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Old 02-12-2011, 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by homers brother
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.
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Old 02-14-2011, 06:16 PM
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The Remington 300 Ultra Mag, is the minimum that should be used for elk. Savage sucks.
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Old 02-19-2011, 01:56 PM
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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
The Remington 300 Ultra Mag, is the minimum that should be used for elk. Savage sucks.
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Old 02-19-2011, 02:43 PM
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I say 105 howitzer is the minimum the rest of us can shoot.
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Old 02-19-2011, 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by joemontana
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!
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Old 02-19-2011, 06:11 PM
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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!!!!!!
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Old 02-23-2011, 08:12 PM
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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.
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Old 02-23-2011, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by finnbear
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.
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Old 02-26-2011, 07:35 AM
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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.
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Old 02-26-2011, 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Colorado Luckydog
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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