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<blockquote data-quote="gillettehunter" data-source="post: 740014" data-attributes="member: 25760"><p>You'll get as almost as many opinions as there are people on this forum. Basically I'd say the 7mm is a great choice for the reasons stated above. Now after having said that, there are lots of other good to great choices. Lots of guys want nothing smaller than a .30 caliber. Big animals and a bit of distance. They want to kill it and not miss or lose it. the big 30.s to 33's have the advantage in this dept. </p><p> I have a friend that has likely killed in excess of 50 elk and always used a .270 w/ 130 gr partitions. Not a long range load for sure, but he made it work on a lot of elk. Probably never killed one in excess of 350 yards and knows how to shoot his gun. That load wouldn't be any different than a 6.5 w/ a 130-140 grain bullet. Some of those will also reach out. Pick one and learn to shoot it well. A good bullet helps a lot too. Good luck. Bruce</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gillettehunter, post: 740014, member: 25760"] You'll get as almost as many opinions as there are people on this forum. Basically I'd say the 7mm is a great choice for the reasons stated above. Now after having said that, there are lots of other good to great choices. Lots of guys want nothing smaller than a .30 caliber. Big animals and a bit of distance. They want to kill it and not miss or lose it. the big 30.s to 33's have the advantage in this dept. I have a friend that has likely killed in excess of 50 elk and always used a .270 w/ 130 gr partitions. Not a long range load for sure, but he made it work on a lot of elk. Probably never killed one in excess of 350 yards and knows how to shoot his gun. That load wouldn't be any different than a 6.5 w/ a 130-140 grain bullet. Some of those will also reach out. Pick one and learn to shoot it well. A good bullet helps a lot too. Good luck. Bruce [/QUOTE]
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