I agree with you guys:SHOT PLACEMENT IS EVERYTHING!!! I wouldn't dedicated the .243 as an elk or moose rifle but from what i've read...and there's been plenty,if the right shot presented itself i'd take it.

I passed on quite a few nice bucks when i bowhunting because i wasn't confident with the sitituation. I know alot of guy say if you're on a once in a lifetime hunt and a world class bull steps out @ 500yds. you want to have enough gun to get the job done.Logical statement IMO.........but are you capable of shooting "enogh gun" and do you practice at that distance regularly so you can make a clean kill.

The anwer for me is NO! I've never shot my rifle over 200yds.because on LongIsland there isnt a place to do it. I would have to pass on a shot @ 500yds. because i don't have the convidence that i could make the shot. I don't care how much i spent on the hunt.I wont shoot if i'm not 100o% sure that it's a kill shot.But in short if i had an elk within 100yds. i wouldn't hesitate to take it with a .243.