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1st elk hunt need rifle advice
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<blockquote data-quote="Hespco" data-source="post: 1599799" data-attributes="member: 109476"><p>Years ago when I was younger I felt the 338mag was the only cal for elk. Over the years I have taken elk with 338 mags on down to the 6.5. It has always come down to properly bullet placement regardless of cal. As for muzzle brakes, these rifles should never be fired without hearing protection. Many shooters today have permanent hearing damage from shooting or being next to someone shooting a brake. Any thing from the 6.5 up with the proper bullet, properly placed will bring down elk cleanly.. A few year back I put a new elk hunter on a 3x4 rag horn bull at around 80 yds. His first shot from his 338 broke the left front leg. Next shot went into the hip. Of the next two shots , one was a miss another was a gut shot. The fifth shot hit the spine right at the top of the back dropping the elk. A 6th & final shot was need to finish the elk off. Another hunter I put on a bull dropped it in it's track with a properly placed shot from a 25-06 using a Barnes mono bullet. 270's with tough deep penetrating bullets properly placed work every time. The biggest problem is hunters with uncontrolled emotions jerking triggers instead of an in control brain squeezing the trigger. A deep penetrating properly placed bullet makes the difference. Using a large cal mag with a heavy bullet does not make up for an improperly place bullet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hespco, post: 1599799, member: 109476"] Years ago when I was younger I felt the 338mag was the only cal for elk. Over the years I have taken elk with 338 mags on down to the 6.5. It has always come down to properly bullet placement regardless of cal. As for muzzle brakes, these rifles should never be fired without hearing protection. Many shooters today have permanent hearing damage from shooting or being next to someone shooting a brake. Any thing from the 6.5 up with the proper bullet, properly placed will bring down elk cleanly.. A few year back I put a new elk hunter on a 3x4 rag horn bull at around 80 yds. His first shot from his 338 broke the left front leg. Next shot went into the hip. Of the next two shots , one was a miss another was a gut shot. The fifth shot hit the spine right at the top of the back dropping the elk. A 6th & final shot was need to finish the elk off. Another hunter I put on a bull dropped it in it's track with a properly placed shot from a 25-06 using a Barnes mono bullet. 270's with tough deep penetrating bullets properly placed work every time. The biggest problem is hunters with uncontrolled emotions jerking triggers instead of an in control brain squeezing the trigger. A deep penetrating properly placed bullet makes the difference. Using a large cal mag with a heavy bullet does not make up for an improperly place bullet. [/QUOTE]
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