All-around .270

[L. Cooper]

After years of hunting I have become a heavy bullet fan. Although Cossack's comment that:" A bullet does not "dump" it's energy in a game animal, it actully absorbes it in the form of heat when passing through tissue. So, there is absolutelu nothing wrong with a bullet passing throught game." makes no sense to me, he is right that there is no disadvantage to bulllets passing completely through an animal. There are lots of disadvantages to not enough penetration.

I now prefer 150 grain Nosler Ballistic Tips for deer sized game and 150 grain Partitions for elk or moose. I am sure there are other heavy for caliber bullets that will work, but my rifle shoots those well, and they seem to always work as advertised.

If I am going to use my .270 for both deer and larger, without time to re-sight the rifle, I use the Partitions.

I think the .270 is on the light end of my ideas about good elk cartridges, so I want the performance of premium bullets for elk.