7MM mag with 160 or 175 grain bullets, .308 or 30-06 with 180 grain bullets, any of the .300 mags, .338 win mag, .35 whelen, 9.3 x 62, .375 H&H and many, many more......
Whatever rifle you use, use premium bullets such as Nosler Partition or Barnes X....
This has been talked about on here more times than I can remember. If you do a search for "elk rifle" you should come up with tons.
Basically anything from the 7mm-08 on up will cleanly take any elk out there provided you can shoot. If you put a properly constructed bullet in the lungs the result is a dead elk.
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Despite all the stories about bullet proof bulls, I figure the .260 is the smallest I'd be comforable with. You can put a 140 grain 6.5 thoruouh an awful lot of elk meat. [8D]
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Jest an ol' man livin' in the mountains.
270 and up, light weight, have good optics mounted on them, shorter the better longer barrels (mags) make it harder to move thru the forest.
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A good elk gun is likely your old deer gun, but loaded with a premium bullet like the Barnes Triple Shock or Winchester Fail Safe. You have confidence in the gun, can hit where it counts, and that combination beats an unfamiliar new belted cannon that hurts to shoot, promotes fliching, and temps you to take irresponsibly long shots.
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