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<blockquote data-quote="Long Time Long Ranger" data-source="post: 291838" data-attributes="member: 505"><p>Elk can be extremely tough to bring down at times. Therefore plan for the toughest one out there with the strongest will to live. I remember having a lengthy discussion with Elmer Keith on this subject many years ago. At the time I was shooting a 300 wby and a 7mm-300 wby at long range elk and spouting all the ballistics crap at him like any other young know it all who had been in on 30-40 elk kills and knew it all. But thank goodness I was smart enough to realize I was in the presence of a man who had been there/done that with a few hundred elk experiences. He told me never hunt elk with anything less than 338 caliber and I really questioned that. Now that I have going on 40 years of elk hunting behind me and witnessed a few hundred shot I am firmly in Elmer's camp on this one. The next year I took Elmer's advice and built my first 340 wby which was the most power at the time on a standard mag action available to the average guy. That year I found out he knew exactly what he was talking about with the effects of the 340 on elk. Far greater than anything I had ever witnessed. Then I stepped it up to the 338-378 wby wildcat that he suggested and later again the 338-416 rigby imp. Now after all these years I know what an elk rifle is. It is what Elmer told me it was over 30 years ago.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Long Time Long Ranger, post: 291838, member: 505"] Elk can be extremely tough to bring down at times. Therefore plan for the toughest one out there with the strongest will to live. I remember having a lengthy discussion with Elmer Keith on this subject many years ago. At the time I was shooting a 300 wby and a 7mm-300 wby at long range elk and spouting all the ballistics crap at him like any other young know it all who had been in on 30-40 elk kills and knew it all. But thank goodness I was smart enough to realize I was in the presence of a man who had been there/done that with a few hundred elk experiences. He told me never hunt elk with anything less than 338 caliber and I really questioned that. Now that I have going on 40 years of elk hunting behind me and witnessed a few hundred shot I am firmly in Elmer's camp on this one. The next year I took Elmer's advice and built my first 340 wby which was the most power at the time on a standard mag action available to the average guy. That year I found out he knew exactly what he was talking about with the effects of the 340 on elk. Far greater than anything I had ever witnessed. Then I stepped it up to the 338-378 wby wildcat that he suggested and later again the 338-416 rigby imp. Now after all these years I know what an elk rifle is. It is what Elmer told me it was over 30 years ago. [/QUOTE]
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