Recent content by Irfire1

300 RUM. Personal favorite for everything from antelope to sheep to elk to African plains game. My 14 year old granddaughter shot her cow elk this year at 450. 1 shot DRT. I have shot elk from 10 to 850. All one shot kills. 210 Berger at 3050. My wife shot her Impala at 550. Good...

I recommend the barrel be at least 1.25 for the first 5 inches. I also recommend you look into Pitman bullets.

I took a 338 WM to Alaska for years. Ran into a situation where it did not have the reach I needed for a sheep. I can see the same thing happening to you with an elk. I switched to a 300 RUM and haven't looked back. It is my go to for all big game now. Reach is not a problem anymore.

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What a great reason to purchase a new rifle. Having been on almost a dozen sheep and goat hunts, some of them in the Brooks Range, I highly recommend a caliber that will also handle a bear - especially for the Brooks. You may or may not encounter one, but if you do, you will not want a 6.5...