ultimate elk rifle
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: WY
Posts: 2,056
90mm, recoilless (don't want to be flinching). HEAT for those tough quartering shots.
Elk are not invincible. I've used .243, .30-06, .300 Wby, and .375 H&H. I'm perfectly happy chasing elk with the .30-06 (180 grain JACKETED bullets). If I'm hunting more open terrain, I'll prefer the .300.
Elk are not invincible. I've used .243, .30-06, .300 Wby, and .375 H&H. I'm perfectly happy chasing elk with the .30-06 (180 grain JACKETED bullets). If I'm hunting more open terrain, I'll prefer the .300.
#4
Ultimate elk rifle, or just what is used alot and is more then enough? Ultimate, 340wby/338RUM would be two of the ultimate rifles, in power, and recoil. 300RUM is right up there with it, then 300win. As for what is plenty, the '06, 7mm rem mag, 308, 45/70(short range dark timber elk buster), and even a 30/30 within nominal ranges. Its much glorified about how you need cannons to hunt elk. Honestly it isnt needed, but two days before elk season here, what are we taking? Im carrying my 300RUM, the wife, her 300win. Not because we have to, but because we want to!
#5
Worth a look;
http://elkhunter2.tripod.com/
I use both a 7MM RM & a .338 WM depending on where I'm hunting (Got Bears ).
http://elkhunter2.tripod.com/
I use both a 7MM RM & a .338 WM depending on where I'm hunting (Got Bears ).
#10
If your looking for the "Ultimate Elk Cartridge", look no farther than the Remington 300 Ultra Mag!!
If your looking for the "Ultimate Elk Rifle", that could be debated until the end of time but everyone that argued in favor of the Remington 700 would be right.
If your looking for the "Ultimate Elk Rifle", that could be debated until the end of time but everyone that argued in favor of the Remington 700 would be right.