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best long range elk gun
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<blockquote data-quote="Lenny Foffa" data-source="post: 1911330" data-attributes="member: 100742"><p>That's really funny stuff!!!! So ,in 1979 I shot my very first small Elk. A real learning experience for me!! A spike with 19 inch horns . Legal back then in Colo. I used my Brand New Weatherby Mark V , in 270 Weath Mag. 26 Inch #2 barrel. 150 Grn Speer Grand Slam. Hit the elk really well at 200 yards. I was shocked to see no sign of the elk being hit. Nothing !!!!! It Just kept trotting away. I thought I missed it. The guide said " You hit him, shoot again ". I did . Neck shot and down he went. Back in camp , as we butchered the elk, they showed me a portion of the heart was actually split open by the first shot. That need for a second shot made me think perhaps a .300 Mag , with a bullet of 165 to 180 grain might be a better choice. What if the bull was further away? What if it Ran , would I even get a second shot? I soon had another ( used ) Weatherby Mark V , in 300 Weatherby Mag. Hunted elk with it two years later ,in New Mexico , but I did not see anything I wanted to take, so that rifle still has never killed an elk. I really believe , when the time comes , it will be a good elk rifle. Lenny</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lenny Foffa, post: 1911330, member: 100742"] That's really funny stuff!!!! So ,in 1979 I shot my very first small Elk. A real learning experience for me!! A spike with 19 inch horns . Legal back then in Colo. I used my Brand New Weatherby Mark V , in 270 Weath Mag. 26 Inch #2 barrel. 150 Grn Speer Grand Slam. Hit the elk really well at 200 yards. I was shocked to see no sign of the elk being hit. Nothing !!!!! It Just kept trotting away. I thought I missed it. The guide said " You hit him, shoot again ". I did . Neck shot and down he went. Back in camp , as we butchered the elk, they showed me a portion of the heart was actually split open by the first shot. That need for a second shot made me think perhaps a .300 Mag , with a bullet of 165 to 180 grain might be a better choice. What if the bull was further away? What if it Ran , would I even get a second shot? I soon had another ( used ) Weatherby Mark V , in 300 Weatherby Mag. Hunted elk with it two years later ,in New Mexico , but I did not see anything I wanted to take, so that rifle still has never killed an elk. I really believe , when the time comes , it will be a good elk rifle. Lenny [/QUOTE]
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