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.260 Remington as an Elk Rifle
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<blockquote data-quote="revturbo9967" data-source="post: 1176062" data-attributes="member: 89706"><p>I hear the opposite then most of what you guys are hearing as far as minimum caliber on elk. I hear tons of guys at my range say you don't need anything larger than a 30-06. I'm on board with most, 260 is good enough with a well-placed shot. A poorly placed shot with most magnums will get a large animal to run and in some cases, not retrievable. Larry Benoits has taken some seriously huge whitetails (300lbs+) in his day with a 130 gr out of a .270. Obviously not an elk , but very tough animals . I guess my point is up until recently , I'd bet more elk have been taken with a non-magnum caliber. There will always the stories of a guy dropping 4 shots from a 300 rum right behind the shoulder and it still runs 600 yards. I tend to believe about 40% of those stories played out like they're told. My next rifle build is going to be a 26 nosler, and it may come with me elk hunting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="revturbo9967, post: 1176062, member: 89706"] I hear the opposite then most of what you guys are hearing as far as minimum caliber on elk. I hear tons of guys at my range say you don’t need anything larger than a 30-06. I’m on board with most, 260 is good enough with a well-placed shot. A poorly placed shot with most magnums will get a large animal to run and in some cases, not retrievable. Larry Benoits has taken some seriously huge whitetails (300lbs+) in his day with a 130 gr out of a .270. Obviously not an elk , but very tough animals . I guess my point is up until recently , I’d bet more elk have been taken with a non-magnum caliber. There will always the stories of a guy dropping 4 shots from a 300 rum right behind the shoulder and it still runs 600 yards. I tend to believe about 40% of those stories played out like they’re told. My next rifle build is going to be a 26 nosler, and it may come with me elk hunting. [/QUOTE]
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