300 Win Mag or 350 Rem Mag for Elk?

siyeh · 01-10-2004, 03:01 PM

Have booked first elk hunt in Colorado. Own BAR 300 Win Mag with BOSS and REM 673 350 Rem Mag. Which one should I take? Guide says shots are from 50 to 300 yards. HELP

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bigbulls · 01-10-2004, 03:47 PM

Flip a coin. You have more than enough gun with either of them. At 300 yards they are only going to be about 2+- inches different in trajectory.

If you are really worried about it the 300 mag will retain more energy at farther distances than the 350 will but the 350 will be a faster a handling rifle if you happen to find yourself in deep timber. Either are perfectly suitable for the yardage you described though.

I would be plenty happy with either one.

akbound · 01-10-2004, 06:40 PM

Hi siyeh,

I own and like my 673 chambered in .350 Remington Magnum very much. I would be perfectly willing to take it elk hunting for the conditions you described. But I'd also be the first to admit that the .300 Winchester Magnum with either a good 180 or 200 grain, (preferably premium), bullet would make a heck of an elk rifle for those same conditions.

Take the one that you shoot the best....and have the most confidence with! (If it is possible take the other as a spare....you can always switch if you feel the need to.) But my first choice....would be the one that I shoot best and am most comfortable with!

Rest assured.....they are both very good elk cartridges, and rifles!

Best of luck!

j3k2c1 · 01-10-2004, 11:28 PM

The .300 should be fine, but a little more knock-down power can be nice...

jjt · 01-11-2004, 02:42 AM

it would be sixes to me they are both what i would consider exceptional for elk

handloader1 · 01-12-2004, 12:40 AM

I would take the .300 Win. Mag. as my primary rifle, and the 350 Rem. Mag. as a back up. Good luck.

Wolf killer · 01-12-2004, 06:54 PM

I hunt elk with my 300-win mag. I would also elk hunt with a 350-Remington if I owned one. I would say flip a coin & good luck hunting.

James B · 01-14-2004, 12:47 PM

300 Win Mag.

corey006 · 01-16-2004, 04:52 AM

I wouldn't use my M600 in 350 Mag for a 300 yard Elk shot but if I had a 673 I wouldn't hesitate. However, the edge would have to go to the 300 mag at beyond 300 yards.

Tough decision but I would take whichever rifle I shot the best and if that was the 673 I would take it, but using Remington's factory ammo may be a problem though. At present they only load a 200 grain pill for the 350, but I heard a rumour they will be soon offering a 225 gr Swift A-Frame. If you handload I would load up a 225 grain Partition or A-Frame and take the 350...

You can compare ballistics here.....

http://www.remington.com/ammo/ballistics/ballistics.htm