knock down power

[seth macduff]

the 300wsm does it have the knock down power and long range shooting as the regular 300 mag. ? the reason I'm asking is cause I'm looking at buying a new gun after getting my first elk this year with my 270. and thinking about moving to Montana i just want the knock down power and the distance.

[270Shooter]

300 win and 300WSM are basically identical ballistically. How did your .270 do on the elk?

[seth macduff]

well at a hundred and twenty yards threw the back of the head it did real good...
 but i didn't have confidence at four hundred yards to put the animal down there was to much drop in power and luckily after tracking her for five miles i got a good shot in

[Red Dawg]

no real difference other than you get a shorter lighter rifle with that set up. that is all.

[demontang]

basicly the same but it feels like the 300wsm as a ligher kick.

[Huntbear]

My nephew on here, shot his last year with a 300 wssm.  400 yards, dropped him in his tracks, like he was poleaxed.

[jdb]

unless your flinging boulders at them the term knock down powers is quiet the misnomer

[jeepasaurusrex]

I would concentrate on shot placement. The .270 has a better flight path and will be more accurate at longer ranges. You could be shooting a cannon, but if the point of impact is not in a kill zone, the result could be a lost animal.

[JoshT]

The .270 has a better flight path and will be more accurate at longer ranges.

Dude....

[GoldTip]

 

Seriously Jeepasaurusrex?  A better flight path and more accurate at longer ranges?

[jeepasaurusrex]

I have to totally check myself here....

I was half asleep when I posted that. I misread the original post and for some reason had .308 in my head.

I stand retarded. 

[GoldTip]

I figured you must have misread that.

[Curly]

If you already have a .270 Win, I'd suggest you get a .338 Win mag for a dedicated elk rifle. 

Back to the point though, the 300WM and 300WSM are pretty close ballistically, although the 300WM has a slight edge in velocity.

[Huntbear]

If you already have a .270 Win, I'd suggest you get a .338 Win mag for a dedicated elk rifle. 

 

[JoshT]

If you already have a .270 Win, I'd suggest you get a .338 Win mag for a dedicated elk rifle. 

If you already have a .270 Win... I'd suggest you pocket the money you'd spend on another rifle... and use it for an out of state hunt... that way you could clobber two elk!