accubonds didn't do what i expected but still killed elk. i'm now using the ttsx 130gr.

fwiw, i shoot lungs and heart. if i were a leg buster i may have had better luck with the accubond and less luck with the ballistic tips.

 

[Silentstalker]

I shoot 150 gr Partitions and get great results. My last bull in Wyoming was a complete pass thru at 550+ and a very dead bull.

Shoot what your rifle likes and the elk won’t know the difference.