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<blockquote data-quote="COBrad" data-source="post: 454101" data-attributes="member: 1940"><p>I'll throw in on this. Use the 7mm you are thinking of. You already mentioned you don't care for heavy recoil and can handle the 7 without a brake. You will have all the rifle you ever need for elk. FWIW, I have guided elk hunters in Colorado for over 30 years, outfitted for 9, and am taking over management of another outfit here. My experience has been that the big mags are just fine for killing elk, IF you can handle the recoil... but they are not necessary. I've used a variety of magnums from 7mm to .358 STA on elk. They all killed elk just like they are supposed to, and just like the '06 that I started with 36 years ago did. Elk aren't part of the big 5 and they won't eat you. You don't need something capable of killing elephants or stopping a charging grizzly to cleanly kill elk. Hell, I worked a hunt for grizzly in AK two years ago and the guide felt comfortable with his '06. IMO, the advantage of the magnum for elk comes in its' ability to deliver bullets with a large amount of energy and momentum ( choose which ever you like ) at long ranges, and that includes the 7 mag. I shot a .458 for a year or so, but I'm tired of heavy recoil, so I sold my last magnum and bought a .270 for elk. Now, I would have gone with a 7 mag, but Cooper doesn't yet offer one, and I couldn't find a .280 improved in the Custom Classic. And I feel I'm good to somewhere around 600 yards. Use good bullets and put them where they need to go. Thats what kills elk.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="COBrad, post: 454101, member: 1940"] I'll throw in on this. Use the 7mm you are thinking of. You already mentioned you don't care for heavy recoil and can handle the 7 without a brake. You will have all the rifle you ever need for elk. FWIW, I have guided elk hunters in Colorado for over 30 years, outfitted for 9, and am taking over management of another outfit here. My experience has been that the big mags are just fine for killing elk, IF you can handle the recoil... but they are not necessary. I've used a variety of magnums from 7mm to .358 STA on elk. They all killed elk just like they are supposed to, and just like the '06 that I started with 36 years ago did. Elk aren't part of the big 5 and they won't eat you. You don't need something capable of killing elephants or stopping a charging grizzly to cleanly kill elk. Hell, I worked a hunt for grizzly in AK two years ago and the guide felt comfortable with his '06. IMO, the advantage of the magnum for elk comes in its' ability to deliver bullets with a large amount of energy and momentum ( choose which ever you like ) at long ranges, and that includes the 7 mag. I shot a .458 for a year or so, but I'm tired of heavy recoil, so I sold my last magnum and bought a .270 for elk. Now, I would have gone with a 7 mag, but Cooper doesn't yet offer one, and I couldn't find a .280 improved in the Custom Classic. And I feel I'm good to somewhere around 600 yards. Use good bullets and put them where they need to go. Thats what kills elk. [/QUOTE]
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