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.260 Remington as an Elk Rifle
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<blockquote data-quote="RockyMtnMT" data-source="post: 1180620" data-attributes="member: 7999"><p>Between my son and I we have taken 5 elk in the last few years with the 6.5 with bullets from 110g to 130g, all between 300 and 550 yards. I have also taken 1/2 dozen elk in the last several years with 30 and 338 cals. They all died nicely. I am a huge fan of the 6.5 My son two years ago shot his bull at 550 yards with a 110g 6.5 from a 6.5-06 at about 3400 fps. He had to shoot him 3 times. He was dead on the 1st shot. We just could not tell that he had been hit. The 30's and bigger simply hit harder. You can tell when the animal is hit. They move or hunch. I always shoot any animal with the expectation that they will travel after the hit. If they are calm they usually stand until they tip over. If they are tense they usually run as far as possible in the 5-10 seconds that it takes for them to die. That's pretty far at 30 mph. Unless you hit the central nervous system they do not drop. Period. There has probably been more elk takes with a .243 win in the last 100 years than anything else.</p><p></p><p>My final thought.....There is no replacement for displacement.</p><p></p><p>Steve</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RockyMtnMT, post: 1180620, member: 7999"] Between my son and I we have taken 5 elk in the last few years with the 6.5 with bullets from 110g to 130g, all between 300 and 550 yards. I have also taken 1/2 dozen elk in the last several years with 30 and 338 cals. They all died nicely. I am a huge fan of the 6.5 My son two years ago shot his bull at 550 yards with a 110g 6.5 from a 6.5-06 at about 3400 fps. He had to shoot him 3 times. He was dead on the 1st shot. We just could not tell that he had been hit. The 30's and bigger simply hit harder. You can tell when the animal is hit. They move or hunch. I always shoot any animal with the expectation that they will travel after the hit. If they are calm they usually stand until they tip over. If they are tense they usually run as far as possible in the 5-10 seconds that it takes for them to die. That's pretty far at 30 mph. Unless you hit the central nervous system they do not drop. Period. There has probably been more elk takes with a .243 win in the last 100 years than anything else. My final thought.....There is no replacement for displacement. Steve [/QUOTE]
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