I've been hunting Northern Alberta (where I live) for many years up around the Hines Creek area.
We have plentiful and large Mulies, White tail, Bear, 1800lb Moose, and elk.
The animals here are plentiful and hearty.
I have been hunting them for years with a 300 winchester magnum shooting 180gr accu-bonds.
The rifle has served me very well and has put down anything that I did my part on.
Now, I've just bought a nice rifle in 270 winchester and worked up a load for it that's printing somewhere under 1MOA. It's shooting 140gr accu-bonds at around 2950-3000fps.
Even better, it seems to have roughly the same point of impact as my 300wm at 100,200,300 yards at the range so I should be able to use them interchangeably without worrying too much about bullet drop.
Here's the problem: as I get a little older I'm finding the recoil from the 300 winchester magnum to be less and less pleasant. I find I just don't get enough trigger time with it for that reason.
The 270, on the other hand, I find a pleasure to shoot with the recoil not troubling me at all.
So is the 270 enough for those Elk and Moose or should I use it just for deer?
In my experience, the Elk are much harder to put down than the moose even though the moose are much larger. Would the 270 maybe be good enough for moose but not elk?
With the 300wm I have taken shots through shoulders as needed successfully.
Any input appreciated.
We have plentiful and large Mulies, White tail, Bear, 1800lb Moose, and elk.
The animals here are plentiful and hearty.
I have been hunting them for years with a 300 winchester magnum shooting 180gr accu-bonds.
The rifle has served me very well and has put down anything that I did my part on.
Now, I've just bought a nice rifle in 270 winchester and worked up a load for it that's printing somewhere under 1MOA. It's shooting 140gr accu-bonds at around 2950-3000fps.
Even better, it seems to have roughly the same point of impact as my 300wm at 100,200,300 yards at the range so I should be able to use them interchangeably without worrying too much about bullet drop.
Here's the problem: as I get a little older I'm finding the recoil from the 300 winchester magnum to be less and less pleasant. I find I just don't get enough trigger time with it for that reason.
The 270, on the other hand, I find a pleasure to shoot with the recoil not troubling me at all.
So is the 270 enough for those Elk and Moose or should I use it just for deer?
In my experience, the Elk are much harder to put down than the moose even though the moose are much larger. Would the 270 maybe be good enough for moose but not elk?
With the 300wm I have taken shots through shoulders as needed successfully.
Any input appreciated.