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#255046 - 01/01/13 12:12 AM Re: So how did Christmas go? [Re: dougwalkabout]
Roarmeister Offline
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Registered: 09/12/01
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Originally Posted By: dougwalkabout
I'm no expert, but isn't a .270 a little light for heavy game? It's a nice flat shooting caliber well past 200 yards, but I'm not sure it has the punch for a clean (responsible) kill in elk let alone bear. My 2c, and like I say, I'm not an expert on the subject, I'm just going on what I've been told.


For heavy game perhaps. Not something I'd want to use for a grizzly but quite sufficient for a black. The rifle was a hand-me-down used mostly for deer hunting. Gord was a bit nervous which is why he added the second shot to the head after it dropped and was still twitching.

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#255048 - 01/01/13 12:46 AM Re: So how did Christmas go? [Re: Roarmeister]
AKSAR Offline
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Registered: 08/31/11
Posts: 1233
Loc: Alaska
Originally Posted By: Roarmeister
Originally Posted By: dougwalkabout
I'm no expert, but isn't a .270 a little light for heavy game? It's a nice flat shooting caliber well past 200 yards, but I'm not sure it has the punch for a clean (responsible) kill in elk let alone bear. My 2c, and like I say, I'm not an expert on the subject, I'm just going on what I've been told.


For heavy game perhaps. Not something I'd want to use for a grizzly but quite sufficient for a black. The rifle was a hand-me-down used mostly for deer hunting. Gord was a bit nervous which is why he added the second shot to the head after it dropped and was still twitching.

Yeah, that's about right. I've no doubt that people have taken griz and brown bear with a .270, but it would not be a recommended practice. I killed a brown bear once, but I was shooting a .338 Win Mag loaded with 250 grain Nosler Partition bullets (a good bit more punch than any .270). In Alaska the .338 Win Mag or the .375 H&H seem to be the most popular guns for big bears.
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#255049 - 01/01/13 01:40 AM Re: So how did Christmas go? [Re: spuds]
Matt26 Offline
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Registered: 09/27/05
Posts: 309
Loc: Vermont
I started canning this year. We have concord grapes that grow wild in our back yard Which I turned into grape jelly,and I was given a great canning pot! Plus my Parents gave my Wife and I an hour long tour in a light aircraft, which we will use this summer and one of us gets to pilot! (after the real pilot takes off of course!)


Edited by Matt26 (01/01/13 01:41 AM)
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#255061 - 01/01/13 06:05 AM Re: So how did Christmas go? [Re: AKSAR]
2005RedTJ Offline
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Registered: 01/07/09
Posts: 475
Loc: Birmingham, Alabama
Originally Posted By: AKSAR
Originally Posted By: Roarmeister
Originally Posted By: dougwalkabout
I'm no expert, but isn't a .270 a little light for heavy game? It's a nice flat shooting caliber well past 200 yards, but I'm not sure it has the punch for a clean (responsible) kill in elk let alone bear. My 2c, and like I say, I'm not an expert on the subject, I'm just going on what I've been told.


For heavy game perhaps. Not something I'd want to use for a grizzly but quite sufficient for a black. The rifle was a hand-me-down used mostly for deer hunting. Gord was a bit nervous which is why he added the second shot to the head after it dropped and was still twitching.

Yeah, that's about right. I've no doubt that people have taken griz and brown bear with a .270, but it would not be a recommended practice. I killed a brown bear once, but I was shooting a .338 Win Mag loaded with 250 grain Nosler Partition bullets (a good bit more punch than any .270). In Alaska the .338 Win Mag or the .375 H&H seem to be the most popular guns for big bears.


I'll be careful what I shoot at bears with around here in Alabama. grin I'll pretty much only be using it for targets and deer, so it's all good.

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#255075 - 01/01/13 06:32 PM Re: So how did Christmas go? [Re: 2005RedTJ]
spuds Offline
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Registered: 06/24/12
Posts: 822
Loc: SoCal Mtns
Originally Posted By: 2005RedTJ
Originally Posted By: AKSAR
Originally Posted By: Roarmeister
Originally Posted By: dougwalkabout
I'm no expert, but isn't a .270 a little light for heavy game? It's a nice flat shooting caliber well past 200 yards, but I'm not sure it has the punch for a clean (responsible) kill in elk let alone bear. My 2c, and like I say, I'm not an expert on the subject, I'm just going on what I've been told.


For heavy game perhaps. Not something I'd want to use for a grizzly but quite sufficient for a black. The rifle was a hand-me-down used mostly for deer hunting. Gord was a bit nervous which is why he added the second shot to the head after it dropped and was still twitching.

Yeah, that's about right. I've no doubt that people have taken griz and brown bear with a .270, but it would not be a recommended practice. I killed a brown bear once, but I was shooting a .338 Win Mag loaded with 250 grain Nosler Partition bullets (a good bit more punch than any .270). In Alaska the .338 Win Mag or the .375 H&H seem to be the most popular guns for big bears.


I'll pretty much only be using it for targets and deer, so it's all good.
Indeed it is,enjoy!

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