elk rifle
 

looking at buying a new rifle for elk hunting next year. i am think 338 mag ss barrell with synthetic stock. in the past i have always used remington 700s but i am not married to them. any thoughts on manufacture and model as well as scope?

Get a Browning and a Leupold.

I have a savage weather warrior with a ss barrel and syn stock. Awesome accurate setup and didn't bust the bank.

Theres alot of options for what you want. Im partial to the winchester model 70, as I have two of them in stainless, however I swapped the stocks for wood ones. 338, 300, and a few other calibers are great elk rounds. I would look at some of the new winchester alaskan rifles, as well as their all weather, and the browning Xbolts. Zeiss and Leupold get my nod for glass on top. 3-9x, or a 3.5-10x in a 40mm would be great.

I own a Weatherby Mark V .340 Wby. Mag., and it does a great job on elk. Good luck.

What's your budget on the rifle and scope?

really don't have a budget. I'm at that point where I want to make sure I get it right so I don't have any equipment issues in the future. I do think I would like to have one of the scopes with the additional cross hairs or circles for reference on long range shooting.

Proud owner of a Browning X-bolt stainless stalker in .338WM topped with a Burris Signature Select 4X-16X ballastic plex illuminated reticle.


Works for me !

Love my Tikka...but also love my Remington 700's, hard to beat them. 338 Win is plenty of caliber for Elk and you can't go wrong with it. I have always elk hunted with a 308 or 270 truth be told and have never had an animal get away...I never enjoyed the recoil of bigger belted mags, my 7mm Mag became a safe queen years ago!

Great suggestion, I have two Savage 30-06's and I recently bought a Savage Light Weight Hunter in a 308, all of these rifles are extremely accurate and well worth the money. My personal 338 is a Remington 700 BDL with a Leupold 4.5-14x, I love it, but I wouldnt hesitate a bit in buying a Savage Weather Warrior.

I am still floundering - for sure the 338 Win. Mag. by all info I have found is a good round gor elk. I am headed on my first, and probably only, elk hunt in 2014. I have a 308 Win., 30.06 Spr., 300 Win. Mag. and 338 WIn. Mag. All shoot great and I am comfortable using any of these. I hunt white tail deer a lot and have uses the 308 Win. rifle that I have (Styer Pro Hunter Mountain) for many, many years. My delimma is which should I take on the elk hunt! All have either Swarovski or Ziess glass, excellent riggers, and are very accurate. I am leaning towards the 338 Win. simply for the sake of it being the hardest hitter of the 4. But man I love that 308 Win. !!

Any of those will work. The 300 and 338 will give you more range and authority. I have 6 rifles more then powerful enough for elk, but just to be different, I'm thinking of taking my 375H&H next fall. So take whatever you like best, and take one more as a backup.

338-06 is what I would use with 185 gr barnes, but that's just me

I use a 30-06 using a 180gr Barnes TSX. My hunting partner and I have killed 10 elk in the past 7 years using this caliber and load.

Bryce Towsely for American Hunter on his choice for elk::lmao:
http://www.americanhunter.org/articl...lk-cartridges/