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.