Finally going on a guided elk hunt. I plan on using my Ruger 77 300 Win Mag. with Leupold VXIII 3.5x10
I've taken a few moose with this gun using 200 gn Nosler Partitions and Accu Bonds.

My hunting buddy, who also hunted this area last year, thinks I should use my 06 and tells me we may be shooting out to 600 yards.

He also sugested I go with Berger bullets. The elk he harvested last year at 526 yards went down like a rock from his 280. Ofcourse a new scope would be nice too, but new turrets would be a must. Really????

I was just wondering what others thought of his suggestions. I'm very comfortable with my gun and feel comfortable shooting out to 400 yards with my current settup.

I've been doing quite a bit of reading about long range hunting and shooting and well I'm just wondering how the heck they ever ate back 100 years ago.

Any feedback would be appreciated.