rifle recomendations
10-29-2017, 04:53 AM
#33
Spike
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 11
I prefer the older Remington 700. I have a pre 85 ADL in 30-06 along with a 94 stainless 300 win mag. both have put a lot of meat in the freezer! shoot what you like, just be accurate with what ever you shoot!
12-08-2017, 10:33 AM
#34
Spike
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 10
Can't go wrong with a Remington 700..... Solid actions, feed great. Love my 280, but any long-action cartridge like 270 win, 30-06 make great Elk cartridges- If you're going with a light rifle to backpack, i don't like the kick of any magnum in a 7 lb rifle package...food for thought
12-10-2017, 12:03 PM
#35
Spike
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Southern piedmont of Virginia
Posts: 60
My Remington 700 in 280 shoots 5/8 inch groups @ 100 yards with handloads I cooked up and I love it. I own 270’s and an 06 but this gun is the one I carry. It shoots flat and hits hard...perfect!
12-28-2017, 01:16 PM
#36
Super Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: texas
Posts: 1,201
I'm a member of a hunting club with about 30 members, every year for the last 45 plus years several members get together for a trip to Colorado or Wyoming to go elk and mule deer hunting, I've made the trip as a member about 24 times , and theres several regulars and almost always a new guy each trip.
after watching the results, I don,t think the caliber or type of rifle selected is nearly as important to success as the members skills and his physical condition and tenacity, to keep hunting during all the available time available.
I've seen a 257 roberts and a 45/70 kill elk, and certainly a 30/06 or 7mm mag gets the job done.
personally I prefer a 340 wby, but one of the most successful members used a 358 BLR for decades.
killing elk is not nearly as difficult as finding a legal elk and getting a decent shot from a field position.
after watching the results, I don,t think the caliber or type of rifle selected is nearly as important to success as the members skills and his physical condition and tenacity, to keep hunting during all the available time available.
I've seen a 257 roberts and a 45/70 kill elk, and certainly a 30/06 or 7mm mag gets the job done.
personally I prefer a 340 wby, but one of the most successful members used a 358 BLR for decades.
killing elk is not nearly as difficult as finding a legal elk and getting a decent shot from a field position.
Last edited by hardcastonly; 12-28-2017 at 01:19 PM.
