Grizzly60
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808hoghunter, go with the 300 PRC. You won't regret it. They're sweet with the brake.
Ammo is very hard to get on Maui… how does the 300prc do with short barrels… 22 is the max I wanna run808hoghunter, go with the 300 PRC. You won't regret it. They're sweet with the brake.
Ammo is very hard to get on Maui… how does the 300prc do with short barrels… 22 is the max I wanna run
I have a Jewell in my 300 wby and love it, my smith recommended it and happy he did.Are jewel hv triggers any good or stick with trigger tech
30-378 Bee baby!!!!OK - so posters are shooting elk with everything from .223 to 340Wby and are very successful. Lets ask a slightly different question:
Given an unlimited choice of rifles in any chambering; what would you consider to be the ideal cartridge for hunting elk in an unknown location and climate?
You get only ONE choice.
Elk are shot at longer ranges these days, making the shot more practice-worthy and making a shot elk tougher to find. Elk are very game animals and can go quite a ways after being shot. Anchoring an elk with a larger diameter cartridge than provides good "blood trail" makes a lot of sense. Elk have very long hair that can absorb a lot of blood and diminish a good blood trail even with complete pass-thru. My 340 Wby was built just for that purpose. It has now been used on only six elk and one caribou, except for a few whitetail on which I wanted to use it. With 50 years of hunting to my credit, I really don't see ever using it again. But it gave me great confidence when I did use it as I knew I would find my animal. When the herd scattered, and elk are herd animals, tracking my biggest bull in the aspen draw, even with snow on the ground, may have been a problem without a good blood trail. He covered 350 yards after a good shot behind the shoulder at 400 yards. The Nosler Partition bullet passed completely through him and gave us a good blood trail to follow. He was bunched up in heavy cover but the larger cartridge allowed us to find him. Not finding an animal that you know you made a good shot on is your worst nightmare, and, for the traveling hunter, an anxious memory. The resident hunter has opportunities to continue looking for the animal, but not the traveler. Good luck!Ok the largest caliber I now own is 6.5prc … considering doing an elk hunt for the first time . Would I be better suited doing a 7prc or possibly even 300prc … I've never left the Hawaiian islands to hunt before so I'm thinking a 300prc might be a bit much on axis deer and pigs after… I chosen those calibers due to inherent accuracy of cartridges, I'll be using factory ammo as supplies for reloading suck here. Thanks
I'll take a 300 Win Mag. Every time. I'd rather be covered with a little more power and bullet weight. Just so I'm not second guessing myself.OK - so posters are shooting elk with everything from .223 to 340Wby and are very successful. Lets ask a slightly different question:
Given an unlimited choice of rifles in any chambering; what would you consider to be the ideal cartridge for hunting elk in an unknown location and climate?
You get only ONE choice.
I have been shooting a 6.5-06 for many years now and it is comparable to the 6.5 PRC. I few years ago I took a very large cow elk at 459 yards with a 130 grain Nosler Accubond. The elk didn't know I was anywhere in the country and I was able to take my time on a prone shot. The Accubond went through a rib behind the shoulder, destroyed everything inside and hit a rib on the exit side and left a quarter size exit hole. The cow dropped in her tracks and never took a step. The 6.5 PRC is plenty for elk if you put the bullet where it needs to be.Ok the largest caliber I now own is 6.5prc … considering doing an elk hunt for the first time . Would I be better suited doing a 7prc or possibly even 300prc … I've never left the Hawaiian islands to hunt before so I'm thinking a 300prc might be a bit much on axis deer and pigs after… I chosen those calibers due to inherent accuracy of cartridges, I'll be using factory ammo as supplies for reloading suck here. Thanks
Hunted elk all my life and have 30+ bulls I've sent to elk heaven. Bigger isn't always better imo and the 6.5 PRC is plenty. My first elk rifle was a Remington 700 270, 130 grain core-lokts were deadly on elk. I help a lot of youth hunters on big game hunts every year, if they are young and small I have 6.5x47 I use that has several big game kills on it, a community rifle for these young hunters. Never have had a wounded animal, shot selection is important. I also have a 6.5 PRC and 7 Saum they can use, both are suppressed so recoil is mitigated a bit which helps them concentrate on the shot without dealing with flinch. I use the Saum for most of my own big hunts, it and the 6.5 PRC do a good job. We use LR Accubonds and Bergers. Shot placement over big cartridges every time in my book, to each their own. We use some bigger cartridges, we being the group I hunt but most of us are using Saums the last few years. With the brass situation I'd go 6.5 PRC today though.
To the OP. Ive been working in Hawaii for the last seven years, spend a couple weeks out of every month on one island or another. Just finished a year and half in Molokai, the hunting was a pleasant treat. We were just shooting axis deer for the meat, delicious. Gonna head over to Lanai next year and get a decent Axis buck, crazy how many deer are on those two islands. I've seen a couple black bucks on Molokai and got to run pigs a couple times too, lots of fun. Three years ago we did some wing shooting on the big island, I never knew you guys have the variety of game birds you do. It's a wing shooters paradise if you can find access to the land. I feel your pain on ammo, I always brought my own but reloading supplies and ammo are hard to get on some of those islands.
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