Non-magnum lovers...?
#21
Muzzleloader is a round ball shooter most of the time for me. So, I like the .54 cal. Still pretty weak compared to the 30-30.
I just bought an older Marlin 30-30 to use hunting. I feel a little safer with a backup shot for bear since i'm an old fart who hunts alone, and we can't use bait, or dogs. On the ground face to face is fun stuff.
I'll use it for deer and elk too. Use a peep sight, and keep shots under 75yds.
I just bought an older Marlin 30-30 to use hunting. I feel a little safer with a backup shot for bear since i'm an old fart who hunts alone, and we can't use bait, or dogs. On the ground face to face is fun stuff.
I'll use it for deer and elk too. Use a peep sight, and keep shots under 75yds.
I'm all good with that Pete !
I use a Marlin .35 levergun (iron sights also) with a Ruger .357 as my sidearm, if I think I might find myself in a tough spot !!!
#22
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: VA.
Posts: 1,415
Elevation is also a major factor when considering posts of this nature. Higher elevations can considerably improve a given calibers performance when compared to sea level. One reason answers can vary depending on where you are in the country.
#23
I thought you liked LR hunting ??
Each to their own (better rifle ?)- right ?!1?
If a .50 cal can't kill'em you better get yourself a mechanical broad-head............ that should make for a big wound channel !!!
Those are non- magnums .................... Arn't they ??
Each to their own (better rifle ?)- right ?!1?
If a .50 cal can't kill'em you better get yourself a mechanical broad-head............ that should make for a big wound channel !!!
Those are non- magnums .................... Arn't they ??
#24
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Indiana county, Pa
Posts: 679
I own a magnum rifle but all but retired it. 300 H&H mag. not that I don't like it, it just got too heavy to carry and I'm getting older and prefer something lighted. use a Remington 700 30-06 now. will not get rid of the H&H as ive owned it for too many years. also got a 243 for groundhogs. its a varmit rifle with a heavy barrel.
#25
I honestly wonder why people feel the need for Magnum cartridges for Elk and Moose. I've taken several of both with .30-06 and the little ole 30-30, .444, MLer, 7mm.08 (Elk not Moose, I aint stupid) and have never felt the need to have a magnum cartridge. Have I used them? Yep, .300 WM has taken a few for me but I really just didn't NEED the extra range it afforded. .30-06 will do the same job out to 400 yards that a .300 WM will and do it with less recoil and cost. Less recoil and cost= more range time to get really good with what you are shooting. THAT my friends is the most important thing there is. PLACEMENT. Cal, you could use just a .338-06 and have the same results out to 350 yards as that .338WM will. You don't shoot past that often if I recall correctly. And Brownies aren't bullet proof folks and they are just as easily downed as an Elk. Good bullet combined with good placement= dead Brownie. If you are carrying something for defense against a Brown and not hunting it, then a good 12 gauge with slug,00buck,slug,00buck,slug loaded up in the magazine is about as good a defense as one could have. I carry a 4 inch .500 S&W but I don't recommend that to most. I have vast amounts of practice with handguns and can hit that "bouncing tennis ball" sized target under pressure.
Magnum cartridges don't make up for poor target placement no matter what the manufacturers and "professionals" say. And they won't make up for range time to make you a long range shooter either.
Magnum cartridges don't make up for poor target placement no matter what the manufacturers and "professionals" say. And they won't make up for range time to make you a long range shooter either.
On deer and antelope, I prefer my old 270 although I plan on trying the wife's 243 and maybe a 25-06 and 7mm-08 just cause. It's always fun to try new things but I don't see my gun safe ever not having a 338.
#27
I agree on placement being the key. I don't seem to suffer from recoil issues, as least not with my 338. But then, I remember shooting a couple hundred 12 gauge rounds at the range one day, all of them either slug or buckshot. I don't begrudge anybody using a smaller or non-magnum caliber as long as they are cleanly killing the animal. For me, I really like that 338WM with a nice 250 grain Nosler Partition bullet. It shoots well for me and does the job well too. I figure all those griz and brown bear guides in AK that prefer the 338 can't all be wrong.
On deer and antelope, I prefer my old 270 although I plan on trying the wife's 243 and maybe a 25-06 and 7mm-08 just cause. It's always fun to try new things but I don't see my gun safe ever not having a 338.
On deer and antelope, I prefer my old 270 although I plan on trying the wife's 243 and maybe a 25-06 and 7mm-08 just cause. It's always fun to try new things but I don't see my gun safe ever not having a 338.
#28
I'm on my 2nd .280 Rem. 1st was a TC Prohunter and currently shooting a Browning Xbolt.
I like the .280 so much that I'm building a Savage 280 AI with a McGowen barrel.
I've had magnums but seems every moose, elk or deer I shot it was'nt required.
I like the .280 so much that I'm building a Savage 280 AI with a McGowen barrel.
I've had magnums but seems every moose, elk or deer I shot it was'nt required.
#29
He had better hair and makes more money but I'm very happy where I'm at. The 12 gauge was a department gun on a range day (I was one of the rangemasters). We were there all day and nobody showed up to qualify. Seemed a shame to waste all of that time without practicing some with the shotguns and pistols.
#30
Spike
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 32
I honestly wonder why people feel the need for Magnum cartridges for Elk and Moose. I've taken several of both with .30-06 and the little ole 30-30, .444, MLer, 7mm.08 (Elk not Moose, I aint stupid) and have never felt the need to have a magnum cartridge. Have I used them? Yep, .300 WM has taken a few for me but I really just didn't NEED the extra range it afforded. .30-06 will do the same job out to 400 yards that a .300 WM will and do it with less recoil and cost. Less recoil and cost= more range time to get really good with what you are shooting. THAT my friends is the most important thing there is. PLACEMENT. Cal, you could use just a .338-06 and have the same results out to 350 yards as that .338WM will. You don't shoot past that often if I recall correctly. And Brownies aren't bullet proof folks and they are just as easily downed as an Elk. Good bullet combined with good placement= dead Brownie. If you are carrying something for defense against a Brown and not hunting it, then a good 12 gauge with slug,00buck,slug,00buck,slug loaded up in the magazine is about as good a defense as one could have. I carry a 4 inch .500 S&W but I don't recommend that to most. I have vast amounts of practice with handguns and can hit that "bouncing tennis ball" sized target under pressure.
Magnum cartridges don't make up for poor target placement no matter what the manufacturers and "professionals" say. And they won't make up for range time to make you a long range shooter either.
Magnum cartridges don't make up for poor target placement no matter what the manufacturers and "professionals" say. And they won't make up for range time to make you a long range shooter either.