RE: Caliber for Elk/Bear/Elephant/JabbatheHut
We have lots of 30-06's. I mostly shoot the old Win Silvertip ammo in 150 or 180 in all of them for all big game. I've loaded a ton of these in 220gr also in case I ever get back to AK or encounter Bigfoot again in unit 71.
We also shoot a lot of cheap green box Rem CorLokt 150. They work well.
I'm not into paying 39.99 a box for ammo with 'premium' bullets, unless its to get a higher BC/lower CDso it shoots flatter faster. For my new BLR 7RemMag elk rifle I'll prolly go with the Swift Sciroccos in Hornady ammo just to get the max flatness out of the gun-cal.
But other than that I think the 'premium' bullet stuff is just so much marketing BS. Just to keep it goin I think the same (m...BS) of the twisty hunk of steel on the end of rifle barrels, of grooved anything on the outside of a rifle, of shooting sticks( yeah hell I carry my own rifle too), and 55mm scope lenses.