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<blockquote data-quote="orifdoc" data-source="post: 2838500" data-attributes="member: 115070"><p>When I built "The Gun", the magic answer for me was .300 Win, 21" barrel, suppressed. It kills elk as dead as anything else. It's a heavy sucker though. Lately I've been using a .260 Ackley. It's pretty impressive.</p><p></p><p>There's no chance I'd build a light rifle in .300. I doubt I'd shoot it well and I'd probably find reasons to avoid range work. YMMV. To me, shot placement is 10X more important than any other variable. The last two elk I've seen killed were one-shot kills with a .243. Long range energy retention from the 6.5s is pretty impressive and if I'm inherently 20% more accurate (a WAG), that's way more significant.</p><p></p><p>There's no doubt .338 and up kills them dead, but I've been involved with more screwups from guys shooting big guns poorly than I care to remember.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="orifdoc, post: 2838500, member: 115070"] When I built “The Gun”, the magic answer for me was .300 Win, 21” barrel, suppressed. It kills elk as dead as anything else. It’s a heavy sucker though. Lately I’ve been using a .260 Ackley. It’s pretty impressive. There’s no chance I’d build a light rifle in .300. I doubt I’d shoot it well and I’d probably find reasons to avoid range work. YMMV. To me, shot placement is 10X more important than any other variable. The last two elk I’ve seen killed were one-shot kills with a .243. Long range energy retention from the 6.5s is pretty impressive and if I’m inherently 20% more accurate (a WAG), that’s way more significant. There’s no doubt .338 and up kills them dead, but I’ve been involved with more screwups from guys shooting big guns poorly than I care to remember. [/QUOTE]
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