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Ideal 1000yd Elk rifle?
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<blockquote data-quote="MudRunner2005" data-source="post: 825255" data-attributes="member: 12995"><p>I think you'll be ok....You don't HAVE to have a .338 to kill anything in North America. But alot of the guys on here seem to push that bullet diameter. 300 WM should do what you want it to. And if it won't, you could always have the chamber reamed to .300 Wby, .30-378 Wby, .30 STW, .300 RUM, or any of the other big bore .30's that will definitely reach on out there.</p><p></p><p>That's just simply my personal opinion.</p><p></p><p>And yes, I recently bought a used 700 .338 WinMag with intentions of using everything, but the barrel, and rebarreling it to a lightweight .257 Wby Mag for whitetails. The price was too low for me to pass up. I have no need for a .338 caliber anything here in Alabama.</p><p></p><p>I am not downing the .338 calibers, It just seems like alot of people think you have to have the biggest of everything to do anything. I'll admit it, I've been through that phase in my life, but I have come to realize that shot placement is more important than anything, with kinetic energy and proper bullet selection and expansion tying for 2nd place.</p><p></p><p>Once again, simply my opinions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MudRunner2005, post: 825255, member: 12995"] I think you'll be ok....You don't HAVE to have a .338 to kill anything in North America. But alot of the guys on here seem to push that bullet diameter. 300 WM should do what you want it to. And if it won't, you could always have the chamber reamed to .300 Wby, .30-378 Wby, .30 STW, .300 RUM, or any of the other big bore .30's that will definitely reach on out there. That's just simply my personal opinion. And yes, I recently bought a used 700 .338 WinMag with intentions of using everything, but the barrel, and rebarreling it to a lightweight .257 Wby Mag for whitetails. The price was too low for me to pass up. I have no need for a .338 caliber anything here in Alabama. I am not downing the .338 calibers, It just seems like alot of people think you have to have the biggest of everything to do anything. I'll admit it, I've been through that phase in my life, but I have come to realize that shot placement is more important than anything, with kinetic energy and proper bullet selection and expansion tying for 2nd place. Once again, simply my opinions. [/QUOTE]
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