Kaela Steele used her .270 to take this cow elk with one shot. Happy New Year, everyone! Like no doubt many of you, 2024 was not the best year of my life and so far 2025 could look a bit more shiny, ...

At first-glance, it doesn’t make a ton of sense to compare the .270 vs .308. They are, after all, different calibers with different parent cases. However they are both classic big-game cartridges, ...

The most common bullet weights for the .270 are 130 and 150 grains. The old buck walked slowly around the point, stopped, reached up for a mouthful of browse. The gold bead came to rest against his ...

Elk are big. Elk are tough as hell. And elk live in the great wide open of the West. Those three things alone should give you a pretty good idea of what you need in a good elk cartridge. It should be ...

Elk are a big deal because they’re a big deer, and thus require big elk calibers. Elk carry enough venison on the hoof to suggest a big cartridge and big bullet. Use enough gun, enough caliber, and ...

You can trace the legacy of the .270 Winchester back nearly a century, where it rose from skepticism to become one of the most respected rifle cartridges in the world. Known for its flat trajectory ...

My first centerfire rifle was a 270 Winchester. It’s the first rifle I learned to handload for and a rifle I shot a lot of deer with. Oddly, as much as I liked the rifle—and as great as the 270 is—I ...

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