ORIGINAL: salukipv1
What are you really looking for? A whitetail rifle that you could take to hunt elk with? or the best all around?
A .270 would be hard to beat for deer, but light for Elk in my opinion. Many guys would say a 300 or 338 mag would be perfect for elk but overkill on a deer.
Anything from .270 Win- .338 Win. Mag. would do the job well.
Get a
7mm WSM,
short fat beltless case, high BC bullets.
read this:
http://www.6mmbr.com/gunweek064.html
What I am looking for is a rifle that would mainly be used for Whitetail/Mule deer, that could also be used for elk if the opprtunity ever presents itself. I had been looking into the 7mm mag, but also have a friend telling me to go with the 300 win mag. Like I said earlier this rifle hunting is fairly new to me, so thanks for bearing with me.
Tom