In Your Eyes The Perfect Elk Gun
04-19-2008, 01:30 PM
#14
Join Date: Apr 2008
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RE: In Your Eyes The Perfect Elk Gun
I LOVE my 340 Weatherby MkV stainless. I have a bad shoulder and have to go with a lighter rife for packing or I would not change a thing. I do not want to pay to have a custom rifle built in that caliber just to save weight.
04-19-2008, 07:15 PM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: WY
Posts: 2,056
RE: In Your Eyes The Perfect Elk Gun
I have a Weatherby Vanguard (of the Wal-Mart variety) in .300 Weatherby that drives tacks, but think for elk I'd like it better in .30-06 and topped by something (probably Leupold) 2-7x. I love my M700s too, but for the money, that Vanguard's one of the best rifles I've ever bought, just not all that fond of magnums anymore.
04-19-2008, 09:44 PM
#16
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: IL
Posts: 6,575
RE: In Your Eyes The Perfect Elk Gun
Surprised to see so many weatherby fans here! While I'd take that .300wby over the .30-06, but my .340 wby is just too sweet, can't wait to get on some BIG game with it.
.300 RUM seems pretty sweet too, copy of the .300 wby I think....
.300 RUM seems pretty sweet too, copy of the .300 wby I think....
04-20-2008, 08:41 AM
#18
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jul 2007
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RE: In Your Eyes The Perfect Elk Gun
A Kimber 8400 Montana in .325 WSM topped with a Swarovski Z6 1.75-10. Quick enough with the low power variable for dark timber and plenty of punch cross canyon. I'd send it off to Hill Country rifles if I thought it was lacking in accuracy.
04-20-2008, 04:27 PM
#19
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2004
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RE: In Your Eyes The Perfect Elk Gun
The perfect Elk gun isn't so much the cal. for me as it is the wieght anddesign..
The rifle has to be easy enough to pack around, and when I do want to shoot the butt must beagainst my shoulder before my eyes meet the line of site..
Bolt knob must also be directly above trigger so I can eject and chamber in another round with out moving my head and my eyes away from the scope and the target..
Yep bigger cal is generally better, but a perfect fitting rifle is far more important when it comes to elk hunting than cal..
I've seen 2-3 shots with a .338 kill a 600 bullelk and I've seen one shot from a 7mm-08 kill a slightly bigger bull elk.
If I see a bull elk I'm not,not, gonna go after and try to kill it because I don't havethe perfect elk cal, but what will stop me from attempting to kill it, is a firearm that does not fit me right and I cannot make a clean shot in the vitals..
The rifle has to be easy enough to pack around, and when I do want to shoot the butt must beagainst my shoulder before my eyes meet the line of site..
Bolt knob must also be directly above trigger so I can eject and chamber in another round with out moving my head and my eyes away from the scope and the target..
Yep bigger cal is generally better, but a perfect fitting rifle is far more important when it comes to elk hunting than cal..
I've seen 2-3 shots with a .338 kill a 600 bullelk and I've seen one shot from a 7mm-08 kill a slightly bigger bull elk.
If I see a bull elk I'm not,not, gonna go after and try to kill it because I don't havethe perfect elk cal, but what will stop me from attempting to kill it, is a firearm that does not fit me right and I cannot make a clean shot in the vitals..