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Serious question about caliber and elk potential
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<blockquote data-quote="dewiseman" data-source="post: 298219" data-attributes="member: 8984"><p>This has been an interesting topic that has been covered many times. To me the obvious answer is the bigger the better but <u>the most accurate shot is the top priority.</u> I have pondered this question and asked many elk hunters here in Washington. The answer is allways "you gotta use a super mag" but when I asked why, I get a surprising answer. "If you don't drop them in there tracks someone else will have their tag on it before you get to it" No surprise to me is that most of these guy's are only seen at the rifle range when its time to check their zero the week before hunting season. I'm equally not surprised when they shoot three rounds at a twelve inch target and call that good if they all hit paper at two hundred yards. IMHO we are preaching to the chior here because we are talking to people that understand what the word <u>accuracy </u>means, and strive for it. I admire people that can shoot big magnums well. I have a 338 Win mag but while shooting it I began to develop a bad flinch so I went back to the 30-06 and had to work at eliminating my flinch with alot of 22lr practice. I'm getting a 280AI done now and also have a 6.5/270 that shoots extremley tight groups. These are the guns I am confident with, and will just modify my range accordingly. Best of luck to you all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dewiseman, post: 298219, member: 8984"] This has been an interesting topic that has been covered many times. To me the obvious answer is the bigger the better but [U]the most accurate shot is the top priority.[/U] I have pondered this question and asked many elk hunters here in Washington. The answer is allways "you gotta use a super mag" but when I asked why, I get a surprising answer. "If you don't drop them in there tracks someone else will have their tag on it before you get to it" No surprise to me is that most of these guy's are only seen at the rifle range when its time to check their zero the week before hunting season. I'm equally not surprised when they shoot three rounds at a twelve inch target and call that good if they all hit paper at two hundred yards. IMHO we are preaching to the chior here because we are talking to people that understand what the word [U]accuracy [/U]means, and strive for it. I admire people that can shoot big magnums well. I have a 338 Win mag but while shooting it I began to develop a bad flinch so I went back to the 30-06 and had to work at eliminating my flinch with alot of 22lr practice. I'm getting a 280AI done now and also have a 6.5/270 that shoots extremley tight groups. These are the guns I am confident with, and will just modify my range accordingly. Best of luck to you all. [/QUOTE]
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