.338 RUM pretty hard to beat. .340 Wby is pretty hard to beat. 300 RUM is pretty hard to beat. 300 Weatherby is pretty hard to beat. 28 Nosler is pretty hard to beat.
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338 EDGE or 375 RUM get my vote..338 RUM pretty hard to beat. .340 Wby is pretty hard to beat. 300 RUM is pretty hard to beat. 300 Weatherby is pretty hard to beat. 28 Nosler is pretty hard to beat.
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An elk specific rifle?
Hmmm if I was to do it...
338 Norma improved
Bat HR
Krieger #5 or so
Mcmillan hunter
Hmmm if I was to do it...
338 Norma improved
Bat HR
Krieger #5 or so
Mcmillan hunter
RH300UM
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The 375 RBH is ready for brown bear season
The RBH case is really a great hunting cartridge to have. Then add the rifle that Travis builds it's a horsepower giant
ann brezinski
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thank all of you for your replys.great reading and very informative .
gary b
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The 375 H&H came to life in 1912. The ballistics and ability to have a cartridge fire bullets at speeds that make it a great round for long range hunting seem in my view to make it as significant as a large animal hunting cartridge as the 30-06 was for war. Big bullet with great ballistics buck the wind better than smaller ones and deliver energy at greater range than smaller bullets. Be it an H&H, RBH, RUM, Weahterby or what have you... Great range finders, and ballistics calculator with scopes that you can dial in the correction, leave the wind to deal with. Look at what the 375 bullets can do, without regard for the cartridge and you will see why it is a player since 1912. I like my RUM because it can be sized up from 300 RUM brass at low cost, or you can buy it on the local market, just like the H&H. I enjoy the discourse here. Lots of wise hunters right here, a great spot for me to learn.
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Ann, You may want to check out the Weatherby Catalog on line . They have a line of Rifles stocked just for women. Excellent bolt action rifles, in a large selection of calibers, magnum and Non magnum calibers. Many are guaranteed to shoot sub MOA. My personal choice for Elk ,is a Weatherby Mark V , in 300 Weatherby mag. Number 2 26 inch barrel, Magnaport. I hand load, so I don't need to make a super hot load, if I don't want too. I like my Leupold Vari X 3 4.5 X to 14X with a 30mm Main Tube , and a 40mm Objective lens . Just my 2 cents.
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For the ladies, yes. My eleven year old granddaughter is shooting a Remington 700 Long range in 300WM with a suppressor. She is little girl. With her Dad coaching shot a pig in the eye at 60yds and then one in the ear at the same distance. She did suffer from Buck Fever when she shot her big 9pt WhiteTail: broke its right front leg so it was some time before she got her trophy rack to the taxidermist. For the ladies: pull the gun to you, take out the slack and be sure you are back from the scope with tension in your neck. Squeeze that trigger and look for the muzzle flash in the scope.
I have tacking elk with .270 Win., .300 Win. Mag., and .35 Whelen, all one shot kills. I have a .338 Win. Mag. that I have not ben able to hunt with at this time but I think it will be a grate rifle, it has a very good reputation. I am all so thinking of building a 358STA, it has all ways fascinated me and I'm shore it would do a fine job.
Personally I think any cartridge from .270 and up with a good bullet will work perfect as long as you can shot it well and have good shot placement. I know others that have used smaller calibers with good success, they take their time and don't take risky shots and it works. I just prefer larger calibers.
As rifles go I have used synthetic, laminated, and wood, blued steel and stainless steel. Brands, Savage, Ruger, Montana Rifle Co., and Winchester. Like them all. Wood, blue steel is my favorite.
Personally I think any cartridge from .270 and up with a good bullet will work perfect as long as you can shot it well and have good shot placement. I know others that have used smaller calibers with good success, they take their time and don't take risky shots and it works. I just prefer larger calibers.
As rifles go I have used synthetic, laminated, and wood, blued steel and stainless steel. Brands, Savage, Ruger, Montana Rifle Co., and Winchester. Like them all. Wood, blue steel is my favorite.
codyadams
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For a long range (600+ yards) rocky mountain (needs to be relatively packable) elk rifle, I would go Manners EH-1, Kelbly .338 action, Proof 24" carbon barrel, MBM beast 5 port, chambered in .338 Norma or .338 Norma Improved. 300 grain bullets at 2750-2900 depending on powder and chambering, will fit perfectly seated long inside a extended mag box that the action is cut for, and will be between 8.75 and 10 lbs depending on what scope you choose. Recoil is mild in my 9 lb 3 oz .338 Norma Mag with same brake.
Plenty of whallop for long range elk as well, 800 yard energy compares to a 165 from a 30-06 at roughly 100 yards, but with a .338 diameter bullet vs a .308, just that much better. With the right bullet choice, a solid 1200 yard elk killer if the rifle and shooter can perform.
Plenty of whallop for long range elk as well, 800 yard energy compares to a 165 from a 30-06 at roughly 100 yards, but with a .338 diameter bullet vs a .308, just that much better. With the right bullet choice, a solid 1200 yard elk killer if the rifle and shooter can perform.
I've killed elk with 6.5x47L, 6.5-300wm, 7-300wm, 7STW, 30-338wm, 300wsm, 300wm, 308 Baer, 30-8mm, 30-358STA, 338 Baer, 358STA, 375-358STA, and 416 Rem from 50yds to 1180yds. The bigger calibers definitely kill better but they don't make the best long range calibers and the recoil is quite a bit higher. I hunt a lot with the .300 magnums because the recoil is low with a good brake and they kill elk really well. It seems like as you get below .30 you need more speed to make up for the smaller bullet diameters.
