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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 1509351" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>If you mean 30-06 it's more than capable for Elk and Moose with a decent 180-220gr bullet.</p><p></p><p>I"ve told this story before so I'll give the reader's digest version.</p><p></p><p>From his teenage years on my dad had three long guns. A pump .22LR, a 760 pump 30-06 and a 12g shotgun.</p><p></p><p>In the arly 70's he and a buddy put in for and drew elk tags in CO. Buddy talks him into a brand new 700bdl 7RM because he just had to have one to hunt elk.</p><p></p><p>Opening morning he has a chance a a beautiful, mature 350" plus 6x6 and when he gets ready to shoot the scope is fogged and iced up internally and the action is frozen including the firing pin so he's outta luck.</p><p></p><p>The rest of the 10 day hunt gets worse and they are packed in over 20 miles.</p><p></p><p>As they are driving out he spots a big 5x5, grabs the old 760 with the original K-4 weaver and kills his bull.</p><p></p><p>He never left on another hunt without at least taking the 760 as a backup.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 1509351, member: 30902"] If you mean 30-06 it's more than capable for Elk and Moose with a decent 180-220gr bullet. I"ve told this story before so I'll give the reader's digest version. From his teenage years on my dad had three long guns. A pump .22LR, a 760 pump 30-06 and a 12g shotgun. In the arly 70's he and a buddy put in for and drew elk tags in CO. Buddy talks him into a brand new 700bdl 7RM because he just had to have one to hunt elk. Opening morning he has a chance a a beautiful, mature 350" plus 6x6 and when he gets ready to shoot the scope is fogged and iced up internally and the action is frozen including the firing pin so he's outta luck. The rest of the 10 day hunt gets worse and they are packed in over 20 miles. As they are driving out he spots a big 5x5, grabs the old 760 with the original K-4 weaver and kills his bull. He never left on another hunt without at least taking the 760 as a backup. [/QUOTE]
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