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<blockquote data-quote="bigngreen" data-source="post: 321446" data-attributes="member: 13632"><p>Bullet design has everything to do with killing elk especially if you shoot light fast cals. For instance I shot a 243 loaded with ballistic tips for awhile, I shot more than one coyote and had them get up and take of, all that happened is a splash wound on the shoulder, the same thing on an elk will get you equally poor results, that same rifle with a partition will smoke an elk under normal hunting range. On the other end of the spectrum I have also shot a 45-70 in a Mausur 98 loaded to near 458 levels. I have shot two doe mule deer and one whitetail doe all under 100yrd with 405 gr flat nose, not one dropped to one shot or two shots, every one was finished with another rifle which is very disapointing, that same rifle and load will destroy an elk from any angle you choose to shoot. More power is a poor way to make up for a bad bullet choices for your game. Not that I'm saying to go start shooting up elk with you varmint rig but that you can be very effective with many cals with the right bullet for the job. You can't blame the cartridge for ones poor bullet choices.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigngreen, post: 321446, member: 13632"] Bullet design has everything to do with killing elk especially if you shoot light fast cals. For instance I shot a 243 loaded with ballistic tips for awhile, I shot more than one coyote and had them get up and take of, all that happened is a splash wound on the shoulder, the same thing on an elk will get you equally poor results, that same rifle with a partition will smoke an elk under normal hunting range. On the other end of the spectrum I have also shot a 45-70 in a Mausur 98 loaded to near 458 levels. I have shot two doe mule deer and one whitetail doe all under 100yrd with 405 gr flat nose, not one dropped to one shot or two shots, every one was finished with another rifle which is very disapointing, that same rifle and load will destroy an elk from any angle you choose to shoot. More power is a poor way to make up for a bad bullet choices for your game. Not that I'm saying to go start shooting up elk with you varmint rig but that you can be very effective with many cals with the right bullet for the job. You can't blame the cartridge for ones poor bullet choices. [/QUOTE]
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