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Serious question about caliber and elk potential
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<blockquote data-quote="AJ Peacock" data-source="post: 297374" data-attributes="member: 4885"><p><strong>Re: Serious question about caliber and LR potential</strong></p><p></p><p>The easy answer is that this is long range hunting. If you want to shoot deer and elk at the distances that most folks shoot them at (75-250 yds), just about anything will work because perfect shot placement is easy. Get out at 700yds or more on elk in field conditions and I wouldn't want to be shooting a 270win or a 220 swift.</p><p></p><p>I've seen Bull Elk taken with a 22-250, .243, 270win, 7mm-08, 7mm Rem Mag, 300win Mag, 30-30win, 338Edge, 338Allen Mag and probably a couple I don't remember. I'd have no problem killing an elk with any of the above, but if I drive across the country and incur the expense of hunting elk, I'm not going to use the lighter end of this list.</p><p></p><p>AJ</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AJ Peacock, post: 297374, member: 4885"] [b]Re: Serious question about caliber and LR potential[/b] The easy answer is that this is long range hunting. If you want to shoot deer and elk at the distances that most folks shoot them at (75-250 yds), just about anything will work because perfect shot placement is easy. Get out at 700yds or more on elk in field conditions and I wouldn't want to be shooting a 270win or a 220 swift. I've seen Bull Elk taken with a 22-250, .243, 270win, 7mm-08, 7mm Rem Mag, 300win Mag, 30-30win, 338Edge, 338Allen Mag and probably a couple I don't remember. I'd have no problem killing an elk with any of the above, but if I drive across the country and incur the expense of hunting elk, I'm not going to use the lighter end of this list. AJ [/QUOTE]
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