A guide's type gun is what I had in mind.I just threw in the salty old '06 as food of thought.

BeaverJack,
What are your thoughts? Being the elk killinist' guy I know, what do you say about 45-70's? I like the feel to a 444 myself. What kind of bullets would be best (45-70) for an out west grab bag hunt with elk and mulies and such beasts like that? What's the effective range on a 45-70 as compaired to the 444 assuming I can hit reasonably well?

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