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jerry d 02-12-2011 05:18 PM


Originally Posted by homers brother (Post 3772386)
In general though, magnums bring with them enough recoil to induce flinching.

Remember that sentence.You can have all the horsepower in the world if you can't put the bullet where it belongs it's useless.

Colorado Luckydog 02-14-2011 06:16 PM

The Remington 300 Ultra Mag, is the minimum that should be used for elk. Savage sucks.

joemontana 02-19-2011 01:56 PM

why do u think this i have killed 7 elk with a .270 now i use my 300wsm cause its a shorter rifle but my .270 did the same job on elk.

Originally Posted by Colorado Luckydog (Post 3773460)
The Remington 300 Ultra Mag, is the minimum that should be used for elk. Savage sucks.


Blackelk 02-19-2011 02:43 PM

I say 105 howitzer is the minimum the rest of us can shoot.

nsdemit 02-19-2011 05:55 PM


Originally Posted by joemontana (Post 3775657)
why do u think this i have killed 7 elk with a .270 now i use my 300wsm cause its a shorter rifle but my .270 did the same job on elk.

i took down a full grown bison with my 243 winchester. one WELL placed shot to the base of the spine. largest land animal in north america fell to the smallest legal caliber!

finnbear 02-19-2011 06:11 PM

well I think that the .300RUM is to small but the 105 is to big.... I think something in the line of .458 lott might do it in a pinch......... I still don't know what I was thinkin when I shot my first 2 elk with a 25-35!! and hell yes I was close LOL!!!!!!

Poor Man 02-23-2011 08:12 PM

I absolutly love and cherish both of my 30-06s. one is the ol winchester model 70 and then the smoothest is my browning a-bolt. Good from coyotes to Moose! 50gr. excelerators leave the mussle at 4,200 fps. for varmits better then a 22-250 and 180 gr. core-loct are good for elk.

Poor Man 02-23-2011 08:16 PM


Originally Posted by finnbear (Post 3775743)
well I think that the .300RUM is to small but the 105 is to big.... I think something in the line of .458 lott might do it in a pinch......... I still don't know what I was thinkin when I shot my first 2 elk with a 25-35!! and hell yes I was close LOL!!!!!!

Lots of hunters kill elk with a good .270 but that new remington gets into my hands every time I look at rifles lately. lol good deal for 500 bucks but a box of rounds is twice what my 06 rounds are and it will kill em all the same.

skinnnner 02-26-2011 07:35 AM

i seen 2 moose this year get taken with a savage model 111 in 7mm rem mag,as for the recoil those recoil pads savage has been putting on thier rifle really do soak up alot of recoil.

skinnnner 02-26-2011 07:39 AM


Originally Posted by Colorado Luckydog (Post 3773460)
The Remington 300 Ultra Mag, is the minimum that should be used for elk. Savage sucks.

you know that saying,you never really know how dumb someone is untill they speak?thank you for proveing that.


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