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500-800 yd elk rifle
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<blockquote data-quote="vancewalker007" data-source="post: 2026436" data-attributes="member: 66917"><p>Not sure what your budget is but the Seekins Havak Pro Hunter is a dang good almost custom rifle for less than $2K and comes in plenty of 800 yard elk killing cartridges and I've frankly never seen the complaints against it that I've seen against the 2 you mentioned, there's my $.02 on factory rifles. Like someone suggested check out the sites with people really doing a lot of long range hunting and killing and what their feedback is. I think you'll discover some things that will break some of your paradigms about what is important in shooting 500-800 yards on meat and bone. I can tell you all my anecdotal instances of how many Coues and Muley bucks and Elk I've killed in the 500-1000 yard range but it doesn't carry the weight of these companies that have shot 1000s of head of game in that range segment. One of the most important issues that drives consistent success at these extended ranges is plenty of proper practice. How much are you going to be willing to practice with the cartridge? Something like a 300 WM or 300 PRC would easily be affordable enough to shoot a lot and will not likely wipe out a barrel in 800 rounds, just saying.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vancewalker007, post: 2026436, member: 66917"] Not sure what your budget is but the Seekins Havak Pro Hunter is a dang good almost custom rifle for less than $2K and comes in plenty of 800 yard elk killing cartridges and I've frankly never seen the complaints against it that I've seen against the 2 you mentioned, there's my $.02 on factory rifles. Like someone suggested check out the sites with people really doing a lot of long range hunting and killing and what their feedback is. I think you'll discover some things that will break some of your paradigms about what is important in shooting 500-800 yards on meat and bone. I can tell you all my anecdotal instances of how many Coues and Muley bucks and Elk I've killed in the 500-1000 yard range but it doesn't carry the weight of these companies that have shot 1000s of head of game in that range segment. One of the most important issues that drives consistent success at these extended ranges is plenty of proper practice. How much are you going to be willing to practice with the cartridge? Something like a 300 WM or 300 PRC would easily be affordable enough to shoot a lot and will not likely wipe out a barrel in 800 rounds, just saying. [/QUOTE]
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