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6.5 SAUM - Was it a wise choice for Western hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="FIGJAM" data-source="post: 1675424" data-attributes="member: 71039"><p>This is funny... I haven't noticed a difference in how quick the elk die between the 25-06 and 300 rum. The 270wsm knocks the wind out of them just as good as my 300 rum. Just make a good shot. Guys who claim you HAVE to use a big 300 plus magnum are usually compensating for something. Maybe its experience, maybe its marksmanship, maybe its their height, maybe its their manhood...who knows, but it is something. </p><p></p><p>Now admitting that a 6.5 caliber is adequate for elk and shooting a 338 because you want to is different. </p><p></p><p>Problem is a lot of people who are looking at coming back west for their first elk hunt use this site as a resource and they hop on here and read that anything less than a 300wm won't kill an elk and its better if you have a 338. So they go buy a RUM that they can't shoot for crap and end up with a wounded animal and a cut across the top of their eye.</p><p></p><p>This is a fact -pick a well constructed bullet, don't suck and put it in the vitals , the elk will die, regardless of what cartridge you use. If the elk runs off after you shot it never to be found, it wasn't the cartridge, it was the shooter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FIGJAM, post: 1675424, member: 71039"] This is funny... I haven’t noticed a difference in how quick the elk die between the 25-06 and 300 rum. The 270wsm knocks the wind out of them just as good as my 300 rum. Just make a good shot. Guys who claim you HAVE to use a big 300 plus magnum are usually compensating for something. Maybe its experience, maybe its marksmanship, maybe its their height, maybe its their manhood...who knows, but it is something. Now admitting that a 6.5 caliber is adequate for elk and shooting a 338 because you want to is different. Problem is a lot of people who are looking at coming back west for their first elk hunt use this site as a resource and they hop on here and read that anything less than a 300wm won’t kill an elk and its better if you have a 338. So they go buy a RUM that they can’t shoot for crap and end up with a wounded animal and a cut across the top of their eye. This is a fact -pick a well constructed bullet, don’t suck and put it in the vitals , the elk will die, regardless of what cartridge you use. If the elk runs off after you shot it never to be found, it wasn’t the cartridge, it was the shooter. [/QUOTE]
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