Yeah Chet, I was thinking that was the rifle you were talking about. And I remembered how well you shot with it. THAT would be the rifle I would take. And 260 grains is more than enough bullet to drop an Elk. Killed a lot of Elk with a hell of a lot less! BUT I personally wouldn't push it past 150 yards though. Just for insurance. Maybe on a whitetail I would take it out to 200 or maybe even 250 but an adult Bull Elk is a whole hell of a lot more to get through that a mangy little old scruffy whitetail